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DogWater@lemmy.world 1 month agoCommercial plane crashes /=/ plane crashes.
358 fatal plane crashes in 2022 in the US. Anon included cara so this “commercial” distinction doesn’t necessarily hold weight since the crux of the comparison is that other industries we’re allowed to operate despite fatal accidents. And cars are included which are individually operated machines and not mass transit.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
still no plane crash every day tho lol
i couldn’t find data including non-commercial crashes. i welcome corrections.
JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 month 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.
JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
dditty@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Man shot after fleeing police in high speed chase, shooting K9 on February 21st
JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fair enough. I figured if I threw a random date out, there was like a 99.99% chance that somebody was shot on that day.