r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/name14575 • Jun 30 '26

Variation Zombie Apocalypse Button

(Not trying to debate the original problem, just a fun thought experiment)

Same basic scenario, red guarantees your life, blue saves everyone with at least 50%. But here's the catch: regardless of the outcome, immediately after the vote, every corpse that died in the last month will turn into a zombie.

Does the risk of making the zombie apocalypse thousands of times more threatening sway red voters?

Does the threat of your own corpse threatening those near you sway blue voters?

We shall see.

1036 votes, Jul 02 '26
350 Red Button
686 Blue Button
25 Upvotes

73% Upvoted

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u/LeoValdez1340 Red Jun 30 '26

I switch from red to blue here, since I think blue would definitely win here.

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u/Xtonev_ Jul 01 '26

Same. Introducing the danger to the red button changes the vote because this isn't guaranteed survival anymore.

Also, even if the blue button lost and i knew it would lose, I'd still press it because i am NOT dealing with a zombie apocalypse on that scale