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[–] 48 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

I feel like the axes need better labeling. Putting the labels on the negative is confusing.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Fun idea, bad execution. Do it again with text that isn't for ants, axis with a single arrow, and labels on the positive side, and a legible font.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Idk about the bikes, downhill mountain biking is very safe as long as you don't crash

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    This stemmed from me joking with a friend that it is unfortunate that flying is so safe because I always want to die when I'm on plane.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Which is weirdly not reflected by your graph, which shows Flying as having a very low desire to die...

    Misread the graph, kindly ignore me.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    No their graph shows that they have a low likelihood of dying but a high desire.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    So where do we put motorcycle riders? Is there a suicidal category on this graph?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Flying is not low likelihood of death. Commercial passenger aviation is.

    Private planes crash and kill their occupants fairly often.

    Commercial flight is safe just because there are so many regulations that are (were?) strictly followed. If you really wanted to reduce auto deaths, you could absolutely regulate it down to the same risk as commercial aviation, but that would nerf the purpose of a car to the point that no one would actually use them.

    Broadly speaking, the way regulations are written is according to our appetite for risk of death in that medium. Modes where you have some appearance of like cars and bikes see high acceptance of risk while modes where you are strictly "along for the ride" see low acceptance.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    The fact that this could pretty much be a pcm meme too makes it top notch!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Exercise is good for mental wellbeing though

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    GTFO with your antibike propaganda.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think it's anti-bike at all. Biking is dangerous in a large number of countries but largely due to cars and inadequate infrastructure protecting bicyclists

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    That's simply not true in the big picture. Biking is a net benefit virtually everywhere; the risks are more than offset by the benefits to your lifespan. Biking is the opposite of dangerous.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I mean I agree but you can't say riding on something like this "bike route" in Ottawa, Canada isn't a death wish

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    Like, it's because of cars that its dangerous. I recognise that a lot of countries have much better infrastructure that makes it much safer but our infrastructure is shit. I say that as someone who does bike as a means of transport often

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    I love biking! Hence the low desire to die. I feel so much better all day after biking.

    I am also biking in Kansas City Missouri though where drivers will directly threaten to kill me.

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