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ACME Trolly Problem (thelemmy.club)
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Alt TextA comic depicting the classic trolley problem in 2 panels

Panel 1: a trolley sits on the tracks with a switch off to an alternate track. On the main track, there is nothing to impede the trolley. On the switch off track stands The Roadrunner (see Warner Bros). At the track’s lever stands Wile E. Coyote who has thrown the lever switching the trolley’s path of travel.

Panel 2: The trolley drifts sideways off the track to run over Wile E. Coyote.

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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Roadrunner was always a Warner Brothers property, I think. Hannah-Barbera had some great stuff, but WB is in a league of its own.

Also, while I'm here, "the classic trolley problem" would imply there are more people on one track than the other, and I think it's funny that, in this context, it's just the Roadrunner.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    It had to be. Were there people on either side, Wile E. would be posed with a situational dilemma to solve. But since the Roadrunner is on the track where the lever needs to be pulled, there is no question of that. Only the question of how physics is going to fail Wile E. once again.

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