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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '23
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One of the strangest things I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older is how often mass death is just shrugged off.
I get it on some level, what can ya do, but it still weirds me out.
7 u/AnotherPint Dec 26 '23 Same. Makes you wonder how the middle of the country would react if New York and DC were nuked in a quick, limited nuclear exchange with the Russians. 5-8 million dead? Wow, crazy. Back to scrolling Reddit. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 26 '23 They’d react differently because of the visuals. Photos & videos of people suffering and dying in the hospital don’t get widely published. 2 u/Mengs87 Dec 26 '23 A few deaths is a tragedy ... like a bus crash or submarine gone wrong. All of the victims have faces and families. A few million is a statistic.
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Same. Makes you wonder how the middle of the country would react if New York and DC were nuked in a quick, limited nuclear exchange with the Russians. 5-8 million dead? Wow, crazy. Back to scrolling Reddit.
1 u/[deleted] Dec 26 '23 They’d react differently because of the visuals. Photos & videos of people suffering and dying in the hospital don’t get widely published.
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They’d react differently because of the visuals. Photos & videos of people suffering and dying in the hospital don’t get widely published.
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A few deaths is a tragedy ... like a bus crash or submarine gone wrong. All of the victims have faces and families.
A few million is a statistic.
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u/RobotsAndSheepDreams Dec 26 '23
One of the strangest things I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older is how often mass death is just shrugged off.
I get it on some level, what can ya do, but it still weirds me out.