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Just wondering, were there any shootings at your school? Because there was one at my high school, the year before my freshman year. It was extremely disruptiv
by klyrs 5y ago
Just wondering, were there any shootings at your school? Because there was one at my high school, the year before my freshman year. It was extremely disruptive, and many teachers and students carried that trauma for years. Death is just a number, until it's close to you.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoWe had a student get beaten to death over drug money stuff and another student hang themselves over it shortly thereafter. Death is still a number when it's close to you. Just because it's close to you doesn't make it common. If nobody got rare forms of cancer we wouldn't have those rare forms of cancer but just because those people have families who (presumably) care doesn't mean those rare cancers should be considered big problems. You might get away with running a village on emotion like that but you need to run a country by the numbers.
- hluska 5y agoThank you for sharing this story - I feel extremely sad for you but also respect your bravery for sharing something so brutal. I'm so sorry that happened at your school.
- pessimizer 5y agoIs it brave to mention that there was a school shooting at your high school?
- hluska 5y agoYes, that's why I called it brave.
- klyrs 5y agoGotta be honest, it was pretty weird. Thanks for the effort, but totally unnecessary. If you read closely, you might notice that I wasn't directly impacted by it. I'm an empathetic person, and I noticed how it impacted teachers, students, and school policies. It was awful, for them. The only direct impact on my life was the annoyance of elevated security.
- hluska 5y agoI saw something happen when I was young and still can’t talk about it. So I guess thanks for making me feel completely fucked up?? Sometimes people have feelings. You may not agree but I don’t think they need to be mocked. You just mocked my own trauma. Good for you.
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- klyrs 5y agoSorry, what? Terribly sorry to hear about it, but you didn't bring your own trauma into this until just now, so I'm not sure how you'd think I was mocking it. I said that I don't need the consolation. Please talk to a therapist about your trauma. The internet is not kind.
- barry-cotter 5y agoPlease don’t normalize treating people as if they’re fragile, delicate creatures who may break at any moment. That encourages people to act like they’re broken for attention and reduces their ability to function. It’s harmful to them and to society generally to encourage people to follow such social scripts.
- pessimizer 5y agoI grew up as a black kid on the south side of Chicago in the 80s and 90s. I experienced no shooting incidents within school buildings, more than two on the street outside of school, and a dozen when not in school. There was one kid who went around one morning extending his hand for a handshake, and when they took it, he would slice their wrist open with his knife. He got me. I was not permanently traumatized (although I was upset for the rest of the day.) I also think that arguments should depend on reason and cost-benefits, not appeals to emotion and assumptions about the experiences of the people you're having the discussions with. Schools are almost the safest place people ever are. People are in far more danger from the commute to and from school than from anything within the school. The odds of getting killed by a school shooting are far lower than the odds of being struck by lightning, and multiple orders of magnitude lower than being murdered by your parents.