This is the second of fourteen trolley problem memes I saved a decade ago. There’s another batch down the line from a month or so after that.
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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Lol, I was thinking you'd derail the trolly just to save your wife and you wouldn't care about who got killed or injured in the derailment
Hmm, good point, might be easier to kill the trolley driver.
Lol do you as a trolly driver take action to pull if there was a 50/50 probability of saving 5 lives
Trolley driver will be one of: