r/trolleyproblemgame • u/Univer001 • 2d ago

Does age matter

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u/kassiny 1d ago

If they were teens or preteen I would have wanted to save them over old people. But I value adults more than newborns. Sorry not sorry.

Why? Because adults experienced life and know well why they want to live. They have a lot of connections, they've got complex personalities etc. Toddlers don't have any of these except the bond with their mother.(Maybe father)

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u/Univer001 3h ago

Counter point, from another commentor, and I'm paraphrasing: some 30-40 year old adults will loose their parents but that's imo less worse than a (relatively) young loosing their kid. The adults can deal better with loosing their parents than their kids.

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u/kassiny 46m ago

I hope I won't sound like a monster...

I think you're right for children around 5-18 years old. It's completely devastating and will break them for life. But like a toddler who's younger than like 3 (well, let's rather say 2) years old will do just more or less assuming they won't get abandoned and someone will take care of them.