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[-] sgtlion@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Bottom. No matter what your "real" number assignation in the queue is, theres an infinite number of people before the train gets to you. Therefore every single person will live a full life before the train reaches them.

[-] rothaine@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

What about the first guy

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

They too lived a full (very short) life.

[-] sgtlion@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

What real number is he? There's infinity people before him too

[-] rothaine@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

This some Zeno shit, man

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

The zeroth person is dead. I don't know how the trolly finds the next one because there's always a smaller one than whatever it chooses

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