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I suspect he meant "widowmakers" in the "bits of tree that can suddenly fall and kill you" sense, not spider sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowmaker_(for

by jw_ 13y ago

I suspect he meant "widowmakers" in the "bits of tree that can suddenly fall and kill you" sense, not spider sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowmaker_(forestry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowmaker_(forestry)

jacquesm 13y ago
Yep. And suddenly fall they do (gust of wind, guy playing around with a chainsaw at the base, random chance).
- hnriot 13y ago
  it's a miracle humans managed to survive the first few million years...
  - saraid216 13y ago
    Most of them didn't.
    - bentcorner 13y ago
      Literally survivor bias
  - dragonwriter 13y ago
    > it's a miracle humans managed to survive the first few million years... They haven't, yet; humans (H. sapiens) have only been around for ~200k years.
  - mcv 13y ago
    That's a matter of numbers. Lots of people die in unfortunate ways. I'd just rather not be one of them.