• @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