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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago

Yes, but make sure to make eye contact with the driver first. Because, in the end, don't we all want to be remembered?

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Apparently that is one of the worst parts of being a train driver. Seeing what's about to happen, but knowing you can't stop in time. Looking into someone's eyes, just before they are reduced to a meat crayon.

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

How often does it actually happen?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

I've heard that is basically guaranteed you will kill someone eventually if you are a lifelong train driver.

[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

No, I'm just happy there's trolley's again.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Could a walkable neighborhood and transit-oriented development be next?

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

On a large enough time scale and on the tail end of peak oil this is basically guaranteed.

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

I mean, if it didn’t just kill me but erased me from existence so I wouldn’t cause a massive amount of trauma to the people around me, then yes absolutely!

If it just killed me then nopeeee

[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

doing so would disrupt the trolley service causing the company to lose profits, so here’s the reverse ask: why wouldn’t you do this?

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You don't want DB to have any more delays though so only do it if it's a cargo train.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Call of the void, is that you?

[-] Squorlple@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Alternatively:

trolley problem: you and Albert Camus are standing by the railway. nobody is in any danger. do you let Albert Camus jump in front of the moving trolley?

[-] ReedReads@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It depends, do I have snacks?

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

ME: no

MY DARK THOUGHTS: yes

ME: wtf‽‽

[-] ambrosiaforest@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago
[-] cloudless@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Well, this happens a lot in China. For insurance scam.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Trolley insurers have the big bucks.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Russia too. Lots of dash cam vids on YouTube. I got one for myself just in case (US)

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That depends, will doing so inconvenience other people? And is there someone to look after my cat?

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

These trolley moral dilemma hypothetical scenarios are becoming increasingly complex.

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

What trolley, there are only cars

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

You obviously have not been to San Francisco

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

That depends: are we in a country that lacks any kind of decent access to medical care, so that by not jumping we are causing a worse death than by jumping?

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago
[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yes because I would die

[-] Pyro@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Now we are getting to the real questions

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
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