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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 227 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Denvil@lemmy.one 84 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This post is about student loans

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And video game piracy. Also free housing. Pretty much anywhere where finances are involved, some people want to fuck the next generation instead of helping them.

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Wait why piracy all of a sudden. Didn’t we agree that people who don’t buy games won’t buy them anyway even if piracy didn’t exist? Thus the denuvo lack of purpose because it doesn’t raise sales. Yet many of those same folks are willing to pay to indie devs even if their games are often laughably easy to pirate. It’s about the principles.

For example Hollywood is such rotten hive of misogynist assholes that one may not want to fund them. Or not get royalty to Rowling for the potter game.

By starving bad companies we have a personal freedom to leave generations with only the best devs and brands such as Larian-motherfuking-Studios.

Hell if it wasn’t so risky IRL I’d probably steal Nestle food by tons and share it too. Let’s leave generations without that company.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

"You guys should install denuvo into your game because console players have to pay to play it but on PC you can just pirate it. It's not fair for them to get to play it for free while we had to buy it"

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How about slowing the trolley down then, instead of stopping it. Would that be a deal?

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

and most wars

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

... I hate how accurate this is. Very impressive.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Goddammit this is brilliant in so many ways, and no we are not the ones pulling the lever, in real life trolley problem.

I wanted to come into the comments to gush the same thing! Enthusiastic agree/upvote!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In real life, there is no trolley problem. Because the folks at the top don't give a shit about being ethical.

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

That one deserves a repost in leftymemes!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Them being red and blue is a nice touch

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Somehow I don't think choosing between money and lives is a problem for that guy in any way whatsoever. The fact that the money would probably be salvageable even if the trolley hit it makes it even worse.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Yeah but it would be all scattered around and stuff. Some horrible poor person might try to pick some of it up. We certainly wouldn't want that.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago

A lot of capitalists regularly make that choice, and they choose money.

Be it warmonger sharks, heads of private militaries and military manufacturers, or, idk, Nestle executives.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Needs a punchline. That last panel is completely pointless and wastes a good setup imo.

[–] Chestnut@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think it's fine as it is. It's trading funny for poignanncy

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How about "Welcome to reality"

[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Don't worry! The money will trickle down!"

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago
[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

"Don't worry, I think he's gonna pull it!"

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago

Worse, you could be the train driver with no control panel

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You are in a trolley problem. Everyone is wearing a hat. No one sees their own hat. There are 2 red and 2 blue hats and everyone knows this. The guy to your left is wearing a red hat and the guy to your right has a blue one. The guy at the lever is too far away for you to see if he wears a hat at all and it doesn't really matter since they will no pull the lever no matter what.
What do you do?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What can you do you stupid fuck? You're tied to a train track.

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats! You solved the riddle!

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ll try spinning. That’s a good move

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'll take the rest on a gift certificate.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I've seen enough western movies to know that I'll succeed in untying myself before the train gets to me.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 7 points 2 years ago

Happy go lucky guy is fine - they expected it and are just rolling with the punches.:-)

In the USA, the leopard about to get his face eaten off would normally be colored red I believe... :-P

image saying Karma is not a bitch it's a mirror

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The guy at the lever represents the oil execs and we all know they would rather kill people than sacrifice money.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

and we all know they would rather kill people

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sometimes I feel like it’s the new generation memes. Straight from the shelters, getting taste of real life out there and making memes. But then I already knew the world is hell when I was 13 yo.

Adult world was actually less cruel because everyone masks their primal insticts behind a facade of politeness and any violence is passive, systemic. Much easier to cope with in the short term but ultimately maybe more insidious. Money is violence.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

only thing wrong with this cartoon is the capitalist is touching a lever. those guys dont do such menial work

True, but the keys of power, the ownership, the control are in the hands of capitalists.

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[–] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Multitrack drifting

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Finally! Sweet release...

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