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Commercial_Case_7475 t1_j8ekui9 wrote

Reply to comment by Corey307 in Hey Vermonters, stay off the f*cking ice. by zombienutz1

I mean, I'm not sure what to tell you, but grown men should understand the risks of going out on a frozen lake. If they had dementia or something else, sure, that's another problem. I was taught to carefully check how thick the ice is before taking such a huge risk. Like I don't think you can really sympathize with someone going out on ice in 50° sunshine.

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Corey307 t1_j8f5951 wrote

Yeah what they did wasn’t especially wise but making snide comments doesn’t help anyone.

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Essarray t1_j8fh5ti wrote

It actually does. Obviously it won't help these guys, but by pointing out the stupidity of it you could easily help someone to avoid being the next guy. Our entire prison system is based on a similar principle.

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Corey307 t1_j8g2tjq wrote

Again I disagree, we can comment on a poor decision without needing to be cruel to the people who made it. These men didn’t knock over a liquor store or rape somebody, they went ice fishing during fall weather.

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Vtjeannieb t1_j8g4om3 wrote

Still unnecessarily unkind. People that age remember how it was 50, 60 years ago and use that as a gauge. You’ll understand someday, but please don’t be unkind in the meantime.

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