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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 4, 2026

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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There are still many places in which one man is invested with the responsibility to avoid causing a lot of damage. Say, the guy who steers freighters through the suez or panama canals. Airline pilots. Just become that guy and fail at your job hard enough. All it takes is youth and patience and baseline learning ability and zero fucks given about the consequences for yourself. I think specifically of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525 .

I think that's pretty much the most you can do with "reasonably competent solitary actor".