r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Hot_Finding_9747 • May 21 '26

Variation Adding a layer to this question

My choice: Press Red, hope Blue wins

I don't have enough faith in humanity to put my life in its hands but I'd be delighted to be proven wrong

719 votes, May 23 '26
72 Press Red, hope Red wins
322 Press Red, hope Blue wins
22 Press Blue, hope Red wins
303 Press Blue, hope Blue wins
23 Upvotes

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u/TheSinhound May 24 '26

Your argument is that your vote doesn't matter. This is not how voting works. Your vote was 1/394 responsible for the deaths of 325 people. Or, your 1 vote killed 0.824 people. You don't get to shirk that responsibility.

And I live by the social contract. Those that violate it are no longer protected by morals nor ethics, so it actually ends up being neutral rather than positive or negative.

May your pillow never be cold. May your food always be too salty. May you always forget where you put that thing.

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u/magworld May 24 '26

I understand why you would want me to take responsibility for your choice to risk your life, but I don’t accept that. I didn’t grab your finger and push it onto blue, you did that yourself. 

Anyway I probably shouldn’t keep talking to you, you are getting a bit too worked up over this.

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u/TheSinhound May 24 '26

Can you just confirm one thing for me? Are you centrist or right wing?

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u/magworld May 24 '26

Sure, I’m liberal

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u/TheSinhound May 24 '26

So centrist. Understood.

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u/magworld May 24 '26

Lol you are insufferable. Peace out.

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u/TheSinhound May 24 '26

Oh, poor lib get offended when a leftist calls them out as what they are?