How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social conventions?

Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by WWLink on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:56PM (#30381635)

> Acceptable levels of risk are part of everyday life, and we're certainly not going "there's a nonzero risk so I refuse to do it" every time you cross the road or leave the house, is there?

Sure but at the same time, I don't go "hey let's do some donuts in the middle of the freeway! There aren't that many cars around right now!" or go driving without my seatbelt on or whatever.

Edit: I also don't fly kites in thunder storms.

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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by esyir on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:30AM (#30382747)

Sure, but I'm pretty sure that handshakes are pretty low on the risk side of things.

Moreover, this is a response to

>I don't mind shaking hands but, from a medical perspective it seems like a tradition that would best be left in the past.

I simply dislike the use of a "medical" justification here, as it feels more like an appeal to misleading statistics than anything else.

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