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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8676348" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thank you. You are a voice of reason.I really hoped this thread would be a beacon of light in a sea of stupid darkness, safe from selfish and shortsighted views disguised as "managing risk" and "assuming responsibility", yet here we are, having to speak basic fundamentals as if they aren't utterly self-evident.Each of you are free to decide to visit cons or pick your own veggies, just don't fool yourself into believing you've "managed risk" or taken a rational action.You're exposing yourself (and thus others) to needless risk, that's what.Don't we all, I hear you ask? Of course we do!The difference is whether you accept you're taking an reckless action or whether you delude yourself into thinking you're probably safe and get mad for getting called out on your decision process.Why is this important? Because it's a HUGE difference between treating, say a summer party, as an EXCEPTION that isn't automatically repeated, or treating it as variously your "right" after having endured a pandemic, or "now it's over", or some other thinly disguised excuse for abandoning rational thought because you just can't be arsed to bother no more.If you really would like hand-picked vegs, do drive to the mall and get them. The difference is whether you gave yourself a treat once, or whether you've told yourself it's a "managed risk" to return to "normal".And if I tell you you likely WILL get Covid sooner or later if you persist in exposing yourself, and that the risk of you, or someone you love, or a random acquaintance, will suffer serious consequences because of your needless exposure, what is your reaction?Hint: getting mad at ME is entirely the wrong approach.</blockquote>

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