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Wow, hu-mans sure are good at DYING
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:45 pmby Minister Masket
1,100,000 killed by three cyclones alone
287,534 killed by one tsunami (Boxing Day, 2004)
18,000 killed in one avalance in 218BC
50,000 killed by the Chernobyl incident
15 million killed in WWI
55 million killed in WW2
21.6 million killed by the Spanish Flu (1918-20)
28 million killed by AIDS so far
Finally, 75 million killed by the Black Death in medieval times.
Just a few famous examples pulled from "Earth: A Visitor's Guide" about mass deaths. All together that makes a cheery 196 million approximate deaths caused from these events alone.
And there you are, just one person, sitting in front of the computer screen. How can you possibly hope to comrehend these numbers of lives, when you don't understand your own?
"You are superior in only one respect: you are better at dying!"
A Dalek
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:48 pmby static_ice
Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:53 pmby Ariel*
we're breeding too fast anyway..
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pmby Serbia
Ariel* wrote:we're breeding too fast anyway..
And all of you who agree with this statement, please, feel free to stop now!
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pmby hecter
Ariel* wrote:we're breeding too fast anyway..
Really? I don't think you and I are breeding fast enough
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pmby Minister Masket
static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:57 pmby static_ice
Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:00 pmby Minister Masket
static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:01 pmby static_ice
Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:05 pmby Minister Masket
static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?
Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the
blast, not afterwards.
Posted:
Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:07 pmby Hitman079
The death of one is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-Joseph Stalin
(the quote goes something like that, it may not be word-for-word)
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:49 pmby InkL0sed
Hitman079 wrote:The death of one is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-Joseph Stalin
(the quote goes something like that, it may not be word-for-word)
I thought of the same quote when reading this.
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:12 pmby soundout9
hecter wrote:Ariel* wrote:we're breeding too fast anyway..
Really? I don't think you and I are breeding fast enough
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:44 amby unriggable
We're good at dying? We're good at fucking too.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:04 amby static_ice
Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?
Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the
blast, not afterwards.
I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:13 amby hecter
static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?
Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the
blast, not afterwards.
I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.
He means the 55 million, WWII count, BTW.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:04 amby -ShadySoul-
people die, people give birth, its a natural way of life.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:39 amby muy_thaiguy
I thought WWI was around 21 million or so.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:06 amby a-person1192
Ariel* wrote:we're breeding too fast anyway..
I want to blame catholics and any other religion that can't use contraceptions. Maybe every country should be like China and make everybody only have at most two children.
(sorry if any offense was taken by the religion thing.)
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:07 amby DirtyDishSoap
Whats the average death toll in a year?
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:36 amby Skittles!
DirtyDishSoap wrote:Whats the average death toll in a year?
Not enough.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:38 amby Minister Masket
hecter wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Minister Masket wrote:static_ice wrote:Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.
Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.
70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.
Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?
Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the
blast, not afterwards.
I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.
He means the 55 million, WWII count, BTW.
Yes, they are included.
Re: Wow, hu-mans sure are good at DYING
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:54 amby Kaplowitz
Minister Masket wrote:And there you are, just one person, sitting in front of the computer screen. How can you possibly hope to comrehend these numbers of lives, when you don't understand your own?
"one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" -- Stalin
Its a sick quote, but somewhat true
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:09 pmby fireedud
I've read somewhere that 3 people die every second and 5 are born, raising the pop. by 2 every second.
I'm not enitirely sure, but it was that or I switched the 2 and 3 around.
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:05 pmby Gregrios
MM, where does one find eternal life?