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sleaziep95 karma

Not sure if this analogy is helpful, but it is simple and numbers driven which may help make a case. Speaking about the US here:

You wear a seat belt when you are in a car to keep you from dying if you have a car accident. There were 36,560 traffic deaths in 2018 (Source - IIHS).

Wearing a seat belt reduces risk of fatality in a car crash by 45% (Source - CDC)

There have already been 180,020 deaths from COVID-19 in 2020... More to come (Source - Johns Hopkins University as of 8/27/2020)

Current estimates state that wearing a mask reduces your risk of COVID-19 infection by 80%. (Source - Note, not yet peer reviewed but is a report aggregating multiple other reports that have been reviewed).

Therefore: COVID-19 is nearly 500% more likely to kill you than a car crash this year.. if we are only counting 6 months of deaths vs a year of car fatalities. Masks are nearly twice as effective at stopping COVID-19 as seat belts are at saving your life in a crash. If you wear a seat belt when you drive, wear a mask when you go out.

Edit: I accidentally a letter.

sleaziep6 karma

I have been a huge fan of yours since the early days of thespark.com and consider you to be one of the godfathers of comedic coding. Is there any chance that you will ever re-release the original Burnmaker or any of your projects that re-rendered 3rd party sites with chaotic silliness? Are any of your coding "experiments" or surveys available online?

sleaziep3 karma

Aslo, don't forget Pinball Rebel - Different communities seem to be active on different maps.