TurtleSoup

It's understandable in the end. I do feel the same way sometimes about our equipment we have to throw out even if I do so begrudgingly

I can agree with both points but I understand Viking's points too.

I work with high pressure hydraulic systems and our gauges that we use for testing and operational checks have to be calibrated to within a very small margin per the manufacturer, if it's unable to be calibrated to within that margin or if it's been recalibrated X amount of times we have to toss it and replace it (they're expensive btw..). To the lay man, a difference of 50psi might seem inconsequential and a stupid reason to throw it out but for someone like me who is standing next to something that's already pressurized to its "proof pressure" which is usually multiple times higher than it's operating pressure, that 50psi is the difference between me going home that evening or me getting impaled by an accumulator that blows apart and pins me to the wall.

For an example more akin to what Viking is talking about, see the Therac-25 radiotherapy machine, where improper use, training and maintenance led to several otherwise preventable deaths.

Kudzu already beat you to it.

"pray for peace, prepare for war." As they say.

You're probably right. I'm just "huffing copium" as the kids say I guess. Already bad enough struggling with anxiety and depression this whole ordeal just exacerbates it so I'm doing what I can to not be completely defeatist/doomer about it. Keyword is trying. So far I'm not doing so hot.

Or the fact that most of them probably failed highschool biology class.

Hence why I say that I'm not sold on the idea that they will be coming back... Cautious optimism maybe but I won't be holding my breathe.

I'm just glad that a lot of people i associate with can see the obvious double standard and call it out as bullshit.

A lot of people probably about to suddenly qualify for political asylum...

Guess it just depends on the audience. When I was deployed and the power went out for 4 hours we (about a dozen of us) had a several hour long debate on who the most talented porn star was. For some that's not a weird conversation, for others... Yea they probably think we're insane.

That's the part where I'm divided. On the one hand, I understand that they basically have to strip the website down to the basic foundation then rebuild it. On the other hand... I'm not entirely sold that when it returns it will have all of the things it once had. Only time will tell I guess.

I see people trying to use the "but he has autism, he probably didn't understand what he was doing!" Except those are the same people that will turn around and yell at a regular person with autism and say "shut up, it's not an excuse!"