This isn't about "defending" anything. Alcohol is a dangerous substance. And most people here know that.
That said your level of fear mongering is extreme to say the least. You sound like someone telling everyone not to go within 1km of an ankle deep pond because they'll drown.
While possible in both cases to get permanent brain damage or drown. It is extremely unlikely on a winning a large lotto level.
Almost all people will pass out or start throwing up, long before they get near that level. Especially if they are not already an alcoholic with huge tolerance.
Source: 20 year hard core binge drinking alcoholic (20-30 drinks a day or more). That has been in the hospital 6 times for withdraw myself. And in rehab multiple times with large groups of other extreme alcoholics...
Edit: I strongly suspect most (if not all) those you thought had that condition were actually under the influence. Daily drinking alcoholics are extremely good at both hiding it ( oh I have to go to the bathroom) and lying about. They will tell you straight to your face they haven't had a drink in weeks after you just caught them drinking a beer.
The FDA definitions and regulations cost corporations money, because they need to produce what they claim.
History lesson, pre-FDA a large corporation got caught selling thickened yellow sugar water as honey... The kicker was they would put a dead bee in each bottle to sell the fraud.
FDA, EPA and other larger government regulating agencies aren't perfect but jesus was shit crazy bad before them.
(Another fun example, look up the Ohio river fire.
Yes, the companies literally dumped enough shit into the river, it caught fire.)
Intentionally putting a large number of people in a position that they are likely to pass out from heat exhaustion isn't normally considered a good thing...
Especially, when it's because it "looks cool". And your response to this knowledge, isn't to change putting them in that situation, but dedicate people to picking them up and getting them out of sight.
Nope, but they have extremely short memories. They spent 2 hours yesterday tinkering with 4 issues. But when you ask them, their system has been solid for months.
Linux is very much a boat. Or more accurately the same engine used in 50 different boats all with their own quirks.
Absolutely, but that being said breaking down on the side of the road is pretty damn rare for properly maintained ice engines. Your personal experience not withstanding. I've been driving for 35 years and I drove way more than the average person over that time.
I've had 2 break downs during that time that an average person would have needed a tow truck for. One on an unmaintained service van, that blew a water hose. The other was a bad starter on a 99' neon which was a manual so I push started it for 3 months :p
In fact, for anyone that takes a reasonable number of long trips. An ice engine, is going to crush a EV in time efficiency of travel time even counting rare breakdowns.
This isn't about "defending" anything. Alcohol is a dangerous substance. And most people here know that.
That said your level of fear mongering is extreme to say the least. You sound like someone telling everyone not to go within 1km of an ankle deep pond because they'll drown.
While possible in both cases to get permanent brain damage or drown. It is extremely unlikely on a winning a large lotto level.
Almost all people will pass out or start throwing up, long before they get near that level. Especially if they are not already an alcoholic with huge tolerance.
Source: 20 year hard core binge drinking alcoholic (20-30 drinks a day or more). That has been in the hospital 6 times for withdraw myself. And in rehab multiple times with large groups of other extreme alcoholics...
Edit: I strongly suspect most (if not all) those you thought had that condition were actually under the influence. Daily drinking alcoholics are extremely good at both hiding it ( oh I have to go to the bathroom) and lying about. They will tell you straight to your face they haven't had a drink in weeks after you just caught them drinking a beer.