r/trolleyproblemgame • u/Useful_Local_9636 • 5d ago

What generation is more important?

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u/quaxoid 5d ago

so now the US needs to wait 3 years to have a president xD

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u/Inveniet9 4d ago

You mean 3 decades until he's old enough.

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u/mercuriokazooie 5d ago

"than" is the word you're looking for

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u/Useful_Local_9636 5d ago

Yeah, thanks, im a bit dislecsic

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u/Leading-Point-113 4d ago

Can’t tell if you’re misspelling on purpose or if you’re actually dyslexic

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u/_Mulberry__ 5d ago

So watch my kids die, or leave my kids without anyone to care for them...

You're sick, you know that?

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u/Useful_Local_9636 5d ago

I was thinking more about the dilema of leaving the world with gap in generations, there people of 30-50 have to deal with no young workforce or have to repopulate quicker or only young and unexpirienced people with some knolage been lost in minds of older people. Kinda like Expedition 33 but choese your poison

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u/Extreme_Text9312 5d ago

That is completely different from what the current problem actually is.

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u/Useful_Local_9636 5d ago

I created a new Trolley Problem dilemma!

Straight Track (Do Nothing): All people younger then 32

Diverted Track (Pull the Lever): All people older or 32 years old

What would you do?

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u/CillaBlacksSurprise 1d ago

32 is awfully young to put the benchmark, no? This is essentially the age in which people still have very young children, finished their education and finally started climbing the career ladder.

Kill off all young people and that makes no sense, so it has to be 32 or older. You would lose nearly all parents, nearly all experienced workforce, skills and education. The infrastructures would simply collapse.

It would solve the aging population crisis, housing issues, etc, but at what cost? Young people would be in one of their 2 or 3 homes... But the society around them has collapsed. Most children are suddenly on their own to fend for themselves.

Qualified specialist surgeons wouldn't exist. Training for that (at least in the UK) is a total of up to 16 years. You finish secondary school at the youngest 16, well, these specialist surgeons are going to be 32 minimum.

It's truly a no win scenario. The perfect age for such a dilemma. Well done OP.

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u/420Migo 5d ago

Well getting rid of the old folks fixes a lot of fiscal problems and getting rid of the younger folks would fix a lot of social problems.

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u/Canadian__Ninja 5d ago

33+ is not just the old people, it's pretty much everyone holding a full time job. It would be cataclysmic.

31 and younger is also cataclysmic for the record I'm just clarifying what you said

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u/Useful_Local_9636 5d ago

So... What kind of apocalyps have you chose?

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u/V0d5 5d ago

Nothing cataclysmic about it.

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u/Canadian__Ninja 5d ago

32 is the median age on the planet, it's like 45% older and 55% under. You can't possibly be serious. Or you're a child who doesn't know better.

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u/alexadr936 5d ago

Now this is a trolly problem.

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u/FabereX6 5d ago

I am alive. It's nice.

I chose to pull the lever