All of the stuff they said about why wearing masks was maybe not a great idea is THE SAME as what they said about seatbelts and will age just as poorly
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I think the world should in fact be designed for stupid people Not just because "people are stupid" but I, personally, am stupid My IQ on written tests notwithstanding, I am one of those distractible, careless, brain fart kind of people
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Not having a seatbelt or a helmet or goggles would not make me "more aware of my vulnerability" I simply do not have that awareness and if the world weren't built with constant passive safety tolerances everywhere, I would die
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Maybe if I'd had better doctors as a kid and we lived in a less ableist country I would be able to show you an official diagnosis and call this accommodation for disability But you know what, who cares Nobody should be punished with death for fucking up
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It doesn't matter whether they fuck up consistently because they're biologically wired to do so or they never fuck up except for this one time due to a series of wild coincidences Punishing someone for either one is terrible
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It's Rawls' veil of ignorance, if we can't make the world a safer place for people who fuck up then what's the point of all of this
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And this argument is worse for an infectious disease, where it's NOT ABOUT YOU GETTING INFECTED YOU aren't the one who gets punished for your risky behavior, the rest of the world does You're taking people hostage to your arrogant need to prove your competence
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“...the world should be a big constant test for competence” Oof, that’s a whole terrible but widely held philosophy I’d never seen articulated before
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