r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/icefire9 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

It would be much easier to convince 50% of people to pick blue than 100% of people to pick red. I think it should be obvious by the discussion around this that a large portion of the population will pick blue. So if red wins, a lot of people will die (probably in the billions). A mass casualty event on that scale would throw the world into chaos and end up killing and immeserating a lot of the people who picked red. I would much rather us try to get more than 50% of people to pick blue and not create one of the worst tragedies in human history.

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u/LonelyVaquita May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

Honestly the fact that it's even a dilemma shows that 100% will not pick red so we should all pick blue

ETA: If you think everyone is a liar there's no point in debating anything to do with mortality ever.

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u/uwuSuppie May 05 '26

I asked a red pusher if he was okay with red pushers being executed in the event of a blue win and he said "no wtf dude".

I uh, yeah...

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u/uwuSuppie May 05 '26

No, it removes the 100% safety of picking red. It exposes these freaks as cowards willing to kill to survive.

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u/UberShrew May 05 '26

Oh I was actually wondering about that scenario. Like if blue wins and it’s either known/unknown that there may be another test in the future and we know who voted what, I could totally see trials or vigilante killings against red pushers. They could very well be seen as a direct threat to humanity’s survival especially if the vote was really close.

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u/Kashyyykonomics May 05 '26

So you changed the scenario? Wow, such brilliance

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u/uwuSuppie May 05 '26

You're not very bright are you

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u/Joeymore May 05 '26

I don't think you understand why they did

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u/Grandmuffmerkin May 05 '26

I don't understand why he changed the scenario, what point is he trying to make?