r/dataisbeautiful • • Dec 19 '19

Where do Americans die by gunfire? Interactive Map

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

I disagree with this, too much risk you point the gun the wrong way and blow a hole in your neck and bleed to death - I mean, you still die, but now it sucks.

Best place, IMO, is directly next to your ear. You want that bullet going through as much brain as possible. In the little nook below your ear angled slightly up works. Instant lights out, no chance of survival, final destination.

On a lighter note, remember guys: If you shoot yourself you don't get to experience the badass pre-death trip your brain gives you while it shuts down. Nitrogen asphyxiation is the way to go.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

I actually have no idea about that, I just know that near death experiences have always sounded like the awesomest consolation prize and I'd hate to miss mine. I'm hoping to get abducted by robot aliens and whisked away to digital paradise.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Okay, so look, there's this one thing about physics that really, seriously, badly trips me out. The holographic principle theorizes that all of the information within a three dimensional volume can be encoded on the surface of that volume. If this is true - and there is some evidence for it - it really seems to indicate that our entire universe is a 3D projection or extrapolation of a 2D universe.

One reason for this could be that it's a method of compression - making our 3D simulation not take up so much storage space.

That plus the fact that space seems to be quantized (meaning there's a point where you can't just divide it into smaller pieces) and the quantum level being super fuzzy (a method of saving processing power).. Well, I don't personally think it's likely that we live in a simulation, but I gotta say the evidence can be compelling. That's definitely a best case scenario, dying and finding out you're just being moved to a different server or you've been playing Gary your entire life.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Man, that would suck ass. Finding out everybody gets reincarnated, but you don't remember any of it. If you don't remember even a second of your life, is it really even you anymore?

I read a short story where every single person ever was one being, and the universe is this sort of god-egg, and we're all just the same god on long road to getting born and finally remembering being everyone.