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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by zarzavat on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:26PM (#39985000)
Most people would rather go bankrupt than lose a finger. Fingers are kind of important. If I can choose to keep my house or my finger, I’m definitely choosing the finger.

So just divide the average net worth of a saw operator by the cost of a saw to get how many saws a finger is worth.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by RoyalHenOil on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:05PM (#39985281)
Really? I would definitely rather lose a finger than go homeless. Homeless people have far, far worse life outcomes than people with missing fingers.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by Retric on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:37PM (#39986139)
A specific person isn’t the average homeless person who tend to be dealing with addiction, physical or mental illness, past incarceration, etc.

So talking about the average outcomes of a random homeless person doesn’t really apply here.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by zarzavat on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @04:29AM (#39988322)
Exactly, homeless people living on the street should really be called familyless.

If I went bankrupt and lost everything I have a social safety net of family members who would put a roof over my head until I got on my feet again. Only people without that safety net end up on the streets. Or they have addictions that mean their family can’t take care of them anymore.

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