MYSTERIOUS STRANGER: *hands woman box* If you press this button, someone you don't know dies
WOMAN: Ok *presses button*
STRANGER: Whoa, I didn't even tell you about the money
WOMAN: I can't afford to pay much
STRANGER: No, you don't pay
WOMAN: Oh good *presses button again*
STRANGER: Jesus Christ
A lot of people run around maskless and sick knowing they statistically will kill or disable someone, so I’m just glad we don’t have the button technology because we’d all be dead in 24 hours.
Everyone thinks they are the stranger in this joke, but a virus presents you a real world scenario and the vast vast majority of people quickly prioritized their comfort over the lives of others. If people could get a million dollars from prioritizing themselves? Humanity is dead in a day.
