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?
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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?
- Yes28.1%
- No71.9%
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?
- Yes34.2%
- No65.8%
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?
- Yes37.9%
- No62.1%
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 times27.1%
- 1-100 times32.4%
- 100-some large number23.6%
- Until no more money left16.9%
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 times19.5%
- 1-100 times47.1%
- 101-some large number13.3%
- Until no more money left20.1%
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?
- Yes47.8%
- No52.2%
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?
- Yes35%
- No65%
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?
- Yes61.1%
- No38.9%
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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