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siva7 ◴[] No.42131339[source]
> In an ideal world, the animators in 1997 should absolutely have been aware of the risk using flashing lights could cause, but in reality, their ignorance is understandable.

Cmon, just 600 out of 7 million people experienced this. You have my sympathy but we can’t take every imaginable condition into account and make it a legal requirement. Just today i’ve read that Costco called back all their butter to destroy it because they forgot to print that butter contains milk. It’s getting absurd.

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[] No.42141695[source]
It would've been many more if the episode wasn't pulled though. "cmon" is minimizing the harm caused and dismissing the victims - literally children having seizures and being admitted to hospitals.

Sure, some laws are absurd, and people with lactose intolerance or allergies probably do have enough common sense to avoid butter, but at the same time people need to be protected from harm.