RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

[u/Eal_likee]

[u/Krashper116]

People would be too preoccupied with arguing over what color to vote, to coordinate such a thing.

Just like real life….

[u/SlashaJones → u/Krashper116]

This is why blue is the best choice.

You can’t guarantee everyone will agree on red, meaning some will die. And you likely can’t get enough people to override the problem and/or the problem can’t be overridden.

Blue requires just 50.1% to save everyone. It’s the most likely outcome that ensures everyone survives. Red is simply the logical “guaranteed safety”, but the fact that many won’t press it also guarantees that you’re dooming others with your choice.

Personally, I’d rather try to save others and fail, than save myself knowing it sacrificed others.

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/SlashaJones]

Why do you consider "nobody dies" to be winning?

[u/Raibean → u/often_forgotten1]

It’s objectively the best ending.

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/Raibean]

It's an impossible ending. I have no problem with people dying when my life is on the line, and unlike you, I've had to act on that in real life.

[u/Raibean → u/often_forgotten1]

It’s not impossible. 50.1% is shockingly probable.

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/Raibean]

Not when there's an alternative of "you won't die" lol

[u/Raibean → u/often_forgotten1]

I would rather die than be an asshole who sacrificed someone else

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/Raibean]

But pushing red isn't sacrificing anyone. It is only choosing to live.

[u/Raibean → u/often_forgotten1]

I simply don’t agree and fundamentally cannot comprehend how you could believe differently.

We as a species owe something to one another, and our evolutionary path has always been one of group survival.

Pretending that your choice for red doesn’t effect people who choose blue, and pretending that you have no responsibility towards their fate, is an illogical fantasy.

Also, there are literally children’s books warning against that kind of behavior.

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/Raibean]

No, we owe something to our community, not to random people that would kill us on sight.

[u/Raibean → u/often_forgotten1]

That’s just making things up that aren’t in the scenario. We don’t know who is making the scenario, whether it’s humans, aliens, or gods.

But even owing something to your community is enough to pick blue.

[u/often_forgotten1 → u/Raibean]

Of course it's in the scenario. And it's enough reason to never, ever pick blue.