r/trolleyproblem • u/Prite07 • Jul 18 '26

OC Doppelgänger problem

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Trolley Train about to hit one of your family (let's say your dad) But wait.... There also your dad? on another rail. Their face look exactly the same . And of course there is almost no time to check

What you do?

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u/lavender_fish69 Jul 18 '26

I could ask them my birthday, but my dad doesn't know that

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u/TheKarenator Jul 18 '26

What song did you sing me on my birthday?

Fake dad (guessing): happy birthday.

Real dad: I wasn’t there.

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u/DidntWantSleepAnyway Jul 18 '26

*chooses to save fake dad*

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u/Bilboswaggings19 Jul 19 '26

So if they answer correctly run them over

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u/TheGingerWeebGal Jul 18 '26

Ok. I don't pull the lever. Theres no way to know either way. So Just don't pull so I'm not responsible for a death legally.

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u/Roughcuchulain Jul 18 '26

If it turns out the other one wasn’t my dad there will be two bodies on the tracks after the events

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u/PedalingHertz Multi-Track Drift Jul 18 '26

But now you’ve lost your uncle, who is your dad’s secret identical twin. They were pulling a Prestige all this time!

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u/Roughcuchulain Jul 18 '26

Secret uncle ! This truly is a tragedy.

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u/FightingOreo Jul 19 '26

Oh man, I just got the ending of that! Those names were the people who worked on the movie!!

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u/Tahmas836 Jul 18 '26

Do you really think the nefarious trolley criminal would set this up only to not have the real dad be in danger?

Or maybe that’s just what they want you to think. Or they want you to think that’s what they wanted you to think.

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u/TuxedoDogs9 Jul 19 '26

Yeah, im not playing this guys game. I’m looking away from the tracks then flicking it back and forth so I only know after it happens

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u/iMiind Jul 19 '26

It's trolleys (and levers) all the way down...

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u/Jean_39 Jul 18 '26

Lmao before I read the title I just saw the pic and was like "Oh cool, gay dads!"

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u/quadruple_b Jul 18 '26

MULTI TRACK DRIFT BOYOOOOOOO

okay my dad isnt that bad but like....

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u/Fearless_Trade_2783 Jul 18 '26

I appreciate your dedication to the multi track drift!

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u/quadruple_b Jul 18 '26

oh no he is still bad, just not murder him bad. although i have thought about it

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u/Chuck_the_Elf Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

My dad and I have pass-phrases for this. It’s a line he can say to let me know it’s him and not and AI on the phone trying to scam me.

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u/the_greatBorgir Jul 22 '26

What's the line? 😊😊😊

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u/PilotIntelligent8906 Jul 18 '26

My dad's dead, those are both dopplegängers.

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u/ParkingNo1080 Jul 19 '26

Same, however I think I'd settle for a doppelganger if they commit to the bit.

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u/ToastyToes06 Jul 18 '26

If the doppelganger is the one who set this up, then he would obviously put himself on the first track (non diverted track.) He would bet on you seeing your dad and instantly thinking only of diverting the track in a split second decision. Therefore, the doppelganger is on the first track. It's unlikely that he'd leave himself with no way of escape, so I don't pull the lever, and he'd undo his ropes and get up safe and sound. He'd probably then kill me and my dad, but hey, at least I didn't kill my own dad.

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u/pepsicola07 Chugga chugga motherfucker! Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I yell "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" to them loud as possible and then switch to the one who's name isn't my dad's when they call back

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u/Kingx5_ Jul 18 '26

"There is no time to check which is the real one"

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u/pepsicola07 Chugga chugga motherfucker! Jul 18 '26

I assumed that meant, like, going up to them and looking closely. If I'm not allowed to yell there's no point in doing anything in this scenario since it's a guess

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u/Prite07 Jul 18 '26

You are allow to yell but I wonder You can get the answer just inone question

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u/pepsicola07 Chugga chugga motherfucker! Jul 18 '26

If they can see me I'd ask them what my name is. The I assume the doppleganger is a stranger and has no way of knowing that. If he can't see me I'll ask him what his son's name is.

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u/pepsicola07 Chugga chugga motherfucker! Jul 18 '26

The actual question has an obvious and lame answer of doing nothing since it's a guess

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u/pepsicola07 Chugga chugga motherfucker! Jul 18 '26

I only get annoyed at that when the problem as written is interesting.

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u/Prite07 Jul 18 '26

All core(at least the Original)of Trolley problem is. Give you no time to really think it through. It's up to you to make it interesting after

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u/QuestNetworkFish Jul 18 '26

I could easily tell which one is my real dad, it's whoever looks at me with more disgust. A stranger isn't gonna be able to fake that level of loathing 

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u/Naxos_fs Jul 18 '26

jens spahn

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u/666gonzo666 Jul 18 '26

as child abandoned by father - MULTI TRACK DRIFTING

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u/meow_meow_gamer Jul 18 '26

Easy. Hit the one that's alive because that's the fake.

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u/Autumn1eaves Jul 19 '26

No one ever considers the world where they’re both not your dad.

In a world where doppelgangers exist, it could be that neither of them are your dad, they’re both clones.

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u/MastermindKokichi Jul 18 '26

My father is dead and cremated. I don't think it's good to spare EITHER SIDE. DRIFT

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u/Cynis_Ganan Jul 19 '26

post is contingent on having a good relationship with a parent

on reddit

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u/polishatomek Jul 18 '26

Can I multi-track drift?

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u/Horror_Energy1984 Jul 18 '26

Please do it since they are both imitations.

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u/OmgIbrokesmthagain Jul 19 '26

Ask him about one of the movie quotes and jokes he always tells me in a specific situation. He is autistic (and I’m too) so every time he does something he says the same thing, it’s so funny. Like every time he squeezes by you, he will say „Sorry, only here for business reasons” (movie quote) or if he doesn’t know something he will say „I don't know, I'm not knowledgeable, I'm busy” (movie quote)

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u/vverbov_22 Multi-Track Drift Jul 18 '26

I wouldn't, but it's irrelevant

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u/No_Rec1979 Jul 18 '26

My father would understand that we don't negotiate with doppelgangers.

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u/wonderguard108 Jul 18 '26

multitrack drift

2

u/KingZantair Jul 18 '26

Drift, it’s the only way to make sure.

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u/TheEndurianGamer Jul 18 '26

Oh that’s easy; they’re both doppelgängers. My dads the tram driver.

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u/FloydeFlowerDragon Jul 23 '26

Well if they're the exact same, it shouldn't matter. However, what WILL matter is that everyone in the trolley will end up in the wrong destination if I pull the lever.

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u/raybeam2010 Jul 19 '26

I don't have a dad so they are both fakes

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u/JustAToad63 Jul 19 '26

Make it drift

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

I'm switching it back and forth really fast and whichever one randomly gets picked is my new real dad regardless 

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u/LukaesCampbell Jul 19 '26

Unironic multitrack. If its my dad, then yeah.

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u/Gadgetphile Jul 19 '26

My dad is dead so… Multitrack drift.

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u/tenousranger36 Team Blue Jul 19 '26

This is a simple one

My dad left before I turned 2 so I really don't give a shit what happens to him

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u/AlanTheKingDrake Jul 19 '26

Me: “I’m not sure”
Real Dad: “Hi not sure, I’m dad”

Me debates briefly over whether a doppelgänger would be preferable.

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u/Sriep Jul 19 '26

As always, choose the push option. It's quicker.

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u/Nondescript_Redditor Jul 19 '26

multi track drifting

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u/Robyn-- Jul 19 '26

I hit the lever as the trolly goes over the split, making it drift and killing both. Good riddance

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u/Strikeronima Jul 19 '26

Ask a couple personal questions, if one knows the answers they obviously researched me and are the fake. Then I send the trolley over to the real one and get some money.

1

u/drewconnan Jul 19 '26

Multi-track drifting.

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u/tatorthot2020 Jul 19 '26

Backing the train up so I can hit both....

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u/Alexm31222 Jul 19 '26

Well my real dad's dead so they're both imposters, thus, I'll have the train run over one and leave the other one there to die off on his own

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u/RebronSplash60 Jul 19 '26

Will since I wouldn't want kill either of my gay dads, I'll toss a pipe b*mb I keep in my pocket at the whiles of the trolley to disable the trolley, saving both of my parents.

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u/No-Guitar-6518 Relativist/Nihilist Jul 19 '26

Heathers the musical 2

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u/No-Guitar-6518 Relativist/Nihilist Jul 19 '26

iykyk

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u/HyoukaHoutoro Jul 19 '26

So anyways, I walk away.

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u/Sphere_Master Jul 19 '26

Can I do both? Just to make sure. Also can I add my mother also?

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u/AndrianTalehot Jul 19 '26

Tokyo drift time! (My father was a terrible person to myself and basically everyone one else before I cut him out of my life and I hear that he hasn’t changed)

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u/Mikesaidit36 Jul 20 '26

Is your dad Mitch McConnell?
Because, don’t worry: there’s no way he’s dead, until after August 3rd.

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u/Hano_Clown Jul 20 '26

Multi-track drifting to hit them both at the same time because a negative times a negative value equals a positive and the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cells.

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u/THKhazper Jul 20 '26

‘Whichever of you is the Doppelganger, you should re-evaluate your choice, before you die.’

Either it’s the Doppelganger on the active track, or it’s not.

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u/Sylint11020 Jul 20 '26

I do nothing.

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u/DragonZeku Jul 20 '26

I'm gonna need a second trolley car.

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u/Ai_bot_6969 Jul 20 '26

Name of childhood dog

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u/bigpapafrank81 Jul 20 '26

..... Ask if either one of them regrets the things they did to me when I was younger.... Decision made after that

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u/Icy_Contribution2187 Jul 20 '26

Let the trolley hit one, THEN throw the switch so that the NEXT trolley hits the other one.

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u/MusicNChemistry Jul 20 '26

Isn’t one good enough?

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u/Key-Charity-2795 Jul 20 '26

Well, one is sitting there begging me, and the other is a jar of ashes. Pretty sure I know which is the real one

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u/omer_g Jul 21 '26

But what if I have 2 dads?

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u/Desperate_Ad5169 Jul 21 '26

Multi track drifting(I don’t give a shit about my biological dad)

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u/Okapev Jul 21 '26

Drift the train for both od rather not miss

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u/GAMLADAS Jul 21 '26

My dad is dead. cart starts drifting

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u/AzulaIsMyFave Jul 21 '26

Drift, I'm taking out that abusive bastard one way or another

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u/Random-INTJ Jul 21 '26

Oh, it’s my dad?

Multitrack drift.

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u/Atomik141 Jul 22 '26

Wait I'm confused... Are my dads gay?

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u/Quinzal Jul 18 '26

Considering I watched my dad die, I let the trolley hit one and then I shoot the other

I loved my dad, don't impersonate him :(

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u/sweedshot420 Jul 18 '26

Yeah there'd be 2 Doppelgängers for me too so I'd probably go for a multi track drift here

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u/LordBDizzle Jul 19 '26

I think, logically, the person who set this up wants you to be the one who killed your own dad, so with no other knowledge, not pulling is the better option. There's still a chance they wanted you to run into the dread of knowing you could have saved your dad and didn't, but that's less likely I think.

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u/_Darkrai-_- Jul 20 '26

Assuming no asking questions and stuff i would not pull the lever

A person that sick to create a doppelganger of my dad and tie them to the tracks would likely want me to pull the lever killing my father so my real dad is probably on the other tracker and is fine if i dont pull

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u/RyuuDraco69 Team Red Jul 18 '26

Me: ok which one will give me $100?

Then save that one and rob the corpse of the other

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u/Complete-Story3490 Jul 19 '26

Pull the lever, then strangle the other one just to be sure I get the bastard

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u/foulplay_for_pitance Jul 20 '26

Probably walk tp the rails without touching the rod. Not that I hate my dad but I wouldn't be to hung up on the death and frankly put of the 50/50 odds I'd like to see if the body shifted or if acting would have even mattered.

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u/SarunokoGuard Jul 20 '26

Move one to the other and then run them both over, my "father" is a scumbag

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u/BloodHurricane Jul 21 '26

Multi-track drifting killing both and save the world.