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coding123 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The struggle to understand why earthquakes happen ...

Most people don't want to live afraid of everything. I learned that lesson in the past 3 years.

s1artibartfast 6 months ago | [–]

I would add that everyone dies eventually.

Attempts to entirely de-risk life are a futile effort, and reasonable people can disagree on what level of safety is appropriate.

antonvs 6 months ago | [–]

You've erased a lot of nuance there between two very different situations.

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