How Much Responsibility Do We Have?

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I was surfing at Pinterest this morning. I was looking at an article on making your own wool dryer balls.

Pretty innocent, but a fight breaks out in the comment section. I stopped reading at the kerfluffle over "affect" vs "effect."

My main question here is, how much should we alter our daily actions over the potential effect on someone else? And does relationship / proximity make a difference?

What I mean is if your spouse has allergy issues with scents, obviously you probably don't wear or even own cologne.

If the person who sits beside you on the bus has the same issue, do you stop *wearing your cologne?

*I am a assuming normal level of use. The people who bathe in their cologne and can be smelled long before they have entered or left a room should be publicly hanged. I think we can all agree on that.
 

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I read that article and the comments. I think that people can't be expected to modify behavior on the off chance that a product they use might have an affect on another person. However, if I know that what I am doing is hurting another person, then it is not unreasonable to stop that behavior.

The example of a neighbor having an asthmatic reaction to cleaning chemicals being exhausted from a dryer vent, is an example of one that would make me stop using the products causing the problem.

Some of the people in the thread were downright selfish and mean.

And fabric softeners are horrible products even if you aren't allergic to them. They contain many harsh chemicals such as formaldehyde that should not be rubbing against human skin.
 

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If the person who sits beside you on the bus has the same issue, do you stop *wearing your cologne?

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If it's an everyday thing and they were the last person on the bus everyday and had to sit next to me then yes. Otherwise I can't be worried about what every human being on the planet may or may not be offended or bothered by what I do.
 

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Hmm, I caught a glimpse of that picture the other day before you removed it. I would have sworn there as a hint of auburn, but obviously not. Beautiful nonetheless.

I think I was thrown off by the moniker, which begs the question...redz?


Aw, thanks. The name is a football (soccer) thing... and a source of much confusion/disappointment. I really didn't think it through :rolleyes:
 

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If it's an everyday thing and they were the last person on the bus everyday and had to sit next to me then yes. Otherwise I can't be worried about what every human being on the planet may or may not be offended or bothered by what I do.

This and I wouldn't intentionally use something that I knew affected someone.

BTW I hate Vince's shorts...or maybe its his body.... *sucks in gut*...nope its his shorts. :mad: