Over 300 people died this weekend…

[nopointinlife]

Over 150 people in S. Korea died in a freak Halloween street celebration, and about the same number died in a freak bridge accident in India within the past 48 hours. I doubt many of those who perished wanted to die, but they did. I have nothing more to say.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

FOMO!!!

They could have taken me instead.

 

[Zegers]

Kpop as well as korean culture is in trend (although with the separation of bts it will surely subside) Seoul and Busan are literally flooded with tourists, the accident happened because that area was much more crowded than usual but it certainly looks like a scene from the movie Final Destination.

 

[Someone123]

Every day over 20,000 people die due from starvation/malnutrition.

 

[Suicidebydeath]

Most of the people that died in Seoul were party-goers in their 20's. They got crushed to death by overcrowding. At least a third of those that died suffered cardiac arrest. People couldn't breathe because their lungs were being crushed, there was no space to breathe. I'm still surprised just how lethal it can be to be in a press of human bodies. They were pushing from different directions, although it's still unfathomable why the people that were able to move didn't move away when people were screaming and dying. Perhaps because it happened so quickly (death or cause of death within six minutes perhaps) and that the ends of the crowd were so far away that they didn't know what was happening, and just kept pushing.

It's a terrible tragedy, and I didn't know about the freak bridge accident in India too. With so many dead, over 150, plus more injured, questions will definitely get raised. I still can't imagine so many dying in such a way. That's almost as many people that died to global air travel crashes in 2021. The bridge accident is really fishy. It re-opened on 26th October after extensive repairs for 6-7 months, without a safety certificate. The bridge itself was 150 years old.

 

[Someone123]

These are horroble tragedies in Seoul and India, just terrible to see so many young people in their primes lost. And then when you look at how starvation is overlooked, and how half the victims are age 5 or less, it is so sad that a world with so much wealth allows this to happen.

 

[damaged_soul]

I think it's so cruel how the people who don't want to die, die from terrible tragedies like this, whereas the people who so desperately want to die never do. I've never heard a single story about a person who actually wanted to die getting to die in a way that doesn't involve suicide (e.g. in a shooting, from cancer, etc.). The universe is so cruel. Recently I've been having symptoms of ovarian cancer and I'm totally doubting myself because I can't fathom the universe being so kind to me.

 

[FuneralCry]

After all life is unpredictable and uncertain and some kind of accident could happen at any moment. It's just the way that life is, where everything is determined by random factors. I don't envy the fact that people often die in horrible ways, but I do envy them as they are free from this world. I've always envied those who die, life has never been something that I've wanted anything to do with. If only leaving this world at a time of our own choosing is easier, but rest in peace all those who are gone.

 

[actual_fox]

Compared to how many die from different reasons It is not many. Plus all of the animals slaughtered.

 

[makethepainstop]

FOMO!!!

They could have taken me instead.

I'll go! I'll go! Really I'll go! Even in dying there are people more fortunate than me. SIGH!

 

[almaranthine]

Maybe I'm just incredibly fucked up at this point in time, but I barely even react to tragic news like this anymore. My baseline thought is simply, "people are born to die." I mean it's objectively sad and tragic, but I just personally feel nothing when I think about it.

 

[AliceTheGoon]

I think the point the OP is making is why is it always the wrong people getting struck down when we have a whole community of volunteers here.

/OP correct me if I'm wrong

 

[Hystearical]

I think the point the OP is making is why is it always the wrong people getting struck down when we have a whole community of volunteers here.

/OP correct me if I'm wrong

Who knows, maybe someone who died in those recent tragedies was suicidal.

 

[OldSkater]

FOMO!!!

They could have taken me instead.

hugs from oregon, peace

 

[Sad_Sack]

178,000 people die everyday according to Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

Death Rate Is 120 per Minute | Bioethics Research Library

65 million people die each year in the world. That is 178,000 each day, 7425 each hour, and 120 each minute. The United States population is 1/24th of the world population (320 million of 7.6 billion). In the United States, 2.6 million die each year. That is 7123 each day ...

bioethics.georgetown.edu

 

[almaranthine]

178,000 people die everyday according to Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

Death Rate Is 120 per Minute | Bioethics Research Library

65 million people die each year in the world. That is 178,000 each day, 7425 each hour, and 120 each minute. The United States population is 1/24th of the world population (320 million of 7.6 billion). In the United States, 2.6 million die each year. That is 7123 each day ...

bioethics.georgetown.edu

not enough apparently, considering the world population just keeps increasing and humans continue to destroy the world and wipe out its resources with no end in sight lol :')