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i mean, what's the alternative here? This feels like just the complexity and tradeoffs of living in reality -- a bit of perpetual "damned if you do, damned if y
by patcon 6y ago
i mean, what's the alternative here? This feels like just the complexity and tradeoffs of living in reality -- a bit of perpetual "damned if you do, damned if you don't".
Either they're "preventing life-improving sanitizer from reaching citizens in a time of need", or they're "poisoning citizens" by letting through just a tiny bit of byproduct that would be MUCH more common if they weren't taking a regulatory role.
This is an apparatus solving a complex, high-dimensional system of equations, not as academic test for which there's a real "right answer", no? * shrug *
- stickybandit 6y agoHold on with the $10 words and political philosophy. Explain the "need" for hand sanitizer for an illness not transmitted on surfaces. And yet the "deep cleaning" "deep sanitizing" is still happening. It's still a guideline! The tiny silver lining of this event is its selection pressure on people buying rando gallon jugs of hand sanitizer at Costco because "germs bad." What's wrong with everyone??? Wake me up.
- searine 6y ago>not transmitted on surfaces. Not transmitted as readily. >And yet the "deep cleaning" "deep sanitizing" is still happening. Every bit helps, and yeah it is mostly theatre but if thats what gets business... Humans are filthy. If this is what it takes to get people to wear a mask when sick (as habit) and wash their appendages. Then fine.
- Daho0n 6y agoYou don't need sanitizer to wash appendages though. Soap is better.
- searine 6y agoAgreed, but a sink and soap aren't always available. So I am happy to encourage hygiene by making it more convenient.
- peytn 6y ago> If this is what it takes to get people to wear a mask when sick (as habit) and wash their appendages That’s the noble goal, but in reality it seems this strategy has led to enormous divisions, eroded the credibility of our institutions, and required the support of a censorship appendage clothed modestly by the fig leaf of private enterprise. Telling the whole truth without trying to manipulate the behavior of adults feels like it would’ve been a wiser approach.
- searine 6y ago>it seems this strategy has led to enormous divisions It's not mask mandates that did that. It is the toxic, divisive and largely unregulated media that has been lying to people for the last 30 years. People have been brainwashed. They no longer have the capability of trusting in or believing reality.
- captainredbeard 6y agoEntertain the notion that you may have it backwards: that accepting the institutions at face value _all the time_ is irrational given the past several decades of Kafkaesque proceedings. This can lead to a general hesitance which may seem ignorant but is actually versed in hard earned wisdom.
- searine 6y agoOur institutions are often inept, but only rarely are they malicious. The fact remains that they provide necessary benefits that the free market wont. Healthcare, welfare, infrastructure, law enforcement etc. These systems were always mired in flawed bureaucracy. The thing that changed is talking heads spending 30 years convincing americans of all political spectrums that one or more of those dozens of institutions was the boogeyman. Sometimes it has gone as far as getting politicians elected who then intentionally break these systems simply to gain a propaganda victory (see intentionally inefficient unemployment systems). As is often the case, when people need to actually interact with these parts of the system (those parts that aren't intentionally crippled by politics at least), they realize the benefit and change their view from skeptical to supportive.
- yourmom2 6y agoThis comment is a literal waste of valuable s3 space.
- captainredbeard 6y ago> Humans are filthy. If this is what it takes to get people to wear a mask when sick (as habit) and wash their appendages. Then fine. Misanthrope.
- yourmom2 6y agoWhy is this downvoted? It’s 100% correct...