HIM OR 5 STRANGERS?! Would You Pull the Lever to Save Them
Animated Short, 0:49. Published 2026-11-11.
Would you pull the lever to save them? In one big study, about 9 in 10 people said pulling it is OK when the one on the track is a stranger. This time, the one is your best friend.
Your hand is on a lever. A train is coming for your best friend. Pull it, and he lives. But five strangers are tied to the other track.
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The Lever · a one-off from Unfold. The story is made up; the trolley problem is real (Philippa Foot, 1967).
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Transcript
Your hand is on a lever. A train is coming for your best friend. Pull it, and he lives. But the other track isn't empty. Five strangers. Tied down. Just like him. You've known him since you were six. He taught you to ride a bike. He said he was still holding the seat. He wasn't.
Now he's not screaming. He's just saying your name. On the other track, a phone keeps buzzing in someone's pocket. Mom. Do nothing, and the train did it. Pull, and you did. Then he sees your hand on the lever. And he shakes his head. Don't. Not for me. Pull, and five families get a call tonight.
Let go, and you watch him go. The horn. Eight seconds. And all you can feel is
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