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First off, I mostly abhor football. But there are all sorts of dangerous jobs. Deep sea fishermen, coal miners, oil riggers, heck even long haul truckers are
by rplst8 9y ago
First off, I mostly abhor football.
But there are all sorts of dangerous jobs. Deep sea fishermen, coal miners, oil riggers, heck even long haul truckers are high risk due to how dangerous highway travel is. People are allowed to make decisions on their own about the trade-offs and run their own lives.
If you want a job that is less risky, study hard and go to college. Then you can get an office job and all of the things that come with that (obesity, diabetes, and heart disease).
- oh_sigh 9y agoSure, but most people aren't sending their 13 year olds to training camps for coal mining or oil rigging, whereas football is figuratively and literally drilled into the heads of a huge swath of young men in our country from the time they are born.
- dopamean 9y agoJust out of curiosity, why did you think it was important for us to know how much you dislike football?
- watwut 9y agoIt is also fine to talk about danger of being fishermen, coal miner, oil rigger or haul trucker. It is very ok to warn kids and parents about consequences before they commit their whole life to training it. You are not arguing for people making trade-offs. You are implying that there is something wrong with telling people convincingly about risks and consequences before they make the choice.