It’s not the scenario that’s being teased out here.
The scenario is a tool to DRAW OUT assumptions and personal experience.
Once assumptions and personal experience is drawn out, they can be discussed and debated and hopefully some places of mutual understanding can come forth. .
That’s what makes such things like this valuable. There will certainly be many studies done on this particular viral meme, not for the meme but for the various trends and patterns that emerged in people’s responses.