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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but 1 million dollars is collectively drained from the households on your block. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    38.9%
  • No
    61.1%
1,051 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but you personally lose 90% of all of your total wealth, savings, property, valuables, etc. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    28.1%
  • No
    71.9%
1,048 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but unemployment in your country increases by 1%. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    34.2%
  • No
    65.8%
1,017 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but the work commute of every person in the world, whatever it is, increases in time by 5%. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    37.9%
  • No
    62.1%
948 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but it costs your country's government 1 million dollars. How many times do you press the button?
  • 0 times
    27.1%
  • 1-100 times
    32.4%
  • 100-some large number
    23.6%
  • Until no more money left
    16.9%
945 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but 50 dollars is drained from your bank account/investments/savings. How many times do you press the button?
  • 0 times
    19.5%
  • 1-100 times
    47.1%
  • 101-some large number
    13.3%
  • Until no more money left
    20.1%
911 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but ambient gender roles across the globe revert to the norms of 1950's America. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    47.8%
  • No
    52.2%
1,040 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but all food for the rest of humankind now tastes 10% less flavorful. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    35%
  • No
    65%
998 votesFinal results
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but every human being that ever exists until the end of time gets a slightly annoying dust mote in their eye once a year. Do you press the button?
  • Yes
    61.1%
  • No
    38.9%
957 votesFinal results
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Does everyone get one additional annoying dust mote incident, or do people who would have had zero now get one and everyone else gets the same number?
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