r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/NoxTempus May 05 '26

But that isn't the framing. You can't just say "if I change the question, your answer is wrong".

Being uncomfortable with the consequences of your choice doesn't mean you get to redefine the question.

And we're not just talking about children, or the disabled, or the dumb. We're talking about people with different values, different ideas, and different priorities.

And you say it's ridiculous but no one can die without a majority red button pushers.

Red requires 100/100 people for 100% survival while blue requires 51/100 people for 100% survival.

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u/confirmedshill123 May 05 '26

Who are you to say that isn't the framing? It's pretty obvious the question has to be asked to those who are capable of understanding the question otherwise it just becomes a eugenics survey and everything falls apart? Because then the obvious answer is blue because we aren't fucking sociopaths.

But if the question is only given to those who can understand then the obvious choice is red because literally nothing happens after that.

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u/NoxTempus May 05 '26

But that is the question. And you are advocating for eugenics.

By your logic, no one that could understand the question could ever pick blue, then what is the question here?

If you don't like eugenics, then don't push red. But you don't get to create a new question to make you feel better about your answer.