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Third track (lemmy.nz)

[a character holds a lever connected to rails, on which a train is approaching fast]
A train is approaching fast…
Many people are tied to the tracks…
As a bystander, I can do only one thing in this current moment: flip a lever, which would send the train to another track where it would also kill people, but less of them

[next to another separate railway track, someone is trying to get the first character's attention]
Hey you, over there, look!
There is a third track here!
It is not connected to the other tracks, but there are zero people tied to it, so if you do not choose to send the train on this third track right now you are an evil genocide enabling liberal

https://thebad.website/comic/third_track

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[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

The artist got it right in that the third track is not even connected to the rail, and the guy couldn't select that track even if he tried. He's missing that if you try to select the third track the genocide happens anyway.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

I don't think it was missing, I think it was a "read between the lines moment", a "skill" that seems to be becoming rarer these days.

[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, tell this to all these people in the comments

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

This wasn't a private message... So done?

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2026
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