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A 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.

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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    6 hours ago

    I’d prefer if the trolley fell over rather than moved laterally. The cartoon defies the laws of physics but in a fun cartoony way that makes internal sense.

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      A 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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        6 hours ago

        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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          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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        @cannedtuna@lemmy.world wall of texty thow. Important for the non visual reader is the intention rather the detail. If you made a meme tell it how you made it in steps from picture to top and bottom text (actually add that or meta info like the text is shifted to not overlapp part of the image). If you made a photo tell where you put the focus plane and if you used aperture or other specific additional metadata to the photo. That also helps for the stunned not knowing what seeing visual reader.
        Also none of this was ever seen by somepwny visually impaired, as they do not go diving into the comments in the hope someone adds alttext there.
        So pl0x edit your inital post and add an alttext to it, so it can be seen non visual. #alttext