Thread by @RadioFreeTom

So, I'm so exasperated by the lack of logic around here that I'm going to present you all with a thought exercise and limit the replies because I don't care what your responses are. When people say "well, I'm vaccinated, but I'm afraid of the people who aren't," consider this. /1

Imagine you live in Russia and vodka is free and alcoholism reaches social saturation levels, and everyone is drunk driving. You stay off the road at night and in your house. It's a pain in the ass and keeps you from doing things; you drive rarely to avoid death or injury. /2

And imagine that the U.S. government ships you a car with a system that has nearly perfect ability to sense and automatically avoid collisions. As long as that's your car, you're safe. Other cars no longer matter. The system will engage and you'll be fine. You can go back out. /3

Now imagine that your reaction is: "Look, I trust this system, but what about the other drivers who don't have it?" This is nonsense, of course. The point is that your car does. Drunks will be colliding, but not with you. Is it still possible? Sure. But *very* unlikely. /4

But maybe your answer is still to say: "Look, I'll stay at home. Who does that harm? It's my choice." And you'd be right, if your life goal is zero risk. But does it make a lick of logical sense to worry about the *other drivers*? No. No it does not. /5

"This system functions no matter what the other drivers are doing" is the whole point. If your answer to that is "yes, but what about the other drivers?," you're just refusing to comprehend that when "Condition X doesn't matter," it doesn't matter. /6

If you want to stay off the road, fine. You want to stay at home and never drive, fine. You want to trust the anti-collision system, fine. But to get through all that and then say "but the other drivers" is just irrational. /7

This example will piss people off, but this is about logic, not vaccines. "X doesn't matter" followed by "What about X, tho?" isn't a rational train of thought. /8x