Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean thousands more fingers lost per year.

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    3 days ago

    That’s the same thing.

    Thousands more fingers lost than there would be if this safety requirement were not implemented.

    If a thing is not stopped then it continues to happen. Those future incidents are all in addition to the ones that happened in the past.

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      3 days ago

      No it isn’t. Adding

      … than there would be if this safety requirement were not implemented.

      Makes it correct. This didn’t exist in the original article.

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        It doesn’t need to be said. Things that happen in the future are in addition to the things that happened in the past. “I ate scores of breakfasts this year. I will eat dozens more each month.” is not false. No need to add “… than I would if I stopped eating entirely.”

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          3 days ago

          Lol. I can also say…

          I will die today

          And

          I will die today if I drink this poison.

          Pretty different meaning.