I used Fentanyl and I'm just fine

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Personal responsibility for individual choices isn't fashionable.

It's not avoidable; either: you will pay for your choices.

our society likes to use the promise avoiding consequences as bait for various systems of morality and demonstrations of tribal allegiance through behavior modification.

my uncle got hit by lightning once and he's fine. want to start a lightning kite-flying club?

We get to wear lineman's suits and take other precautions, or are we required to embrace st00pid in order to provide the proper example for Narrative purposes?

Not my cup of tea but go for it. You should use a faraday suit or cage and ensure it's up to the task of keeping you safe.

https://www.britannica.com/video/185595/physics-lightning-st...

Great example of how a behavior commonly considered reckless is perfectly safe when you know and account for the risks. Thanks!

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