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[-] WhyIDie@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

imagine playing a slot machine, knowing, on the next use, you have less than a 1% chance of winning big, but 5% chance of dying an excruciating death. or hell, imagine knowing beforehand you had a 5% chance of dying if you leave the front door of your house on a specific day - 5% is insanely high for the risk. or your family is in a group of 100 different families, and 5 are chosen at random to experience the most brutally agonizing period of their life that leaves a lifelong emotional scar from losing someone they loved.

I'm agreeing with you, but I feel equating the end result to a tabletop game just doesn't communicate the appropriate gravity of the situation to others that may be reading through our inconsequential leavings in this digital void.

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