Then, yes, I've encountered real-life trolley problems.
I like this form of the problem much better, and it makes me more willing to actually think about it.
The trolley problem is a) distressing, because it's about life and death, and b) very contrived, and some years ago I decided, IIRC because of something I read on LW, that I wouldn't bother thinking about that sort of thing anymore. "Who would you save, if you had to choose between your mother and your father?" Get lost! I don't want to think about that, and I don't need to, because I'm never going to be in that situation anyway.
But this is a real situation, that real people have been in. It must have been very difficult. What did you do?
Why don't we have Life Hack thread like we do have Media Threads and Rationality Quote Threads?
Well, now we do.
I'm copying in the comments some hacks previously written about by others for your convenience, also check out the Munchkin post if you haven't, there are many interesting hacks there. Timewise, I've made it quarterly because it is harder to face a life hack than it is to face o quote, so less frequency may improve average quality. Below is a suggested description for them with structure taken from media threads. Any further ideas on how to improve the thread are welcome and should be made at the Metathread tree.
This is the quarterly thread for posting Life Hacks of various types that you've found that you enjoy. Four main thread-trees will be in the comment section.
1) There is substantial evidence for it (please post pointers to it)
2) I tried/ Friends tried/ There is some small evidence for it
3) Seems like a cool idea
4) Metathread
Rules: