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		lIl-IIIl 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year I think the argument "I'd rather have a higher risk of dying than do this other unpleasant thing". Which to be fair everyone does all the time (driving habits, eating habits, etc).

gorbachev 20 days ago [–]

No, that's not correct.

It's: "I'd rather have other people have higher risk of dying than me having to do something I'd kinda of not want to do even though the inconvenience is minimal".

Me, me, me, me and me. Fuck the rest.

lIl-IIIl 18 days ago | [–]

I agree. I also think it's natural and something we do all the time.

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