Comment on Anon considers LASIK

• stray@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Glasses are barely an inconvenience; you can’t compare them to cancer. A 1% drop rate on making my life significantly worse is terrible odds, especially given the monetary cost.

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  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s an extreme example where the decision is easy: death vs hair loss.

    When it comes to more nuanced decisions: glasses vs < 1% risk of blindness, that’s a decision that people will have more different opinions on.

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    • rooroo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      For all numbers I know (I didn’t look anything up, but so did nobody else) I’m at a bigger risk of being run over when I cross the street to the store. And glasses surely are a bigger inconvenience than not having onions when you wanna cook or beers when the footie is on.

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      • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        To each their own. I know plenty of people who don’t even notice they’re wearing them. I also know people who are or were very bothered by their glasses

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  • rooroo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Can’t compare it with cancer, but calling it barely an inconvenience is also a hit rich in my experience.

    Also the 1% chance is pulled out of someone’s arse isn’t it? Did anyone here look up actual numbers for long term detrimental effects?

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