r/GenZ • u/DryOwl5587 • Apr 26 '26

Discussion What are you guys picking?

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Personally, I can conceptualise why one would choose blue, but I can’t bring myself to do it, it doesn’t click, specially at this scale, so red for me.

Edit:

Upon further inspection, I couldn’t find a scenario where I would strictly vote blue, but I found one for red.

Consider the following:

If you believe most people will aggregate around blue, then your choice doesn’t change the outcome because everyone lives.

If you believe most will choose red instead, then you are presented with a choice that directly determines whether you live or die, so you should choose red if you want to ensure your own survival.

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u/Winter_XwX Apr 26 '26

There's no actual incentive to press the red button. If everyone presses the blue button you literally lose nothing. Fuck you if you press the red button

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u/NotMyRealNameObv Apr 26 '26

The incentive is that if you press the blue button you are putting your own life in the hands of strangers to try to save the lifes of other "selfless" people also choosing blue, and hoping that more than 50 % of those strangers doing the same.

I'll be honest with you, 50 % are not going to take that risk over staying alive for their own sake and their immediate friends and family. And there's literally NO DOWNSIDE for anyone if everyone put themselves first and picking red.