... because according to popular opinion, collateral damage is worth the risk, (See me being modding "troll" for my unpopular opinion, above,) because they are not the ones having to deal with the fallout.

Thanks, America.

I have been to the area around 3-mile Island. I don't know if you have been there recently like I have, but I do know I'm glad I'm not raising a family near there. Their genetic material has been forever altered, and it was clear to me, after I asked a friend, "what is -wrong- with the people around here?" and found out I was only miles from the site. Yes, that is how I discovered I was near 3-mile Island. By simple observation of the population. It was that clear.

I would hope we can come up with a more inventive solution to a technology that clearly has a very deep, dark, downside for innocent civilians.

Or, if you prefer, keep drinking that koolaid 'yall, and keep your family away from the reactors.

...how they feel about nuclear power as an "eco-friendly" source of "renewable" energy.

And the rest of the growing list of countries phasing it out completly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out

Exactly how many nuclear disasters does it take before we figure out how to do what these other countries are already doing?

and I asked her how she felt about how there are few women coders, and surprisingly her answer was that she was happy with that because she enjoyed working with mostly men, because she "could avoid all the cattiness and emotional bullshit" and just concentrate on work.

Maybe we should focus on recruiting just the lesbian part of the female workforce then? ;)

outrageousness, monstrousness, hideousness, heinousness, horror, atrocity; villainy, cruelty, inhumanity, mercilessness, brutality, savagery, viciousness.

Wiktionary states: Enormity is frequently used as a synonym for "enormousness," rather than "great wickedness." This is frequently considered an error; the words have different roots in French, and radically different accepted meanings

As far as I can tell, the vernacular usage of enormity to which you refer is a rather recent addition to the definition, and first came into usage during the media coverage of Bush Jr's lavish inauguration, during which reporters referred to the "enormity" of the proceedings.

An adjective has rarely been abused in so fitting a way as that.

The media has repeated that usage slavishly since then.

enormity
inôrmd/
noun
1.
the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
"a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime"
2.
a grave crime or sin.
"the enormities of the regime"
synonyms: wickedness, evil, vileness, baseness, depravity

I would only have to ask myself, what would -I- want if I were that child?

I already know the answer.