• Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    So I’ll use a random what-if/analogy since you seem to love them SO much!

    Imagine a magic elf came down from magic elf land, and made you chose between having an acute health condition and cancer. Do you mean to say that you are totally fine with allowing other people to decide for you- full-well knowing that half of the people deciding are huge fans of cancer and not at all fans of you?

    Because this is your logic mirrored right back back at you.

    Or would you actually give a shit in this case because it will be YOU that’s affected by the outcome.

    Either way-

    You’re getting one regardless. Not choosing doesn’t make the election not happen. But you know this. Don’t you?

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      13 days ago

      choose between having an acute health condition and cancer

      The ironic part is you just might be better off with the cancer. An acute problem could be anything, from broken bones or an infection to a heart attack or acute radiation poisoning. At least with cancer you know what you’re going to get and should have time to seek treatment.

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        13 days ago

        The common cold is also an acute condition. So maybe if you try reeeeeeaaaaally hard, you’ll actually get the point I’m making here and why I used that as an example.

        Best of luck!

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          13 days ago

          Could have said something specific then, rather than “literally anything acute”. As it is, I don’t know why you’d assume your magical elf that’s known to cause cancer could also be so benign as to only give people a cold.