Comment on American media is freaking about homicides on transit

primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, they are pretty rarely on purpose.

  The bar for accidental transit deaths is probably even lower.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know, they did write the song “Dumb Ways To Die” to prevent transit accidents.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ah yes, what a masterpiece of a campaign. Although other Canadians I’ve shown it to seem horrified.

      I could be wrong - they clearly happen. But it takes relatively more effort to get run over by a train than a car whizzing by a sidewalk driven by literally whoever.

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s the homeless outside the trains I worry about. The only train fatality I have direct experience with was a homeless person “taking a shortcut” across a railroad bridge

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  • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It depends on what you mean by “on purpose.” You didn’t mean to hit that light pole, but there was a lot of intentionality around the decision to drive and the decision to build a car-based society that is very much “on purpose” and the effect of that is deaths due to cars.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean with malice aforethought by a particular person. Foreseeable or unnecessary accidents are still accidents.

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• ignotum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Car oopsy daisies

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  • primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right! I just had a little oopsie while looking at my phone wondering if I should text that cutie who gave me their number at the bar.

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