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[–] joneskind 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So by your logic... Would you become a triple killer by killing a double killer? Or a serial killer by killing a single serial killer? What about the trolley problem if the single guy is a serial killer then? I need answers

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.” — Jean Rostand

Source: https://quotepark.com/quotes/1749668-jean-rostand-kill-one-man-and-you-are-a-murderer-kill-million/

[–] Death_Equity 8 points 1 year ago

Due to the transitive property of murder, you have valid points.

But you always let the trolley kill the old person instead of the murderer; the murderer can stop murdering, the old person can only be stopped by killing them. In all other cases the murderer gets trolley'd.

[–] surewhynotlem 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By the additive property of killing, you'd be a triple killer if you killed a double. Serial killers get the title by killing people all in a row. If they're not in a row it doesn't count.

The trick to the trolley problem is to yank the brake, jackknife the trolley cars, and hit everyone. This would make you a septuple killer, and earn the 'Badass Moves' achievement.

[–] joneskind 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, but what if I drive a Time Trolley to run over my own grandpa before he met my own grandma and kill Antoni Gaudi?

[–] surewhynotlem 3 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure this was an episode of Futurama, and you end up getting laid. Just don't ask too many questions.