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I guess we're in agreement. It's terrifying because we're not making reasonable decisions to mitigate the risks. I'm a rock climber and I've gotten into enough

I guess we're in agreement. It's terrifying because we're not making reasonable decisions to mitigate the risks. I'm a rock climber and I've gotten into enough tricky situations on the cliffs. So long as you can take action the fear is manageable. It's when there is seemingly no viable action to take that the bad fear sets in. Thing is, the risks I take personally as a climber aren't as big as the risk were taking collectively as a civilization by not acting on climate change, even though the risks I take go well beyond what most people would accept if they understand what they were in for.

throwawaylinux 3y ago
We are most certainly not in agreement. You implied that one had to live in fear of covid in order to make rational choices about it. I mean it's okay that you were, you don't have to do the macho act to save face or anything. It's a very common response even irrational fear (and is unfortunately exploited). I was not saying that's the "wrong" way to feel or live, just that it saddens me to think of people feeling like that.