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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2778 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for May 1, 2026

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I'd argue that in terms of pure self-interest, you should vote Blue, because even supposing that the majority of Blue voters are irrational idiots, the deaths of the dumbest 40% or so of society will drag you down. You should expect significant suffering as a result.

If the dumbest 40% of society are going to die, so am I if I vote with them. Am I missing something here?

Pretending to be retarded so I can be a part of a mass suicide doesn't seem like a great strategy; if it turns out to be actually so terrible (which I strongly doubt), I've certainly got personal options for dealing with a life-not-worth-living due to inadequate idiots in the world.

The empirical evidence seems to be that Blue wins anyway, but put it this way. If the vote is anywhere near close, then I think it is vitally important to get swing voters to pick Blue. A narrow win for Blue is fine; a narrow loss for Blue is the worst thing that has ever happened in human history, perhaps rivalled only by mass mortalities like the Black Death.

If the vote is not going to be close, then sure, pick Red. If it's a decisive win for Blue then whatever, we're all fine. If Blue cannot crest 30% or 35% or so, then you voting Blue would accomplish nothing but your own death.

However, judging from the Twitter poll, we seem to be in a world where Blue is winning with roughly 55-60% or so, and in that world... just keep Blue on top. Everything is fine as-is, and there is no reason to try to drag the Blue percentage down below that crucial 50% threshold.

Twitter is not the world though -- maybe Twitter should actually run the experiment, with the consequence to being a losing Blue a permaban!

But seriously, Twitter has like half a billion MAU -- even if we accept the poll-takers as representative of Twitter, there are another several billion humans out there for many of whom "if you press this button you might die, if you press this one you won't" is a compelling case.

Again: Retarded mind games.

I'll take those deaths. And the suffering. I'll take those rather than be badgered into a stupid decision by the stupidity of others. I've had quite enough of "You've got to save the self-destructive!" rhethoric, and as far as I care it's all ideologically motivated manipulation attempting to exploit the self-sufficient in favor of the self-destructive.

My point is that your response makes you one of the self-destructive, because if some significant sub-50% chunk of the population all die, even if you picked Red, you will get to sit there smugly assured of your intelligence while watching civilisation collapse.

Frankly, I very much do not care. I am responsible for myself and my child (who, no, will not get to decide on her own which button to press), and everyone else can die in a fire if need be, I won't gamble our lives on the galaxy-brained actions of others.

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