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FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

@dramypsyd I’m always amused that people assume that rail switches are binary. In theory you could pull the lever halfway in the hopes of causing a derailment. Not an ideal solution, but it could turn out ok.

21 Nov 2024 at 21:16 | Wall-to-wall | Open on epsilon-ix.masto.host
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Willem Janssen

@fuzzface @dramypsyd Or… multi-track drifting. Killing everyone 😃! Well, except the switch pullers, but would they really be able to live with themselves after all that?

21 Nov 2024 at 21:31 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

@Wlm @dramypsyd Yup. It is a totally crappy solution, basically you are hoping the derailment doesn’t cause a bigger disaster.

21 Nov 2024 at 21:37 | Open on epsilon-ix.masto.host
FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

@Wlm @dramypsyd Also funny that the trolleys don’t ever have operators or emergency stop capabilities.

21 Nov 2024 at 21:38 | Open on epsilon-ix.masto.host
Dan Neuman

@fuzzface @dramypsyd Hypothetical switches are always binary.

21 Nov 2024 at 22:10 | Open on ottawa.place
sidereal

@fuzzface @dramypsyd Yep, this is hilarious but it still has the same solution as all other trolley problems. At the speeds trolleys go, these derailments are pretty safe.

Meme. Trolley problem. Top text reads: "IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION" It then shows a trolley passing through a switch. A figure stands off to one side next to a lever controlling the switch. In front of the trolley, on the track it is on, are tied 5 people. On the siding, there is one person tied up. A red arrow points towards the wheels of the trolley, which are equidistant over the middle of the switch. Bottom text reads "Slip the switch by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt."
22 Nov 2024 at 15:32 | Open on kolektiva.social
Maggie Maybe

@sidereal I don’t know where this came from but I absolutely love them. This reminds me of a few years ago when the government was sending out those robot dogs and someone familiar with the design of the robot dogs published the blueprints showing you where you could grab the battery release lever below their throat causing the battery to fall out so they immediately stop working.

Whatever happened to all those robot dogs? Are they all down in Georgia playing in Cop city? Did we manage to stop Cop city or does it exist? I’m sorry I failed to keep up with all the atrocities during the Biden administration. I tried but it was a lot.

@sidereal I don’t know where this came from but I absolutely love them. This reminds me of a few years ago when the government was sending out those robot dogs and someone familiar with the design of the robot dogs published the blueprints showing you where you could grab the battery release lever below their throat causing the battery to fall out so they immediately stop working.

22 Nov 2024 at 16:11 | Open on zeroes.ca
sidereal

@maggiejk Hahaha I made this meme after a conversation I had with some railroad workers who were like "man that trolley problem meme on the internet is so silly. They don't know about slipping the switch!"

Trump has robodawgs patrolling outside of Mar-a-lago lmao

22 Nov 2024 at 16:16 | Open on kolektiva.social
Jargoggles

@sidereal @fuzzface @dramypsyd
But this will cause property damage! God forbid!

22 Nov 2024 at 16:17 | Open on kolektiva.social
sidereal

@jargoggles @fuzzface @dramypsyd Property damage that union workers will get paid to repair 🤣

22 Nov 2024 at 16:24 | Open on kolektiva.social
FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:
Jargoggles

@sidereal @fuzzface @dramypsyd
But won't anyone think of the person who owns the trolley company? They worked hard to inherit it from their dad.

22 Nov 2024 at 16:27 | Open on kolektiva.social
FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

@jargoggles @sidereal @dramypsyd Technically they are. If anyone dies, the Trolley Company gets sued. Not an issue of fault, simply where the money is.

22 Nov 2024 at 16:36 | Open on epsilon-ix.masto.host
Jargoggles

@fuzzface @sidereal @dramypsyd
Sounds like that would only be a problem for anyone who didn't buy the judge a new boat.

22 Nov 2024 at 16:44 | Open on kolektiva.social
zl2tod

@sidereal

Unless the derailed trolley slides broadside along both tracks killing all.

Dead men tell no tales though.

@fuzzface @dramypsyd

22 Nov 2024 at 16:34 | Open on mastodon.online
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