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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8259686" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>In general, I am supportive of safety tools, even if I don't really get into any particular one or another. The main reason is because it varies from person to person and table to table. These are complicated issues, and the human brain is a complicated thing. No one person reacts the same to the same thing as another.</p><p></p><p>So why am I generally supportive of tools despite just saying all of that? Because they are tools. Like any other tool, it's better to have a selection to choose from that works best for you and what you want to accomplish. I'm a woodworker as a hobbyist, and sometimes I want the hand plane. And sometimes I want the planer (thicknesser for my UK friends). Sometimes I use a chisel. And others a saw. You can never have enough clamps (or 10mm sockets for mechanics).</p><p></p><p>No tool should be mandatory, but they should be available for use. When I was in the military, I was right next to my friend when he suffered a traumatic severe head injury, killing him. I can't do descriptions of head injuries in my games. I'm not asking for a therapist, or counselor, or whatever. I just know what works for <em>me</em>. Every table I've been part of has been accommodating. Just like I'd be accommodating to anyone else, and it doesn't mean I'm trying to be their therapist or anything of the sort. I'm just <em>listening </em>to them. I have not seen any compelling evidence that using safety tools is more harmful than good, and I'm tired of seeing that being used as an excuse to handwave them away because you (general you) don't care for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8259686, member: 15700"] In general, I am supportive of safety tools, even if I don't really get into any particular one or another. The main reason is because it varies from person to person and table to table. These are complicated issues, and the human brain is a complicated thing. No one person reacts the same to the same thing as another. So why am I generally supportive of tools despite just saying all of that? Because they are tools. Like any other tool, it's better to have a selection to choose from that works best for you and what you want to accomplish. I'm a woodworker as a hobbyist, and sometimes I want the hand plane. And sometimes I want the planer (thicknesser for my UK friends). Sometimes I use a chisel. And others a saw. You can never have enough clamps (or 10mm sockets for mechanics). No tool should be mandatory, but they should be available for use. When I was in the military, I was right next to my friend when he suffered a traumatic severe head injury, killing him. I can't do descriptions of head injuries in my games. I'm not asking for a therapist, or counselor, or whatever. I just know what works for [I]me[/I]. Every table I've been part of has been accommodating. Just like I'd be accommodating to anyone else, and it doesn't mean I'm trying to be their therapist or anything of the sort. I'm just [I]listening [/I]to them. I have not seen any compelling evidence that using safety tools is more harmful than good, and I'm tired of seeing that being used as an excuse to handwave them away because you (general you) don't care for them. [/QUOTE]
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