🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agoAnon considers LASIKsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down114
arrow-up1599arrow-down1imageAnon considers LASIKsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoLots of scary side effects to many medications people take as well. It all depends on the probabilities.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoAnd benefits. Some cancer treatments include common symptoms like hair loss. What would you choose?
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoGlasses 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.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoIt’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.
Lots of scary side effects to many medications people take as well. It all depends on the probabilities.
And benefits. Some cancer treatments include common symptoms like hair loss. What would you choose?
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.
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.