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Originally Posted by Martian
The reason I don't drive is because if the brakes don't work you die.
The reason I don't eat is because if you choke you could die.
The reason I don't leave the house is because if the other guy's brakes don't work you die.
What kind of logic is that?
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If the brakes don't work, you have a decent chance at stopping the car without dying. Run it into a field, run into a guard rail, anything.
If you choke, you can do the Heimlich Maneuver, cough it up, reach down your throat and get it, etc.
If the other guy's brakes don't work, you could die, but there's a really good chance you won't.
If your parachute(s) don't work when you sky dive, you are fucking dead. The end. It's sort of like a plane crash - doesn't happen often, but if it does, it's real bad. I think Lasereth is just trying to say that you can't steer the outcome of a fucked up parachute malfunction - if you fall, you die.
The other scenarios enable you to steer the outcome at least somewhat!
