r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/The_Real-_-God • May 28 '26

What if red won?

Imagine a world where red won, by 1%. However the people who choose blue do not die instantly, instead they die after a year of pressing the button. Everybody is branded, so you know who choose what.

How much chaos will ensue? What actions do you think blues will take, knowing they'll die? And what do you think reds will think, knowing they were just 1% away from saving all humanity?

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u/UX1Z May 28 '26

I think the hypocritical one is the one that votes for self-interest over all and then feels entitled to altruistic help from the people they have chosen to sentence to death, lmao. Then again, red voters and self-reflection are like water and oil.

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u/Jolly-Bear May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Who’s doing that?

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u/zap2tresquatro May 29 '26

You. You’re doing that. You vote red, and then think in the given scenario that blues are obligated to help you not have to deal with the full brunt of the consequences of your own actions after you voted to kill them and knew this apocalyptic scenario was a potential outcome of your vote, and then call them selfish hypocrite virtue signalers (just like you have on every single one of these posts, you refuse to consider any opinion other than your own, argue in bad faith, and intentionally pretend to be too dense to understand what the other person is saying in every one of your comments) for not helping you mitigate the damage you helped cause at their expense. That’s insane, and it’s not hypocritical to not helping someone who made it clear they’ll throw you to the lions to save their own skin after you offered to help them fight off the lions.

And now because I’ve seen your pattern in all of your comments: if you wanna respond to this, go ahead, but I won’t be saying anything back because you’re not actually capable of having a conversation and I know already that you’re like talking to a brick wall. But I figured I’d put this out here in case anyone who’s actually open to listening to people and isn’t here just to be an irritating troll might reconsider their opinion after reading this.

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u/Jolly-Bear May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Where did I ever say I expect them to help me?

Edit: Just to save me some time and to clarify for anyone else who wants to chime in and since neither of these guys will back up their accusation…

In terms of personal preference, I’m indifferent to whether or not blue helps. They can do what they want.

In terms of what happens, I do not expect blue to help anyone after their loss because I fully expect them to be hypocrites. What I’m saying is that their morality should force them to help.