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See how pots strike and dint the sturdy pavement. There’s death from every window where you move. You’d be a fool to venture out to dine, oblivious of
by everdrive 4mo ago
See how pots strike and dint the sturdy pavement.
There’s death from every window where you move.
You’d be a fool to venture out to dine,
oblivious of what goes on above,
without your having penned that dotted line,
of your last testament.
This feels very modern. "Sure, you might get randomly killed by a pot flying out a window, but there are _walkable_ restaurants!"
- josefritzishere 4mo agoThat's still very real in NYC. https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/04/27/rubble-falls-from-the-19-story-building-at-reade-and-broadway/ https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/04/27/rubble-falls-from-the-...
- warumdarum 4mo agoIts very much everywhere you have large swaths of people pasding through. I distinctly remember my aunt complaining that in the student dorms back in the day, two students bought a whole pig and roasted it in the iron bathtub
- lstodd 4mo agoWhere I studied there was a tradition to throw out the TV out of dorm room window at graduation. Now that were early nineties, ~21" CRT TVs and a 24 storey dorm.
- pastel8739 4mo agoSure, you might get killed just on the drive between your home and the grocery store by someone on their phone in a pickup truck, but at least you don’t have to share a wall with another human!
- everdrive 4mo ago>but at least you don’t have to share a wall with another human! If you ban loud bass I don't think I'd mind. Until then, no thank you.
- trelane 4mo ago> If you ban loud bass I don't think I'd mind Not sure what you mean. I've been to many lakes and have yet to hear any bass.
- irishcoffee 4mo agoThe murder risk in cities like Baltimore, NYC, and Chicago have nothing to do with cars.
- pastel8739 4mo agoExcept the motor vehicle death rate in NYC is 1/5 of the national average and the nationwide motor vehicle death rate is higher than the NYC murder rate by around 3x.
- everdrive 4mo agoA terrifying home invasion murder is such a world of difference from dying in a car accident. Comparing the two just ignores basic human psychology.
- watwut 4mo agoMajority of murders are among people who know each other. Partner violence, friends killing friends or street deal violence. Home invasion murder is super rare.
- irishcoffee 4mo agoDaww, a bonafide strawman.