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irjustin 6 hours ago

How is this apples-apples at all?

But to answer directly... yes? yes, I am.

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A bit it more real. My blood pressure monitor says my bp is 200/160. Chat says you're dead get yourself to a hospital.

Get to the hospital and says oh your bp monitor is wrong.

I'm happy? I would say that I am. Sure I'm annoyed at my machine, but way happier it's wrong than right.

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vineyardmike 6 hours ago | parent [-]

This is another example of why its frustrating still.

"Yes I'm happy I'm not dying" ignores that "go to the hospital [and waste a day, maybe some financial cost]" because a machine was wrong. This is still pretty inconvenient because a machine wasn't accurate/calibrated/engineered weak. Not dying is good, but the emotions and fear for a period of time is still bad.

	▲	irjustin 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah I guess I just don't see eye-to-eye on this. I 100% understand those frustrations. That the "detectors" should've been more accurate, or the fears, battery of tests, and costs associated of time and money. But, if you have the means to find out something that could have been extremely concerning is actually "nothing wrong" - isn't that worth it? My friend is 45, had bloody stool -> colonoscopy -> polyps removed -> benign. Isn't that way better than colon cancer? Maybe it's a glass half-empty-full thing.