I feel like this has unintentionally brought us closer to Petrov’s actual experience.
This tradition has so far consisted of leaving the button alone, with no incentives to push it beyond the ubiquitous temptations of pushing buttons and/or trolling. But that is not what happened to Petrov.
Petrov received a message telling him to push the button or the Bad Thing would happen.
Petrov thought the message looked legit, but noticed there were clues that it wasn’t.
Petrov had little time to make the decision.
He went with the clues and we lived. Chris didn’t and we metaphorically died.
This is why many of us wondered, when Chris mentioned in the main Petrov Day thread what had happened, whether the message was in fact from the LW mods.
I feel like this has unintentionally brought us closer to Petrov’s actual experience.
This tradition has so far consisted of leaving the button alone, with no incentives to push it beyond the ubiquitous temptations of pushing buttons and/or trolling. But that is not what happened to Petrov.
Petrov received a message telling him to push the button or the Bad Thing would happen.
Petrov thought the message looked legit, but noticed there were clues that it wasn’t.
Petrov had little time to make the decision.
He went with the clues and we lived. Chris didn’t and we metaphorically died.
We are still unequal to Petrov, for now.
Unintentionally?!?
I am probably not following this as closely as many commenters here, but I 100% assumed it was intentional. It’s just so good!
This is why many of us wondered, when Chris mentioned in the main Petrov Day thread what had happened, whether the message was in fact from the LW mods.