Appearance can be deceiving

[Captain Grey]

Dangerous falls into the category of risk exceeds gain. A personal transient calculation.

But for our miraculous ability to suspend disbelief, we'd never get out of bed.

Good luck.

Dangerous - "able or likely to cause harm or injury."

Chuff all to do with risk and gain.

Smoking is dangerous, driving without a seat belt is dangerous, walking on thin ice is dangerous.

Risk and gain is found on Wall Street, and in casinos.

 

[DaveOno]

wow, this thread took a hard turn.

 

[Skeebo]

I (respectfully!) disagree. Simple explanation - you cannot define gain. It depends on person, on circumstances, on weather, on the wish of gods.
And how, for example, to classify loosing of a finger? Is it dangerous situation?
For vaping - my gain is a satisfaction of my nicotine hunger. If I am willing to sacrifice my finger for it, is vaping dangerous? And if I will give a year of my life for my nicotine?

Losing a finger is like an ex-wife who bore your child. You don't want anything to happen to it, but you can live without it.

 

[Captain Grey]

Losing a finger is like an ex-wife who bore your child. You don't want anything to happen to it, but you can live without it.

The finger, the ex-wife, or the child?
And the child is not an 'it', they're a human being...

 

[Skeebo]

The finger, the ex-wife, or the child?
And the child is not an 'it', they're a human being...

Captain Obvious was already taken, eh?

 

[smacuser]

 

[ShowMeTwice]

And then an amusing hard turn... please continue ya all ...... . #threadcheck

 

[Captain Grey]

Captain Obvious was already taken, eh?

I really should have read your red script before engaging.
Very kind of you to alert the world as to your character.
Thank you.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

 

[Skeebo]

I really should have read your red script before engaging.
Very kind of you to alert the world as to your character.
Thank you.

You ascertained that in 3 weeks? A quick learner you are! Perhaps you'll learn to tolerate me in the next 6 years.

Don't be a wee clipe.

 

[r77r7r]

 

[stols001]

To keep my fear of death in check I spend a few minutes each day closing my eyes and visualizing my death. Old martial arts practice and an excellent one indeed. Also used as mindfulness practice (with the hardiness to do it) with anxiety. Once you have practiced death enough, you will be able (and only then) to calculate risk vs reward, because none of us are safe, ever. We could non-exist any second and that is how it is.

Risk vs. reward is an entirely different calculation. I have never done something or not out of "fear of death." I have avoided stuff because I was afraid, and I have decided, "No, that is too risky." It's also how I got addicted to that show "WHY Airplanes FAIL" I watched it to like, work on my terror of like dying in flight and then I became addicted because it was super interesting. I don't think I have the title right and I think it is an old show. Maybe they couldn't stomach 9-11 or something.

However the ONE and only time I correctly evaluated "Risk vs. reward" with driving with airplanes was when a HS pal dropped me to the airport one time. I turned to her and said, "Becca, I SWEAR this is the ONE time I have ACTUALLY believed in my life that driving is more dangerous than flying, I SWEAR It." She was like, "I'm not coming to get you." I replied "OH thank GOD now watch the road WOULD YOU?"

So it is still true, cigarettes are way worse than ecigs but we know not enough yet. Until that lovely longitudinal study we will know NOTHING and by then BT cigalikes will mess the whole thing up BIG DRAG REWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anna

 

[MacTechVpr]

To keep my fear of death in check I spend a few minutes each day closing my eyes and visualizing my death. Old martial arts practice and an excellent one indeed. Also used as mindfulness practice (with the hardiness to do it) with anxiety. Once you have practiced death enough, you will be able (and only then) to calculate risk vs reward, because none of us are safe, ever. We could non-exist any second and that is how it is.

Risk vs. reward is an entirely different calculation. I have never done something or not out of "fear of death." I have avoided stuff because I was afraid, and I have decided, "No, that is too risky." It's also how I got addicted to that show "WHY Airplanes FAIL" I watched it to like, work on my terror of like dying in flight and then I became addicted because it was super interesting. I don't think I have the title right and I think it is an old show. Maybe they couldn't stomach 9-11 or something.

However the ONE and only time I correctly evaluated "Risk vs. reward" with driving with airplanes was when a HS pal dropped me to the airport one time. I turned to her and said, "Becca, I SWEAR this is the ONE time I have ACTUALLY believed in my life that driving is more dangerous than flying, I SWEAR It." She was like, "I'm not coming to get you." I replied "OH thank GOD now watch the road WOULD YOU?"

So it is still true, cigarettes are way worse than ecigs but we know not enough yet. Until that lovely longitudinal study we will know NOTHING and by then BT cigalikes will mess the whole thing up BIG DRAG REWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anna

Precisely. Flying my appear to be more dangerous but in reality it is not, statistically speaking. For the truly dangerous averse, avoid politicians.

Good luck.

 

[MacTechVpr]

Dangerous - "able or likely to cause harm or injury."

Chuff all to do with risk and gain.

Smoking is dangerous, driving without a seat belt is dangerous, walking on thin ice is dangerous.

Risk and gain is found on Wall Street, and in casinos.

It depends who's holding those scissors.

Good luck.

 

[MacTechVpr]

I (respectfully!) disagree. Simple explanation - you cannot define gain. It depends on person, on circumstances, on weather, on the wish of gods.
And how, for example, to classify loosing of a finger? Is it dangerous situation?
For vaping - my gain is a satisfaction of my nicotine hunger. If I am willing to sacrifice my finger for it, is vaping dangerous? And if I will give a year of my life for my nicotine?

I can define gain pretty damn well. But I'd have to admit,
I'm just not always too good with the math.

However, some just don't know how to quit when they're ahead (or behind).

Good luck.

 

[MLEJ]

Tobacco companies aren't the villains...


Decades of lies, bribing governments, costing health services millions or trillions, not to mention the untimely deaths of God knows how many individuals across the globe and the accumulated pain and emotional cost to all of those families...

May I have an invite to the planet that you're living on?

i was referring only to the tobacco companies' role in the anti-vaping push. Sorry if i didn't make that clear.
BTW, i used to love Capt.Scarlet on TV.