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Killing someone unintentionally is pretty common (it’s happened to most people, I suppose) but this story in particular is very well written.

by kabwj 7y ago

maxlamb 7y ago
heh?? most people have killed someone intentionally? That's a pretty bizarre/untrue statement.
undoware 7y ago
This claim made me double take, but after thinking about it, yes, we all probably have, if only stochastically, by carbon emissions if nothing else
- IronWolve 7y ago
  I think one of the most common deaths are caused by distracted drivers and implies the fault of the driver.
  - pastage 7y ago
    Air pollution from traffic cause 10x more deaths than all trafficdeaths combined in Sweden. In the same ballpark as deaths caused by depression. But it still is rather few deaths, so I'm not sure.
    - perl4ever 7y ago
      "Air pollution from traffic cause 10x more deaths than all trafficdeaths combined in Sweden" How do you determine that number? Isn't it kind of like saying "straws placed on camels' backs cause X number of deaths"? How many broken backs does one straw equate to?
      - pastage 7y ago
        Well if that is a common accident for camels and if there's good relevant statistics about that then sure. You could calculate that for the population of straw bearing camels.
daveslash 7y ago
I'm not sure that I'd say "most", but I bet the numbers are higher than most people would think. My Wife's best friend was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross a freeway on-ramp on foot. A good college friend was killed when she ran a red light as a result of being distracted by her phone. A personally know a couple of people who had car accidents while driving and killed either (a) passengers in their car or (b) bystanders. In the drinking & driving example, you can say that the person drinking & driving was responsible, but it's still considered "unintentional". For the first two examples, the "unintentional killers" are completely innocent of any-wrongdoing, but you could still assert that they "unintentional killed someone in a tragic accident". I'm sure most people who have had similar experiences don't talk about it.

Killing someone unintentionally is pretty common (it’s happened to most people, I suppose) but this story in particular is very well written.

by kabwj 7y ago

Killing someone unintentionally is pretty common (it’s happened to most people, I suppose) but this story in particular is very well written.

maxlamb 7y ago

heh?? most people have killed someone intentionally? That's a pretty bizarre/untrue statement.

undoware 7y ago

This claim made me double take, but after thinking about it, yes, we all probably have, if only stochastically, by carbon emissions if nothing else

IronWolve 7y ago
I think one of the most common deaths are caused by distracted drivers and implies the fault of the driver.
- pastage 7y ago
  Air pollution from traffic cause 10x more deaths than all trafficdeaths combined in Sweden. In the same ballpark as deaths caused by depression. But it still is rather few deaths, so I'm not sure.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    "Air pollution from traffic cause 10x more deaths than all trafficdeaths combined in Sweden" How do you determine that number? Isn't it kind of like saying "straws placed on camels' backs cause X number of deaths"? How many broken backs does one straw equate to?
    - pastage 7y ago
      Well if that is a common accident for camels and if there's good relevant statistics about that then sure. You could calculate that for the population of straw bearing camels.

daveslash 7y ago

I'm not sure that I'd say "most", but I bet the numbers are higher than most people would think. My Wife's best friend was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross a freeway on-ramp on foot. A good college friend was killed when she ran a red light as a result of being distracted by her phone. A personally know a couple of people who had car accidents while driving and killed either (a) passengers in their car or (b) bystanders. In the drinking & driving example, you can say that the person drinking & driving was responsible, but it's still considered "unintentional". For the first two examples, the "unintentional killers" are completely innocent of any-wrongdoing, but you could still assert that they "unintentional killed someone in a tragic accident". I'm sure most people who have had similar experiences don't talk about it.