• DogWater@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Commercial plane crashes /=/ plane crashes.

    358 deaths due to plane crashes in 2022 in the US. Anon included cars so this “commercial” distinction doesn’t necessarily hold weight since the crux of the comparison is that other industries have been allowed to operate despite fatal accidents. And cars are included which are individually operated machines and not mass transit.

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      6 months ago

      still no plane crash every day tho lol

      i couldn’t find data including non-commercial crashes. i welcome corrections.

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        6 months ago

        358 crashes in a year is close enough to an average of one per day that it’s pretty fucking pedantic to say "but not every day - especially given that most of the time that people say something happens “every day” it’s being used loosely, not literally.
        “People get shot by cops every day” is a phrase that is effectively accurate, even if nobody happened to be shot on, say, February 21st.

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          6 months ago

          358 deaths due to crashes*, not the same as crashes themselves as multiple can die per crash

          i came into this conversation with a light (pedantic) heart and an open mind. i am still willing to he corrected but cussing me out does nothing buddy.

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            6 months ago

            Oh I wasn’t trying to cuss you out, sorry if it came off that way. It’s early and I usually filter out my language a bit before posting but I commonly use curse words for emphasis and stuff. I blame it on being a (former) sailor. And thanks, I may have misread that - that’s what I get for commenting before I even had gotten out of bed.

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              6 months ago

              word up homie no hard feelings 😭 ppl get so mean on here sometimes it’s refreshing to see someone back down

              have a lovely morning sailor ☕️ ☀️

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                6 months ago

                You too! And this place could use a bit more chill for sure. People tend to forget the human on the other side of the conversation.

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                  5 months ago

                  ok i now must admit i was wrong hehe 🥲🥲 roscoe elsewhere in this thread showed me my error. gg 🤝