Darn! I was hoping the aliens will make their appearance in 2020 like I heard from the guy from the future with the pieces of paper in his pocket.
And I didn't know it was my fault. Shucks
Sorry, but I just have a big issue with statements being made that insinuate or try to convince people of what things are necessary or what they should do based on personal opinion of "what ifs" and maybe ehespecially when the odds of occurrences are very rare.
Painting someone a horror story of what might happen if they don't do something or if they skimp a little bit is either fear-mongering, or trying to control people to make the world a better place in your own mind by controlling others actions or simply just trying to get your way.
When the chances of these things happening are in the super low percentages with no satistics or evidence of common occurrences to back up the push for caution.
There's plenty of things that we should recommend to people and say well you are taking a chance if you do this and it could cost you more in the future etc,
But in instances for it's highly unlikely and experience supports this we should just say it's no big deal and move on.
That's exactly what I did and my first response to the original poster saying that probably 30% of the cars running around on the roads didn't have this cap and it never causes an issue so either screw one on or don't worry about it.
Leaving it totally up to personal preference because it's not going to change that person's life one way or the other.
But then someone decided to moment and try to point out every possible why that there could be an issue from not having the cap. Seems to me they were trying to convince the original poster and everyone else that they should make sure they have a cap on there by saying that it's so important to have.
Or maybe they were trying to say it so important that it does seem they were trying to convince them in others that they should have it. I guess because it's such a simple easy thing to do they figure why not. To me it's not just about the easiness or whatever. I want to be factual about what really can or can't occur as compared to what is highly likely or highly unlikely to occur.
Just like with people spouting that you have to use the exact grade oil because the manufacturer recommends it. People argue all day long about this. Then they will simply get mad and say well you can do whatever you want on your car but I'm going to use what the manufacturer recommends.
Then they feel better about themselves and sleep better at night knowing they've done the right thing. Do you know how ridiculous these strict ideas are?
They haven't done the right thing or the best thing. All they have done is completely believed what they were told was best.
And I was so going to enjoy meeting the aliens too.
And I didn't know it was my fault. Shucks
Sorry, but I just have a big issue with statements being made that insinuate or try to convince people of what things are necessary or what they should do based on personal opinion of "what ifs" and maybe ehespecially when the odds of occurrences are very rare.
Painting someone a horror story of what might happen if they don't do something or if they skimp a little bit is either fear-mongering, or trying to control people to make the world a better place in your own mind by controlling others actions or simply just trying to get your way.
When the chances of these things happening are in the super low percentages with no satistics or evidence of common occurrences to back up the push for caution.
There's plenty of things that we should recommend to people and say well you are taking a chance if you do this and it could cost you more in the future etc,
But in instances for it's highly unlikely and experience supports this we should just say it's no big deal and move on.
That's exactly what I did and my first response to the original poster saying that probably 30% of the cars running around on the roads didn't have this cap and it never causes an issue so either screw one on or don't worry about it.
Leaving it totally up to personal preference because it's not going to change that person's life one way or the other.
But then someone decided to moment and try to point out every possible why that there could be an issue from not having the cap. Seems to me they were trying to convince the original poster and everyone else that they should make sure they have a cap on there by saying that it's so important to have.
Or maybe they were trying to say it so important that it does seem they were trying to convince them in others that they should have it. I guess because it's such a simple easy thing to do they figure why not. To me it's not just about the easiness or whatever. I want to be factual about what really can or can't occur as compared to what is highly likely or highly unlikely to occur.
Just like with people spouting that you have to use the exact grade oil because the manufacturer recommends it. People argue all day long about this. Then they will simply get mad and say well you can do whatever you want on your car but I'm going to use what the manufacturer recommends.
Then they feel better about themselves and sleep better at night knowing they've done the right thing. Do you know how ridiculous these strict ideas are?
They haven't done the right thing or the best thing. All they have done is completely believed what they were told was best.
And I was so going to enjoy meeting the aliens too.
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