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Wow, hu-mans sure are good at DYING

Postby Minister Masket on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:45 pm

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?

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Postby static_ice on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:48 pm

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Postby Ariel* on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:53 pm

we're breeding too fast anyway..
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Postby Serbia on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pm

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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Postby hecter on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pm

Ariel* wrote:we're breeding too fast anyway..

Really? I don't think you and I are breeding fast enough ;)
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Postby Minister Masket on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pm

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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Postby static_ice on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:57 pm

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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Postby Minister Masket on Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:00 pm

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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Postby static_ice on Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:01 pm

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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Postby Minister Masket on Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:05 pm

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.
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Postby Hitman079 on Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:07 pm

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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Postby InkL0sed on Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:49 pm

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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Postby soundout9 on Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:12 pm

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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Postby unriggable on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:44 am

We're good at dying? We're good at fucking too.
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Postby static_ice on Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:04 am

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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Postby hecter on Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:13 am

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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Postby -ShadySoul- on Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:04 am

people die, people give birth, its a natural way of life.
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Postby muy_thaiguy on Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:39 am

I thought WWI was around 21 million or so. :?
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Postby a-person1192 on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:06 am

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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Postby DirtyDishSoap on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:07 am

Whats the average death toll in a year?
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Postby Skittles! on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:36 am

DirtyDishSoap wrote:Whats the average death toll in a year?

Not enough.
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Postby Minister Masket on Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:38 am

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.
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Re: Wow, hu-mans sure are good at DYING

Postby Kaplowitz on Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:54 am

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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Postby fireedud on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:09 pm

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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Postby Gregrios on Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:05 pm

MM, where does one find eternal life?
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