Trolley problem. Just that.

Pull the lever!

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Racosharko

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Juia_Darkcrest

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This is a boring trolly problem.


THERE IS A CIRCULAR TRACK.

On the track is a trolly. It is powered by electricity. It will never run out of power. It goes around and around. You have a switch. If you flip the switch, the trolly comes to a stop, then reverses direction. If you keep flipping it constantly, you can basically keep it still. If you stop, it takes about three minutes to complete a circle.

They chain a five year old girl on the tracks.
They lock you in a room with the switch and a window that lets you look right at the girl.
At best, you can time it so you can wait two minutes 59 seconds before flipping the switch, or she dies at 3 minutes.

They will not let you out until the girl is dead.
No Food. No water. No breaks.

So. What do you do?
Obviously you keep toggling it as long as possible and hope someone comes to there senses and unchains the girl.

I would coach my mind like giving CPR to a casualty, doing my best to keep them alive but if I fail in the end, it is not my fault, it is someone elses.
 

Anonjohn20

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Before you stand two train tracks, running side by side.The first track has five people, all upon it tied.The second track- only one- similarly bound.In the distance, a chugging; the train starts to sound.Your hands rest on a lever, the six start to cry;Pull it, and kill the one, or let the five die?
Are there any futas among the tied-up people? If so, on which side, the side with 5 people or the side with 1 person?
 

Anonjohn20

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They are all futas. But the side with one futa has a futa with five packages.
The hardest choice of my life, but I'd have to sacrifice 1 futa to save 5 futas. It would have been an easier choice to sacrifice 5 regular people to save 1 futa.
 

JayMark

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The hardest choice of my life, but I'd have to sacrifice 1 futa to save 5 futas. It would have been an easier choice to sacrifice 5 regular people to save 1 futa.
I withheld some information. The five futas you saved are ungrateful and will ignore you. The one futa is the princess of a futa kingdom who would have taken you there and made you their king.
 

Anonjohn20

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I withheld some information. The five futas you saved are ungrateful and will ignore you. The one futa is the princess of a futa kingdom who would have taken you there and made you their king.
I do not do it for their gratitude; I simply do what is needed (for the futas).
 
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