🍹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-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.
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.