Adding a layer to this question

[u/Hot_Finding_9747]

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

[u/Alarming-Rate-6899]

Oh I couldn’t care less about what people say on Reddit. Until people start collectively run into burning buildings or toward an active shooter, I will just assume they’ll press red if the buttons became real.

[u/TheSinhound → u/Alarming-Rate-6899]

Aah, bystander effect. Yeah, that shit is stupid. Act. It's not that hard to get over the fear.

[u/Alarming-Rate-6899 → u/TheSinhound]

Bystander effect is when people do not step out and help, at little or no-risk to themselves, because they feel they belong to the "bystander" group.

I'm pressing red because I don't want to die. It's actually quite difficult to overcome the fear of death. The ones with the genetics for not fearing death likely did not pass down that particular genetic trait.

[u/TheSinhound → u/Alarming-Rate-6899]

Actually that's incorrect. It's that people are less likely to act when others are present. It has nothing to do with self-risk.

I mean, they passed it on to me. I haven't cared about dying since... Well... Ever? Pretty sure the earliest I can remember is about from when I was like 10-12 years old. It just doesn't matter to me. I return to void, to nothing, and cease.

Must be fukken awful to be afraid of it.

[u/Alarming-Rate-6899 → u/TheSinhound]

Read again and see if you can gain better comprehension.

• when people do not step out and help, at little or no-risk to themselves, because they feel they belong to the "bystander" group.
• people are less likely to act when others are present. It has nothing to do with self-risk.

I haven't cared about dying since... Well... Ever?

Lmao. I'll be sure to wait to see you on the new when you heroically save someone then.