• @stray@pawb.social
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      216 days ago

      Glasses are barely an inconvenience; you can’t compare them to cancer. A 1% drop rate on making my life significantly worse is terrible odds, especially given the monetary cost.

      • @rooroo@feddit.org
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        16 days ago

        Can’t compare it with cancer, but calling it barely an inconvenience is also a bit rich in my experience.

        Also the 1% chance is pulled out of someone’s arse isn’t it? Did anyone here look up actual numbers for long term detrimental effects?

      • @Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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        16 days ago

        It’s an extreme example where the decision is easy: death vs hair loss.

        When it comes to more subtle examples: glasses vs < 1% risk of blindness, that’s a decision that people will have more different opinions on.

        • @rooroo@feddit.org
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          113 days ago

          For all numbers I know (I didn’t look anything up, but so did nobody else) I’m at a bigger risk of being run over when I cross the street to the store. And glasses surely are a bigger inconvenience than not having onions when you wanna cook or beers when the footie is on.

          • @Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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            112 days ago

            To each their own. I know plenty of people who don’t even notice they’re wearing them. I also know people who are or were very bothered by their glasses