Chetzemoka @ Chetzemoka @kbin.social

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And building a case this secure is why it took 2.5 years to get this indictment. Honestly, light speed in our legal system. Everyone who doubted along the way doesn't understand how these things work.

Oh, I know, I'm just joshing you lol. I noticed there's no sources referenced, but cursory Google research looks like the numbers are relatively accurate. I assume whoever compiled didn't think to look into cows because people don't think of cows as being deadly.

And I guess it also depends on the mechanism of death that we're including in our analysis. Because they include insects that don't kill directly, but not deer that also don't kill directly, but rival hippos in the number of deaths they cause each year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer%E2%80%93vehiclecollisions

I call shenanigans, no COWS:

"In the United States, the CDC estimates that about twenty-two people are killed by cows each year, and of those cow attacks, seventy-five percent were known to be deliberate attacks. One third of the killings were committed by cows that had previously displayed aggressive behavior."

https://gizmodo.com/cows-are-deadlier-than-you-ever-knew-1690950434

I grew up in Appalachia and lived in the Caribbean for a while. My friends thought it was funny when I told them I was more afraid of the cows on the island than sharks. Cows will fucking kill you lol

Surprisingly, apparently bears don't kill that often: https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/bear-attacks-statistics/#::text=bear%20attack%20statistics.-,There%20Are%2040%20Bear%20Attacks%20on%20Humans%20Worldwide%20Every,(Nature)

Chagas disease sounds really awful: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagasdisease

I have to apologize, my initial read on that was that it was sarcastic. Like that whole right wing way of derailing a conversation by using the correct terminology of empathy in the wrong way at the wrong time on purpose because they think it's funny. And then the "whudabout teh tolerant left?!" cry.

Reading it again, I can see that it could be sincere. I think it's just an unexpected response to a news story on a public forum (as opposed to, say, a private conversation with friends), and that's why I read it wrong in this particular context. There's been a recent increase in conversation derailers that has me on the lookout for them

My great grandmother also fostered kids for a decade or more. She told us a story of one kid in particular who wouldn't let go of his plate after they had dinner because he was afraid no one would ever give it back to him.

There isn't a fiber of my body that could ever deny meals for children. It's the perfect use of my tax money.

I've also been noticing a recent influx of that kind of toxic, useless, sarcastic trolling "dialogue" that wasn't here a month ago when I made the migration. I hate it

There are a ton of people who can't accept progress unless it arrives hand delivered to them in a package that looks exactly the way they imagined with a bow on top.

Progress is progress. I don't care how it happens. We need to stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good

AND it's a small molecule drug and not a new immunotherapy? Holy shit. I hope the trials go well

Obvious troll is obvious

My apologies if I read this wrong. In this context, I knee jerk assumed it was sarcastic

Right? How is this even up for debate lol

You ded.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavywater#::text=Heavy%20water%20can%20be%20toxic,needed%20for%20poisoning%20to%20occur.

Obvious troll is obvious.

Yes, that is how monopolies function, Señor EatMyDick.

Happy Trump Indictment Day, everyone!!

I, for one, am thrilled to see Congress getting truly old school again.

Also, obligatory Run The Jewels: https://youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY

Clickbait outrage. The movie showed what the bomb does to people without feeling like it was exploiting the suffering of innocent victims for the sake of a summer blockbuster.

The article even explains how: "In another scene, Oppenheimer gives a speech and, while looking into the crowd, visualizes some of the predominantly white audience as the victims of his bomb."

It's an effective scene. Sometimes what you don't show (negative space) is as powerful as what you do show.

I'm in my mid-40s and half of that list is in heavy rotation on my Spotify playlists lol. Metric was one of my top most listened to bands last year

I suspect it's less an age thing than a preference of musical genre thing

This kind of checking in with yourself during activities is one of the foundational techniques taught in some kinds of therapy as well, like cognitive behavior therapy and dialectic behavior therapy