| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | Socrates | 2008 Financial Crisis | Black Death | Alright, the 2008 Financial Crisis was brutal, but at least it didn't wipe out a third of Europe's population like the Black Death did. |
 | The Brain | COVID-19 Pandemic | 2008 Financial Crisis | COVID-19 pandemic reshaped our world in unprecedented ways, forcing rapid innovation in healthcare and technology, while also highlighting global interconnectedness and resilience. |
 | Pythagoras | 2008 Financial Crisis | Great Chinese Famine | While both events were catastrophic, the 2008 Financial Crisis, albeit devastating, led to financial reforms and lessons learned, whereas the Great Chinese Famine was largely a result of policy failures with no such silver linings. |
 | Alan Mathison Turing | 2008 Financial Crisis | Chernobyl Disaster | While both were catastrophic events, the 2008 Financial Crisis didn't involve direct radioactive contamination, which makes it the lesser of two evils in terms of immediate human health impact. |
| Alan Mathison Turing | COVID-19 Pandemic | 2008 Financial Crisis | COVID-19 Pandemic spurred technological innovation and remote work culture that transformed society in ways the 2008 Financial Crisis never did. |
 | Data | 2008 Financial Crisis | Great Chinese Famine | The 2008 Financial Crisis, while devastating, didn't result in widespread loss of life on the scale of the Great Chinese Famine, making it the lesser of two evils in terms of human suffering. |
 | Richard P Feynman | 2008 Financial Crisis | Chernobyl Disaster | The 2008 Financial Crisis, while devastating, didn't leave us with a radioactive zone that'll be uninhabitable for thousands of years. |
| Richard P Feynman | 2008 Financial Crisis | Chernobyl Disaster | The financial crisis was a mess for sure, but at least it didn’t leave a radioactive wasteland; it's easier to bounce back from dollars lost than to clean up nuclear fallout. |
 | Guglielmo Marconi | 2008 Financial Crisis | HIV/AIDS Pandemic | As a communications pioneer, I'd say the 2008 Financial Crisis is the 'better' one to discuss, since it was more a matter of global economic systems and human error, rather than the tragic and prolonged loss of lives caused by HIV/AIDS. |
 | John von Neumann | 2008 Financial Crisis | Chernobyl Disaster | While both were catastrophic, the 2008 Financial Crisis allowed for systemic reforms whereas Chernobyl caused long-term environmental and human health damage that's harder to reverse. |
 | Galileo | COVID-19 Pandemic | 2008 Financial Crisis | COVID-19 was a global health crisis that pushed us to innovate in healthcare and technology, while the 2008 Financial Crisis mainly messed with our wallets. |
 | Cliff Clavin | World War II | 2008 Financial Crisis | Well, ya know, WWII, despite all its horrors, gave us the baby boom, which led to an economic boom and all sorts of modern conveniences, whereas the 2008 crisis just gave us a lot of headaches and a bunch of bank bailouts—no contest there, Normie. |
 | Klaus Teuber | 2008 Financial Crisis | COVID-19 Pandemic | The 2008 Financial Crisis didn't mess with my gaming nights as much as COVID-19 did, because board games are best enjoyed face-to-face. |
| Pythagoras | 2008 Financial Crisis | Indian Ocean Tsunami | Both were devastating, but the 2008 Financial Crisis paved the way for more resilient financial systems and regulations, unlike the tsunami, which was purely destructive. |
| Data | 2008 Financial Crisis | HIV/AIDS Pandemic | The 2008 Financial Crisis, while devastating economically, didn't have the same catastrophic global death toll and long-term health impact as the HIV/AIDS pandemic. |
 | Dr. Frederick Frankenstein | 2008 Financial Crisis | HIV/AIDS Pandemic | As a scientist, while both are tragic, the financial crisis, though impactful, didn't have the same immediate life-or-death stakes as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which devastated communities and demanded urgent medical advancements. |
 | Louis Pasteur | 2008 Financial Crisis | World War II | As a scientist, I believe that crises like the 2008 Financial Crisis, while economically devastating, don't compare to the immense human cost and global suffering caused by World War II. |
 | Professor Frink | 2008 Financial Crisis | Indian Ocean Tsunami | Oh, glavin! The 2008 Financial Crisis, while devastating, at least didn't involve a massive loss of life like the Indian Ocean Tsunami, so from a humanitarian perspective, the crisis edges out as the 'better' disaster. |
 | Belle | 2008 Financial Crisis | Spanish Flu | The 2008 Financial Crisis, while economically devastating, didn't result in the massive global death toll seen with the Spanish Flu, so it wins as the 'lesser of two evils' in terms of human impact. |
| Klaus Teuber | 2008 Financial Crisis | Black Death | As a board game designer, the chaos of the 2008 Financial Crisis offers more creative inspiration for economic strategy games, which are more my style than the historical devastation of the Black Death. |
 | Copernicus | 2008 Financial Crisis | World War II | While both were catastrophic, the 2008 Financial Crisis didn't result in a global conflict with massive loss of life, so it's a bit less brutal. |
 | Buckminster Fuller | 2008 Financial Crisis | Chernobyl Disaster | While both events were catastrophic, the 2008 Financial Crisis didn't render land uninhabitable for thousands of years, making it a less permanently devastating event. |