• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Nobody loses a finger to a power tool by accident. You lose a finger to a power tool because you made a mistake. The root of every accident is someone making a mistake. In fact, in some industries safety training bans the word accident to make it clear. Being maimed by a mistake can be a tough thing to cope with. It’s something I would have trouble being public about. It’s courage and a comfort level with strangers on the Internet that I lack.

    Also, ashamed and embarrassed are not synonyms. You’re arguing with a term I did not use. Shame is a way bigger deal than embarrassment.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      5 days ago

      Nobody loses a finger to a power tool by accident.

      Everybody learns how to drive and passes a driver’s license. So I guess road accidents have all but disappeared now, right?

      Because as we all know, training makes people perfect and totally eliminates risks.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        Calling collisions in traffic “accidents” is just a euphemism. Nearly all of them are completely preventable and were caused by incompetence, negligence, or deliberate belligerence.

        Anything of that ilk truly being an accident is a tiny minority of all incidents. Things like a tree falling on your car while you’re driving along, or an undetectable defect in a component causing your wheel to fall off.

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        5 days ago

        Nearly 100% of traffic accidents are driver error. 100% of power tool accidents are user error. If you haven’t realized that car accidents are the fault of drivers, I do not want to be on the road when you are driving.

        I’m not sure why you are so avidly white knighting someone I wasn’t even insulting. People screw up, it can be hard to talk about when the cost of a mistake is so high. She’s brave for doing so. This is the last I have to say about it.