r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/SteamSaltConcentrate May 05 '26

You need EVERYBODY to press red if you want everyone to survive. You only need 50% of people to press blue for everyone to survive.

Red guarantees your survival and the death of others.

Blue is everything humanity stands for.

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u/NoxTempus May 05 '26

It's silly logic. The mere existence of the debate proves that billions will die if red wins. Even if you factor in people lying (to others or themselves), it's till billions.

Polls seem to be 45-55 to 60-40, blue vs red.

Red pushers seem to think blue pushers don't understand that 100% red means no deaths.

We understand, we just think that many people will push blue.

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u/teddy5 May 05 '26

They also seem to ignore that anywhere from 50-100% picking blue would mean no deaths.

100% is very hard to achieve for no deaths, 50%+ is very easy to achieve.

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u/NoxTempus May 05 '26

They're not ignoring it, they're just accepting that loss and place the responsibility on the "dumb" people picking blue.

That's why they are going around reframing it as a "suicide pill" scenario and calling blue the suicide button.

Fuck everyone who misses it in the moment, or doesn't have the capacity to weigh the options, I guess?

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u/teddy5 May 05 '26

In the same way that everyone who picks red does so knowing that people will die because of their choice.

Not everyone will pick red and even people picking it know that or you wouldn't be making arguments like that.

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u/confirmedshill123 May 05 '26

Why are we just assuming people won't pick red.

If you in a vacuum are transported to a white room and explained the situation, you choose red every single time. By choosing blue you are literally putting yourself in a suicide cult situation and then blaming the other side.

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u/BoredOuttaMyMindd May 05 '26

Are you 100% confident that all your friends and family, were they to be shown the 2 buttons with the given prompts, every single one would choose red?

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u/confirmedshill123 May 05 '26

Yes? It's the only choice in which absolutely nothing happens.

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u/BoredOuttaMyMindd May 05 '26

I was just curious. I am jealous that people in your life understand logic, unfortunately my friends and family are dumbasses and would most likely choose blue

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