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Re:Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Develope... by Chris2048 on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:22AM (#19778093)
> because of the vanishingly tiny chance he might

It's unlikely that he would step on a needle, specifically, but not so unlikely he steps on something sharp, e.g. glass, or a stone.

> I have never once heard someone suggest it was a bad idea to walk in the vicinity of automobile traffic

you've never heard anyone suggest a 2 year old should not walk near road traffic? young children are explicitly told to stay away from roads without an adult all the time, and parents will often hold their hands near cars so they don't run in front of them.

> but large amounts of sugar are just fine

On the contrary, I hear people complain about kids sugar intake all the time. alcohol is an entirely different thing entirely.

> once someone turns 21 years old then any amount of alcohol consumption is considered more or less fine

It's legal, it isn't necessarily encouraged outside that age group.

> nobody has any problem with people constantly eating sugar

If you brush and floss, there is no hazard to your teeth.

> but seldom consider the harms of insufficient sun exposure

vitamin D deficiency can be fixed with a pill, skin cancer can't.

> including things that couldn’t possibly be choked on

If you don't know why it's marked that way, you are appealing to ignorance.

> school schedules don’t align with their natural sleep rhythm

what is their natural sleep rhythm?

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