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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 47 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Do you:

Wiggle your toes, helplessly hoping to get free

Or

Wiggle your fingers, helplessly trying to get free

[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago
[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I thought that was just my constant state of being.

[–] EherVielleicht@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 7 months ago
[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The bag of money should be after all the people tied up on the track, he runs over the people and collects the money

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

Lot easier to collect if it's not exploded all over the tracks.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Actually, it's the 0,01%. The doctor or engineer that makes $ 200000 a year is not the enemy.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It takes $5.8 million to be part of the 1% in the USA. Do many engineers or doctors have that much?

In Germany at least only if they have their own company and exploit their employees (or inheried wealth), but Germany doesn't treat it's engineers very well.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

Gotta keep those German engineers humble lest they start getting any ideas

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Our of interest is that shared income or personal? I wonder how many people are part of the 1% but their spouse and children aren't.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

My source doesn't explicitly mention it. But underage children normally don't count in lists like this.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wealth-1-percent-5-8-million-knight-frank-report/

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not "going to be", but "is" and "was".

Texas Attorney General stood right up and said grandma and grandpa would be happy to die to keep 'the economy' going

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

No, that cannot be. Wasn't that one of those same guys screeching about death panels? Surely they would have the integrity and consistency to oppose killing grandparents in 2020.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

My favorite version of the choo choo problem is when you can choose to divert the train down the tracks to someone else that has to face the choo choo problem.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if self driving cars, where the trolley problem is often used, will try to save the ones that look the most rich.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

They will try to brake, and if that's not enough then that's not enough. As interesting as such philosophical discussions are, cars won't be making "decisions on who to kill", that's ridiculous. They will just brake. Same as any other automated machinery, it just stops in case of an emergency.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If Elon Musk has his way, they will actively try to run over black people.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The car horn makes a fart noise as it bounces over the body without slowing. Other pedestrians dash over in horror. The car's rear printer has littered the street with fliers reading, "a cabal of Jews controls the planet," and, "I cannot believe Grimes left such a smart and handsome guy."

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Sounds about right.

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

i mean idegaf so there's no reason they would

;)

[–] prof@infosec.pub -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The free market will take care of the problem for us

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately your existence doesn't offer sufficient profit potential. Please report for termination immediately.

[–] prof@infosec.pub 1 points 7 months ago

I will gladly give my life to boost the gdp, sir.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

It's worked out well so far! /s