"Hey, you said there would be loads of deaths if we didn't social distance...so we social distanced... and there wasn't *that* many deaths. That means it's safe to go back to normal now, because there wasn't many deaths"

This is the stupid argument I keep seeing.

"Hey you said the fire would spread to the rest of the house if we didn't contain it to the kitchen...which we did...and the house didn't burn down. That means it's okay to set fire to the kitchen and walk away again"

"Hey you said I'd ruin this soup of I didn't tighten the lid of the salt shaker...so I tightened it...and the soup tastes fine, so that means I can untighten th...

"Hey you said I need to stop eating pennies or I'll die...so I stopped...and now I'm not dead. That mea...

"Hey you said this horse would kick me if I kept flicking it's bollocks...so I stopped...

"Hey you said once the cheese gets tiny I have to stop grating it...so I stopped...and now my hand is intact...that means...

STOP BEING SO FUCKING STUPID AND/OR CONTRARIAN