The variations replace the victims, the switch operator, the trolley, or any combination of those with other characters or ideas. Some of them do away with the junction altogether: The meme was taken ...

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A version of this essay first appeared in Vox on June 8, 2016. A recent article in the Huffington Post huffs about the “ifnexplicable” and “absurd” popularity of a trolley-problem-memes page created ...