Extreme Trolley Problems

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @TakaD20
    @TakaD20 10 месяцев назад +1269

    For a stoic, the only acceptable reaction to every trolly question is to do absolutely nothing but to calm your emotions.

    • @NTJV
      @NTJV 10 месяцев назад +110

      Also pulling the lever means you’re committing manslaughter whereas if you’re just doing nothing you’re just a witness.

    • @ZETA14.88
      @ZETA14.88 10 месяцев назад +35

      ​@@NTJV ignoring things you can control does not make a stoic

    • @RetardedSealBro
      @RetardedSealBro 10 месяцев назад +7

      yes why bother if it doesn’t affect you

    • @NTJV
      @NTJV 10 месяцев назад +18

      @@ZETA14.88 yes, but this hypothetical situation makes you a criminal if you take action.

    • @DANtheMANofSIPA
      @DANtheMANofSIPA 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@NTJVThat incorrect. Doing nothing is manslaughter.

  • @Svalbardmannen
    @Svalbardmannen 10 месяцев назад +1040

    Stoic answer: Never pull the lever, as the police will not be able to charge you for intended manslaughter

    • @StoicStick
      @StoicStick  10 месяцев назад +179

      I mean if you knew the lever was faulty because you broke it then you are also liable for some of the deaths

    • @Davian2073
      @Davian2073 10 месяцев назад +28

      ​​​@@StoicStickOr... My lawyer says "Your Honor, he was 5000 miles away from the lever, and I have proof" with no proof and I'm innocent :D /j

    • @scuffedDBD
      @scuffedDBD 10 месяцев назад +18

      you cant break the leaver if you never touch it...
      @@StoicStick

    • @lavatrex
      @lavatrex 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@scuffedDBDcomment was edited

    • @EllisHudsonn
      @EllisHudsonn 10 месяцев назад

      @@StoicStickI would never be anywhere near a train because I am agoraphobic and haven’t left my room in half a year

  • @adamdodda3275
    @adamdodda3275 10 месяцев назад +216

    With most small youtubers, you find they never again post and you lose interest. But I love coming back to this account, the posts are effortlessly entertaining

    • @StoicStick
      @StoicStick  10 месяцев назад +39

      I have so many ideas for videos right now that my main problem is not being able to create videos fast enough lol, but im happy with one every 3 days or so.

    • @Am_fis
      @Am_fis 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@StoicStick Nahh he called you small, really gonna let that slide?
      Also the answer to all the questions is turn the trolley around and make it come back in the other direction (except the hitler one🤭)

  • @SavageJarJar
    @SavageJarJar 10 месяцев назад +183

    I swear when you said “Who’s to say you’re even watching a video right now,” my phone turned off.

    • @omatic_opulis9876
      @omatic_opulis9876 10 месяцев назад +13

      i was the one who drank tea hours ago.

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon 5 месяцев назад +1

      *X-files music starts playing*

  • @stupiditiusmaximus
    @stupiditiusmaximus 10 месяцев назад +175

    We need a recreation of these trolley problems and the original one in real life!

    • @uncannyspore203gaming2
      @uncannyspore203gaming2 10 месяцев назад +25

      Don’t let Mr. Beast see this

    • @VPainVlp
      @VPainVlp 10 месяцев назад +3

      VSauce did exactly this in his RUclips Series, you prob can find this still on RUclips.

    • @BobofWOGGLE
      @BobofWOGGLE 10 месяцев назад +5

      Funny thing is in the IRL version of the original you can save everyone (well, except the trolley occupants I guess) by switching the tracks when the train is halfway over. Wheelsets caught on 2 different tracks derails the trolly, crushing none.

    • @yektaagra741
      @yektaagra741 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@BobofWOGGLEin that situation whether they get crushed or not is gonna depend on how close they are to the split in the tracks

    • @nileprimewastaken
      @nileprimewastaken 7 месяцев назад +1

      there was an episode of Brain Games where they gave an (admittedly fake, it was a social experiment) real life trolley problem to random people

  • @JumpyKaput
    @JumpyKaput 10 месяцев назад +441

    Nah bro said no balls I gotta do it ong💀💀💀💀💀

  • @G33KST4R
    @G33KST4R 10 месяцев назад +57

    As a utilitarian, I just want to maximize suffering equally.

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon 5 месяцев назад +2

      So you want to save as many people as possible

  • @mecadragoon
    @mecadragoon 10 месяцев назад +90

    multi-track drifting is always the answer

  • @amir_iceking
    @amir_iceking 10 месяцев назад +145

    HOLY SHIT PERSIA MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🟩☀️🦁🟥

    • @pammy5248
      @pammy5248 8 месяцев назад +7

      Rahhh wtf is a good government

  • @waffellss
    @waffellss 6 месяцев назад +12

    4:50 i actualy drank tea a few hours ago this scared me

    • @overlorddante
      @overlorddante 4 месяца назад

      Bro I was lying down and my power went out while he was saying that. This is not ok 😂

  • @JahNgomba-ir2zi
    @JahNgomba-ir2zi 10 месяцев назад +45

    4:00 bro really hit us with Schrödinger experiment 💀

  • @easyactually
    @easyactually 10 месяцев назад +6

    5:24 stoic stick knows whats up

    • @samuelpo3378
      @samuelpo3378 8 месяцев назад +1

      hey bro why don't you post daily and get like $400 a day

  • @CrackyCreates
    @CrackyCreates 9 месяцев назад +3

    " might be a few months away at least "
    >month later
    >24,5K

  • @Josh_Gibbs
    @Josh_Gibbs 9 месяцев назад +46

    Q1: T2 (save two lives for the price of one)
    Q2: T2 (I don't care about that dog)
    Q3: T2 (they asked for it)
    Q4: T2 (they have no reason to keep on)
    Q5: T2 (vegans are much worse)
    Q6: T1 (the trolley is on the track for a reason)
    Q7: T1 (someone has to get somewhere on that trolley)
    Q8: T1 (it screws with the passengers of the trolley)
    Q9: T2 (this isn't a very good chance)
    Q10: T2 (goddamn you Stoic I didn't even break that lever)
    Q11: Subscribed

    • @oreodepup
      @oreodepup 6 месяцев назад +5

      He’s testing the audience to see who’s most susceptible to suggestion so he can track you down and indoctrinate you into his cult.

    • @poxpox1334
      @poxpox1334 3 месяца назад

      @@oreodepup That's smart, I'm doing that next

  • @stupiditiusmaximus
    @stupiditiusmaximus 10 месяцев назад +37

    Can't believe you hit 5K already! Can't not wait for 25K!

  • @squidcraft3878
    @squidcraft3878 7 месяцев назад +4

    7:33 I wouldn’t pull the lever, because if there was no ww2 America would still be an impoverished nation and the Great Depression would have killed even more people than ww2

  • @jp1hola
    @jp1hola 10 месяцев назад +7

    As always, your videos bring me joy. Have a great day!!!

  • @RRW359
    @RRW359 8 месяцев назад +2

    If my mind is so boring that this is what I hallucinate on Dutura then just tie me to the tracks.

  • @Jet_Engine14
    @Jet_Engine14 10 месяцев назад +2

    6:16 gamblers gonna have a field day with this one

  • @BobofWOGGLE
    @BobofWOGGLE 10 месяцев назад +33

    4:20 I have already imagined a hypothetical third box which is confirmed to not have a cat in it, therefore by the Monty Hall principle my current default option only has a 1 in 3 chance of containing a cat while the non-default "last remaining" option of flipping the switch now has a 2 in 3 chance of containing a cat. I do not throw the switch.

  • @GospodarTecnosti
    @GospodarTecnosti 10 месяцев назад +10

    Super underrated channel! Love your vids.

  • @nelyyisoppy6509
    @nelyyisoppy6509 10 месяцев назад +43

    That not exactly british accent is so clearly middle eastern I don't know how no one else guessed right

    • @jimmyalfonda3536
      @jimmyalfonda3536 7 месяцев назад

      That's a typical London accent.

    • @fcw2bom
      @fcw2bom 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@jimmyalfonda3536 so, middle eastern

  • @indecision3835
    @indecision3835 10 месяцев назад +2

    My solution for the Trolley problem is to get the 3 people on the other track and then pull the lever.

  • @wilgefortisohlin568
    @wilgefortisohlin568 10 месяцев назад +74

    Dafodills represent Jews in Poland. This is not a joke, That’s an official symbol of Warsaw Ghetto Urprising. 😂😂😂

    • @baraka629
      @baraka629 7 месяцев назад +1

      ok, anti-steamite

    • @mihaleben6051
      @mihaleben6051 5 месяцев назад

      @@baraka629 steamite💀

    • @baraka629
      @baraka629 5 месяцев назад

      @@mihaleben6051 i really like Valve and GabeN

  • @Nstquack
    @Nstquack 10 месяцев назад +3

    i laughed so hard at double track drift option

  • @cariyaputta
    @cariyaputta 8 месяцев назад +2

    Both Stoic and Buddhist agree that they just won't participate.

  • @amiwakawaiidesu
    @amiwakawaiidesu 10 месяцев назад +10

    I'd say it's a little dark, but after your "How to Get Away With Murder" video maybe not so dark. Do love your willingness to press limits, though.

  • @slaqualquercoisamemo5117
    @slaqualquercoisamemo5117 10 месяцев назад +2

    I would pull the lever at a specific moment to multi track drift in every single time

  • @goldjitsu1873
    @goldjitsu1873 10 месяцев назад +3

    I have an extention for my browser that blocks out self-promotion, yet yours was done so well it didn't get axed.
    Would've done it if I hadn't already

  • @taddybear4244
    @taddybear4244 10 месяцев назад +1

    This channel seems pretty great. Nice way to fill the hole left by Casually Explained between his wild and unpredictable uploads.

  • @Elliot.L87563
    @Elliot.L87563 7 месяцев назад +2

    1:23 and that is how war crimes happen

  • @realdragon
    @realdragon 5 месяцев назад +1

    The answer to the most basic trolley problem isn't to pull leaver. It is "OMGPEOPLEAREGOINGTODIEWHATDOIDOWHAT'SHAPPENING!"

  • @thombrick
    @thombrick 10 месяцев назад +1

    Pull the lever when the tram is halfway the switch, then it derails.

  • @Stvhlinger
    @Stvhlinger 10 месяцев назад +1

    3:58 this in quantom physics, where the cat can be both dead and alive

  • @francescopiani1122
    @francescopiani1122 15 часов назад

    It's a terrible situation, not because of how hard the choice is, but because even the less terrible action is still tragic

  • @detectiveducky7182
    @detectiveducky7182 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'd like to think the lever was half broken by the last viewer, and i'm setting it up to be broken by the next one too.

  • @Tservator
    @Tservator 8 месяцев назад +1

    From a legal standpoint doing nothing is the best move. Its not your fault that the train is going to kill multiple people and you can get legal help (as a witness)from the person you saved

  • @Sephiths
    @Sephiths 9 месяцев назад +1

    For the cat. If it's a 50/50 chance, I wouldn't pull the lever, at least my action wasn't the cause of death, but rather my inaction

  • @darthutah6649
    @darthutah6649 10 месяцев назад +1

    1 (possibly zero since it's the basic one). pull the lever
    2. pull
    3. don't pull
    4. pull
    5. don't pull
    6. don't pull
    7. don't pull
    8. don't pull
    9. pull
    10. pull

  • @Matikis
    @Matikis 10 месяцев назад

    "wait a second, the lever was broken, why is it good now and not switched?"

  • @elius8000
    @elius8000 7 месяцев назад

    5:50 I'd give into his taunts because he's basically asking for it

  • @cobblestoone
    @cobblestoone 10 месяцев назад +2

    you're so underrated keep it up i love ur vids

  • @BJPFFC
    @BJPFFC 10 месяцев назад

    Very quickly becoming my favourite RUclips channel

  • @ingtao
    @ingtao 10 месяцев назад +1

    This dude is out here making grade AAA certified fresh content similar to the likes of Samonella and I love him for it

  • @goldenbanana7250
    @goldenbanana7250 10 месяцев назад +11

    I chose the secret button to get both tracks on all.

  • @jimmybjonesjr
    @jimmybjonesjr 10 месяцев назад +1

    The fact that the baby painter survived might have stopped a series of events from happening differently over the the last about 100 years to cause the future to be completely altered that it is worse than if he survived.
    I would know I ranted about it to myself for 20 minutes :)

  • @kilianfirebolt
    @kilianfirebolt 10 месяцев назад +2

    i didnt pull the lever on the hitler one though, youre assumptions about my choices are wrong

  • @Kingdom_Of_Dassogne
    @Kingdom_Of_Dassogne 10 месяцев назад +2

    Ah a fellow Mongolian Warrior (I’m 2% Hungarian)

  • @Leo-ok3uj
    @Leo-ok3uj 10 месяцев назад +2

    As we have clarified before, boomers are a lead full generation

  • @anidiot4702
    @anidiot4702 10 месяцев назад +2

    this is certainly a denial of aristotle

  • @athdot
    @athdot 5 месяцев назад

    I can’t believe stoic almost popped the question!!! “Will you do me the honor, loyal viewer, of subscribing to my channel in sickness and in health?”

  • @BoofChunku
    @BoofChunku 10 месяцев назад +2

    I shall not intervene regardless because I didn’t start the trolley nor did I put the people on the tracks

    • @BoofChunku
      @BoofChunku 10 месяцев назад

      Also they are tied down to the tracks what if I can’t untie them and they are just stuck to the tracks now

  • @sovietdoge7015
    @sovietdoge7015 9 месяцев назад +1

    7:52 I had no idea RUclips added a feature that gives the Subscribe button a rainbow ring that glows when you say subscribe until this video.

  • @PhrozenFox
    @PhrozenFox 2 месяца назад

    The dilemma is that if you pull the lever, you're criminally responsible for the person's death. Morality has little to do with it.

  • @noxthemc7717
    @noxthemc7717 8 месяцев назад

    "Do you kill 30,000 boomers-"
    Yes.

  • @harshthechampful
    @harshthechampful 8 месяцев назад

    I just saw subscribe button glow when he asked to subscribe during last trolley problem.

  • @SlurMaster9000
    @SlurMaster9000 10 месяцев назад +2

    My favorite: There is 1 person on the track, but if you pull the lever, it will go to another fork in the road with another person at the lever and 2 people on the track. If he pulls it, the trolley goes to another fork with 3 people, etc., on to infinity. Do you pull the lever, indirectly causing a potentially infinite number of deaths that are technically some other guy's fault, or just let the guy die?

  • @alexlee4154
    @alexlee4154 10 месяцев назад +3

    Mathematically our two choices outcomes of the grandma one are between
    100 units*chance of 1 = 100
    And
    100 units*chance of 0.05 - 100 units*chance of 0.95 = - 85
    So statistically its a horrible choice to gamble your grandmas pension is you consider yourself on the same team
    But thats just theory. GAME THEORY! Thanks for reading

    • @goldjitsu1873
      @goldjitsu1873 10 месяцев назад +2

      But you don't take into consideration that 99% of gamblers quit before they win big? Faulty math

  • @jojocat8637
    @jojocat8637 8 месяцев назад

    I love the broken switch parts made me chuckle

  • @freddiemercury8237
    @freddiemercury8237 10 месяцев назад

    I heard that there were currency in ancient Persia that sports the current king with the motto “lover of Greeks” so this checks out

  • @PlaguevonKarma
    @PlaguevonKarma 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was just gaslit for 8 minutes

  • @Drogobo
    @Drogobo 10 месяцев назад +15

    My answers
    Q1: T2 (save two lives for the price of one)
    Q2: T2 (I don't care about that dog)
    Q3: T2 (they asked for it)
    Q4: T2 (they have no reason to keep on)
    Q5: T2 (vegans are much worse)
    Q6: T1 (the trolley is on the track for a reason)
    Q7: T1 (someone has to get somewhere on that trolley)
    Q8: T1 (it screws with the passengers of the trolley)
    Q9: T1 (this isn't a very good chance)
    Q10: T2 (goddamn you Stoic I didn't even break that lever)
    Q11: Subscribed

  • @Guava-Lava
    @Guava-Lava 8 месяцев назад

    I think the baby with 28 thousand days vs 28 thousand people with 1 day is harder if you change who's on which track.

  • @teriiyaki_god
    @teriiyaki_god 2 месяца назад

    Mentioning the tea lowkey had me tripping a bit

  • @PavewayIII-gbu24
    @PavewayIII-gbu24 9 месяцев назад

    There could be infinite boomers on the track and I'd still pull the lever

  • @skippy-the-destroyer
    @skippy-the-destroyer 10 месяцев назад +7

    I unsubscribed just long enough to panic you the resubscribe just in time to save you and the theoretical kittens.
    Lol nah good vid.
    Glad the channel is doing great.

  • @claudiamslays
    @claudiamslays 8 месяцев назад

    My answer: I pull the lever every time because I am completely apathetic to the situation

  • @heterodoxagnostic8070
    @heterodoxagnostic8070 8 месяцев назад

    Neglect is never a crime, so the correct answer is always to not pull the lever, it can only be sometimes permissable to pull the lever if for instance there are no individuals on where you redirected the train.

  • @yeahaddigirl
    @yeahaddigirl 10 месяцев назад +1

    If you have to kill someone to not kill others with inaction then you've already made a mistake somewhere before

  • @anthonyruby2668
    @anthonyruby2668 9 месяцев назад

    Regardless who or what is on the tracks, Track 1 feels like the original played out Timeline and Track 2 feels like alternate timelines

  • @ARClegend
    @ARClegend 8 месяцев назад

    After the train passes due to the lever failure, baby hitler is definitely not safe from me bro

  • @shorteditzzzz
    @shorteditzzzz 10 месяцев назад

    damn first time yt recommended me a good channel im gon binge watch all ur vid
    ps. you funny af

  • @ianscott9596
    @ianscott9596 9 месяцев назад

    You really got me with that tea bit. I did in fact have tea earlier.

  • @SetäPerma
    @SetäPerma Месяц назад

    But what if you pull the lever and immediately pull it back to the position it was originally.

  • @batowner1
    @batowner1 10 месяцев назад +1

    your employer is eager for 25k, can't wait to see who dropped the racial slur tier list

  • @kogure7235
    @kogure7235 10 месяцев назад

    1. pull
    2. pull
    3. pull
    4. pull
    5. pull
    6. pull
    6. pull
    7. don't pull
    8. don't pull
    9. don't pull
    10. pull

  • @adombarrett8998
    @adombarrett8998 3 месяца назад

    If you do not pull the lever, you cannot be blamed for anything

    • @AugustRx
      @AugustRx 2 месяца назад

      wuss mentality

  • @goondudefr
    @goondudefr 10 месяцев назад

    +5 stoic points. I expect to be able to redeem these later on.

  • @Kealasadiva42
    @Kealasadiva42 9 месяцев назад +1

    this mf really kept this damn dog LMAO

  • @Carnagemode
    @Carnagemode 10 месяцев назад +1

    i tripped at the wake up part bro

  • @hatsunereeeeeku
    @hatsunereeeeeku 10 месяцев назад +2

    as a half Mongolian I give you a high five

  • @idol8th111
    @idol8th111 8 месяцев назад

    Q1 - Pull
    Q2 - Pull
    Q3 - Pull
    Q4 - Leave
    Q5 - Pull
    Q6 - Leave
    Q7 - Leave
    Q8 - Pull
    Q9 - Leave
    Q10 - Pull
    I would leave the lever broken

  • @OffTheRailsUK
    @OffTheRailsUK 10 месяцев назад

    Actually, there is no "Secret button" on a track switch to do that. If you really wanna do track drifting, you keep the switch in the same position until half of the trolley has passed over it, THEN you switch.

  • @alexbrewer4570
    @alexbrewer4570 3 месяца назад

    3:50 So, I was thinking, how do we kill all six people on the track... Oh, I did the thing again, didn't I?

  • @JustAnotherRandomPerson5038
    @JustAnotherRandomPerson5038 8 месяцев назад

    7:10 well, I wasn't gonna pull the lever anyway...

  • @TheCutePyro
    @TheCutePyro 10 месяцев назад

    5:25 I actually did one time break a piece of my dad’s exercise equipment, I fixed it just enough so that the next time my dad uses it he would think he was the one who broke it and it actually worked and my dad thought he damaged his own exercise equipment.

  • @kiweping5
    @kiweping5 10 месяцев назад

    As a proud member of r/trolleymemes the answer to all of these is multi-track drifting

  • @Davian2073
    @Davian2073 10 месяцев назад

    In the question where the lever broke, I didn't pull it, because I knew there was an invisible puppy in Track 2, so the lever isn't broken in the Hitler question, and now world peace has been achieved!

  • @juniornelson462
    @juniornelson462 10 месяцев назад

    Stoic answer : just run back home, you cant be charged with manslaughter if you are at home

  • @peteypete9357
    @peteypete9357 9 месяцев назад

    Him "saving" three people by actively killing one is such an European answer (ie: Napoleonic Code). In the United States it doesn't work that way and the law would much favor you for not being a part of a death, even when you could save more in the process. We call that manslaughter. Trolley problem isn't so easily solved by utilitarianism, which is what you seem to suggest. Under some jurisprudence, you still have responsibilities of mens rea and actus reus to answer for.

  • @sniper7303
    @sniper7303 10 месяцев назад

    +100 style points for doing the drift

  • @gabrielsfilms2086
    @gabrielsfilms2086 10 месяцев назад +1

    pull the lever then see if I can save the 1 guy, cause the trolleys always move pretty slow in these problems

    • @gabrielsfilms2086
      @gabrielsfilms2086 10 месяцев назад

      the 5 ppl will just go oof themselves later on, so save the 1 guy
      save the baby
      uh id do nothing (because I do not know of the button)
      same I did with the first problem, move the box I choose to get run over
      no not gonna pull it
      I'm not gonna be charged for manslaughter so no
      nope not gonna sentence gee to the old peoples home
      kill the flower ig? idk why baby hitlers here so I'm gonna like, but him in an modern day orphanage
      I'm already subbed so unless you want me to unsub...

  • @SMV-CC88
    @SMV-CC88 10 месяцев назад +1

    3:34 Me who is 2 generations before them: Huh.

  • @boldisordorin9010
    @boldisordorin9010 10 месяцев назад +1

    I won 5 stoic points. Remember me for when they will matter

  • @bitingicecream
    @bitingicecream 10 месяцев назад +2

    new here, loving your videos, they're funny, are you also into phenotype studies?

    • @StoicStick
      @StoicStick  10 месяцев назад +2

      More specifically what about them? I agree that there is predictive power from gene studies

  • @AleK0451
    @AleK0451 8 месяцев назад

    every answer for me is multi track drifting

  • @bazooxz
    @bazooxz 10 месяцев назад +4

    ethnicity tier list when?

  • @kingofthetigers
    @kingofthetigers 10 месяцев назад

    Me every time: hit the trolley with an RPG

  • @send_a_raven
    @send_a_raven 7 месяцев назад

    kind of obsessed with stoic's voice

  • @alegz8293
    @alegz8293 10 месяцев назад

    "...Which might be couple of months away at last"
    Well look at the champ go! at 17K in 2 weeks
    oh yeah, pretty good channel btw. lots of potential. subbed.