The reality is this is an absurd proposition (absurd in the philosophical sense). Trollies have safety features and if you understand engineering, you understand that things are designed to fail safely.

If something were to cause the trolley to hit anyone, that’s a freak accident caused by a casaced of decisions that were made before you had the option to pull the lever. No one would hold you accountable for your decision, and the reality is the choice you make doesn’t matter. Just go to therapy afterwards please.

Explore more ridiculous trolley questions here.

One more thing, another version of the trolley question is this:

Suppose six people are in a coma. One person will recover without intervention. Five will die unless they all receive organ transplants from the person that would otherwise survive. Do you intervene, killing one person to saving save five, or standby, watching five die while one survives.

Forgive an ignorant question, but why?

That game has some of the best quotes:

“They try to put their stake in everything they see. Nobody’s dick’s that long. Not even Long Dick Johnson, and he had a fucking long dick. Thus, the name.”

“They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard.”

It works much better in crowded areas, too. The more people that see you doing it, the better!

Wow now there’s a sentiment I haven’t heard online in a long time.

If we don’t feed the trolls, how will social media drive engagement? /s

Snap killes Dumbledore, btw

Do you want a moth full of vomit? Because that’s how you get a mouth full of vomit.

Give me ribberty or boil me slowly so I don’t notice.

Taste is subjective!

“I can get behind that.”

I like this art! 😄

“You absolut degenerate homunculus, do you have any idea…”

This comic is hilarious because you could interpret it as they failed to protect against gun violence, instead favoring protection against stuff that doesn’t need protecting against.

Gen Z wears the same socks my grandpa did, except they pay 5x as much as he did, even when adjusted for inflation.

What if they eventually change tho. Then they just have to explain their shitty past to everyone. A Nazi without a brand can just become a normal person. Once you brand them, you give them a reason to never change. Why would they if they’ve been told that’s all they’ll ever be?

Punishments like this assume people can’t change or that bad people never become good.

We’re not better than them because we can match their cruelty, we’re better because we recognize the humanity of everyone, even “monsters.”

Edit: a word

When I was a freshmen I showed everyone what a proxy was and got the whole class kicked of the internet.

Never believe that [fascists] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

Sartre with the fire explanation for this behavior.

Almost thought this was for wars until they said that the food looked bad lol.

Whatever gets me to assume the position, tbh.

You mean to tell me that someone conducted independent research to verify what they saw on TV, and then choose not to believe what they saw on TV based on a real life experience?

I don’t believe it.

Mammals?! With hair?! Absolutely not.

Carrots have way too much sugar?? To go in a cake?? Wut

Damn nobody tell that guy about political cartoons, I don’t think his heart could take it.