Shadow Play Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 49 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: For those unfamiliar: A runaway trolley is heading down the tracks toward five workers who will all be killed if the trolley proceeds on its present course. Adam sees a fat guy sitting on a wall beside the track that can stop/derail the trolley. The only way to save the lives of the five workers is to push the fat guy onto the track in the knowledge that it'll kill him. Should Adam push the guy off the wall, killing the one guy but saving the other five? I’m assuming in this scenario Adam has a mobile phone in which case he would likely do nothing other than film and post the outcome on one or more of his social media platforms? That seems like the modern answer to this scenario. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Adam should send five trained eagles to swoop in and pluck the five workers from their perilous predicament. He should also provide advice on improving diet and portion control to the plump fellow, not that it's any of his business, the judgemental arse that he is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, welshbairn said: More to the point, where do they stand on the gender reform issue?  3 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Fine... The fat guy is called Pete, aged 42. He lives in Queensferry but works at Nationwide in Dunfermline, one of the few to do the reverse commute. He lets the location of the MotoGP determine his holiday location. He has no kids, but has a cat. Person 1 is Neil, aged 38. He's an electrician from Kirkliston, and listens to Metallica most days. He supports Hibs, but attends two games a season on average. Person 2 is Carly. She's shagging Neil and is just hanging around him like a lost puppy. In her spare time he paints beach pebbles and sells them on Etsy. Person 3 is Doug, aged 17. He's working on an apprenticeship with Network Rail. He doesn't care about football and has two illegitimate kids. He refuses to say Mac 'n' Cheese. Person 4 is Gary, aged 65 and a grandfather to five. He's the manager and talks about nothing other than looking forward to retirement. Person 5 is Leonard. Nobody knows anything about him. He's that worker that gets paid to just stand about watching the others do stuff. Seem fairly liberal, with pronouns at least. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, coprolite said: Murder vs being an innocent bystander. The only way that Adam would possibly know that the only way to prevent fatalities was pushing fatty is after the fact. He'd have been shouting at them to get out the way until they got squashed. Only a psychopath would push the guy and they'd probably be quite curious as to what 5 people getting hit by a trolley looks like and not want to stop it. What about the original version where Adam has a switch that he can leave alone to allow certain death for five, or flick it so just one dies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I am still confused. In the original story there was a talking snake and some naked chick called Eve but none of this other stuff. Very confusing. Â 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Just now, welshbairn said: What about the original version where Adam has a switch that he can leave alone to allow certain death for five, or flick it so just one dies? It removes the disincentive provided by having to try to shift a fat man from a wall, which could be a minimum of hard work but potentially dangerous if fatty fights back, but it's a similar dilemma. I guess in that version he has the chance to warn fatty instead, so it wouldn't be certain death of 1 vs likely death of 5, but likely vs likely. If the points would otherwise be set at random but he can choose, then he should obviously choose fatty, much to the delight of the covid thread brigade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I think I ruined the thread by introducing the fat guy on the wall.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 22 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Fine... The fat guy is called Pete, aged 42. He lives in Queensferry but works at Nationwide in Dunfermline, one of the few to do the reverse commute. He lets the location of the MotoGP determine his holiday location. He has no kids, but has a cat. Person 1 is Neil, aged 38. He's an electrician from Kirkliston, and listens to Metallica most days. He supports Hibs, but attends two games a season on average. Person 2 is Carly. She's shagging Neil and is just hanging around him like a lost puppy. In her spare time he paints beach pebbles and sells them on Etsy. Person 3 is Doug, aged 17. He's working on an apprenticeship with Network Rail. He doesn't care about football and has two illegitimate kids. He refuses to say Mac 'n' Cheese. Person 4 is Gary, aged 65 and a grandfather to five. He's the manager and talks about nothing other than looking forward to retirement. Person 5 is Leonard. Nobody knows anything about him. He's that worker that gets paid to just stand about watching the others do stuff. Is there any guaranteed way of killing them all? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 36 minutes ago, Dan Steele said: The thread title shows what looks like a shopping trolley. Would that even fit the tracks? Would it kill or just leave a nasty bruise? Adam could probably just kick the trolley over. Â Aye that's what I was thinking and would it even go in the right direction with its dodgy wheels. Â 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboomyards Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Are any of these guys OLD FIRM fans ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Where is @Adam nowadays anyway? I miss seeing pictures of his Sunday roasts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 How fucking big is Adam?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, RuMoore said: How fucking big is Adam?! 5' 11" and on average 14.2 stone. Easter chocolate has seen an increase to to 14.5 though. He aims to get down to 13 something by the summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave94 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan Steele said: The thread title shows what looks like a shopping trolley. Would that even fit the tracks? Would it kill or just leave a nasty bruise? Adam could probably just kick the trolley over. If its a shopping trolley then everything should turn out for the best as the trolley would derail itself naturally and launch itself into the nearby river and live half submerged for the next five years until the river floods and then finds its new home in a nearby public park where it brings hours of joy to children and neds. .........Fat bloke still gets pushed off the wall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave94 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: For those unfamiliar: A runaway trolley is heading down the tracks toward five workers who will all be killed if the trolley proceeds on its present course. Adam sees a fat guy sitting on a wall beside the track that can stop/derail the trolley. The only way to save the lives of the five workers is to push the fat guy onto the track in the knowledge that it'll kill him. Should Adam push the guy off the wall, killing the one guy but saving the other five? Who the f**k stands on a railway track and doesn't keep look out, 5 Darwin awards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Do we know what team the five workers support? Let me know and I’ll get back to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, approximately dave said: If its a shopping trolley then everything should turn out for the best as the trolley would derail itself naturally and launch itself into the nearby river and live half submerged for the next five years until the river floods and then finds its new home in a nearby public park where it brings hours of joy to children and neds. .........Fat bloke still gets pushed off the wall. Unless it's that bloody Tesco trolley in the new ad. It would jump the tracks and go for help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Fine... The fat guy is called Pete, aged 42. He lives in Queensferry but works at Nationwide in Dunfermline, one of the few to do the reverse commute. He lets the location of the MotoGP determine his holiday location. He has no kids, but has a cat. Sounds a lot like that guy who posts pictures of himself in his tight motorbike gear on here. Still the same answer for me, call him Turboshandy or let people see his posts on here. The court would understand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I always forget to take a pound coin, that’s the real trolley problem! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Kill all 5. Serves them right for not having spacial awareness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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