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Quantumfreakonomics
23hr ago
Why is high-fructose corn syrup bad (compared to cane sugar)? If it's not bad, why do people think that it's bad?
birb_cromble
23hr ago
This seems like some remarkably bad faith on your part.
First, you claim that nothing like this happens. Then you Darkly Hint that no one will provide examples, because they have a convenient excuse not to do so.
Then two people provide an example, despite your Dark Hinting.
After that, you employ what I can only call a reverse isolated demand for rigor to blow it off as an isolated incident and not useful as any kind of corroboration for lived experience. You and other mods have banned people for that kind of bad faith behavior in the past.
At this point, I'm going to ask you outright. What would you actually require to believe anything that I have said? Because from where I'm standing, it seems like your mind is already made up.
Total risk mitigation is just miserable. Every time you drive somewhere, you are accepting a small probability of dying horribly in a car crash.
Well, if you drive around in a a modern large Pickup truck, you're probably going to survive almost any accident short of getting pancaked by a freight train. I argue that you also shouldn't dismiss the risk of a debilitating injury that you have to live with, as well.
Me, I mitigated that risk by making sure that every part of my daily commute falls within a 5 mile radius of my house, and almost entirely in the same direction, and almost entirely off of main artery roads.
Minimizing road time is pretty much the best practice, as I see it. You can't control what other people on the road do. Also my dad had me take a defensive driving course almost as soon as I got my license, which has saved my bacon a few times.
I think many people underestimate the magnitude of certain risks they absorb, and overestimate how much it costs to mitigate most of said risk. Not counting people for whom the risk is the point. I've seen like six different videos in the past month of people blowing their hands to smithereens by holding lighted fireworks, for instance.
Speaking of that, Famed risk-seeker Felix Baumgartner just died at age 56 while doing something characteristically risky. Ken Block, despite his skills handling vehicles, died in a snowmobile accident at 55.
Felix apparently had a wife but no children. Ken had a wife and three daughters. Now sure which one seems 'worse' to me. Block at least has a genetic legacy.
Although sometimes its the mundane that gets you. Robbie Knievel died of Cancer, his dad died of Diabetes and some lung disease.
I can certainly say that I'm glad I don't have whatever genetic quirk gives makes for that level of adrenaline junkie.
MadMonzer
Temporarily embarrassed liberal elite
23hr ago
He wasn't "harassed by police at odd hours". As is normal for people accused of minor offences, he was booked by appointment at a mutually convenient time, bailed immediately, prosecuted and fined £800. This is bullshit and shouldn't have happened, but if you are trying to describe it accurately it is a lot closer to a citation than "being locked up" or some such.
Dean
Flairless
23hr ago
On one hand, thank you for further validating my already poor opinion of him. On the other hand... I'm sorry you have felt it useful to have that link on hand.
OracleOutlook
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
23hr ago
It's a weird rule, but Movie IIIs are typically good. Cars 3 is better than Cars 2. Toy Story 3 is better than Toy Story 2. Cinderella III is good. Aladdin III is good.
An Extremely Goofy Movie is fun. The Rescuers Down Under is better than the first.
Don't forget that the government is currently setting the precedent for forcing you to make social media accounts public, meaning we're all fucked here.
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