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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like we’re so cooked as a society.

- people now blindly follow “guides” and have lost the ability to think for themselves.

- our lives are unfulfilled and boring and we need extreme excursions to bring us back to life

- we continue to hold moms to a higher standard.

- someone in this thread was hurt by an intelligent woman or something, and it shows. It’s one thing to point out that the guides - men and a woman - and the guests - men and women - made dumb decisions. It’s another thing to smugly fixate on the women, their jobs, their colleges. It’s weird. [/quote]

Remember being told that we weren't allowed to question the experts and that doing own research is foolish? [/quote]

Go back to 4chan 
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Never been there. First, you say listen to the experts. Then you blame them for listening to the experts and not asking questions. You can't have it both ways. [/quote]

DP here - I agree with you.  People on this thread are coming down HARD on the skiers for blindly taking the advice of the guides, but in reality, most people would have done the same thing.  Our society has set up a system where people don't think for themselves, be it skiing down a mountain or taking a vaccine or taking a certain medication.

(And for the record, I am a huge supporter of vaccines.  I am fully vaccinated.  But I think people who do their own research (actual research, not TikTok) should be applauded, not derided).[/quote]

I disagree. Most intelligent people take the time to read weather reports before taking a trip and would cancel or postpone if especially heavy snowfall or hurricanes were predicted.[/quote]

Are you posting from somewhere in Alabama? I don’t think you understand what weather forecasts look like in that area at that time of year. Or anywhere in the mountains, for that matter.

Along those lines, do you think your opinion is more valid than the people who actually participate in back country skiing? If so, why? If not, maybe no one needs to hear what you have to say. [/quote]

The truth clearly hit on your nerves. A back country skier defending the risks. (And, no, I'm not in Alabama.)[/quote]

I’m not a back country skier. I’m just someone who knows that I don’t know more than any of the people who were on the mountain that day so I’m not in a place to second guess them. Also, they’re dead, so I’m not going to be disrespectful. I understand that you think your unfounded opinions are worth a lot. I disagree. [/quote]

+1 million

No one GAF about the clueless, judgmental cow’s opinion.

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Keep ignoring weather forecasts. All good.[/quote]

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