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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by wfunction on Monday July 17, 2017 @06:52PM (#14792945)
> That's not what I said.

Says the guy who translated "actively go around risking your life" into "taking risks"?

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by pdonis on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:10PM (#14793851)
What's the difference?
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by hueving on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:30PM (#14793900)
Your life being the thing on the line.
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by pdonis on Monday July 17, 2017 @11:35PM (#14794110)
Since I talked about life insurance, obviously I'm talking about cases where your life is on the line. So does that mean you should never do anything that might get you killed if you have children? Even if you have life insurance?
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by hueving on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:47AM (#14794935)
>So does that mean you should never do anything that might get you killed if you have children?

You should probably avoid things that cause life insurance rates to jump up. That's a good barometer for excessive risk.

>Even if you have life insurance?

Parents and money are not substitute goods. Life insurance is helpful for financial security, but it doesn't account for the detriment to being raised by a single parent.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by pdonis on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @12:20AM (#14801975)
> You should probably avoid things that cause life insurance rates to jump up. That's a good barometer for excessive risk.

That's at least a reasonable criterion. I would be interested to see data on the impact of cave diving on life insurance rates.

> Parents and money are not substitute goods.

I already agreed with that upthread.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by wfunction on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:38PM (#14793927)
That's more valuably left as an exercise for the reader.
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by pdonis on Monday July 17, 2017 @11:34PM (#14794105)
In other words, you're unwilling to back up what you say.
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by wfunction on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:45AM (#14795138)
Yeah, because I realized it's useless. Thankfully others seem to be doing it anyway. Or perhaps I should say sadly, knowing they're just feeding a troll.
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