Post #1715564
2026-04-27 07:30 UTC
There are some amazing justifications from many amongst the red-pushing side:
“But if everyone presses red, nobody dies!” (As if that would every happen. Funnily enough strong overlap with the group that claims that “< 90 IQ can’t reason about hypotheticals”, although that is also just twitter.)
“People who press blue are just blackmailing us!” (I think this accounts for a large portion, ie: not liking to depend on others).
“The number of people choosing blue can’t be that high! (It would be lower in a true-stakes scenario!)”
[Many others, but these are those that come to mind.]
It’s a bit baffling how many strongly they refuse the “blue-selection” as possibly moral/rational. Even so far as calling people pressing blue evil or subhuman, simply baffling.
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@samvines@awful.systems 2026-04-27 10:56
I wonder if the button colours immediately made US readers pick a side e.g. republican Vs democrat. If the buttons had been Yellow and Purple would it make a difference?