re: If you choose to expose yourself to risk, don't you deserve the consequence?

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and what's the industry standard for acceptability?

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Obviously it is up to your personal discretion, but in the case of penny stocks you can also make a ton of money quickly, hence the risk/return model with which they're priced.

As for other situations, much of it has to do with the amount of involvement the victim has IMO. If you're murdered after walking down a street, you have my sympathy. If you're actively trying to make a family work with someone in the demographic you mentioned, and it fails, then you have my sympathy.

If you're speeding on the interstate and get in an accident that takes your life, you still have my sympathy, but if you're speeding and get a massive ticket, I don't care.

It depends on the outcome of the decision IMO, and a decent human being should know whether to be sympathetic or not.