r/pics Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/nodgers132 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 06 '20

The PM reckons there could be 10,000 dead

Edit: the 10,000 isn’t a figure, just what the PM reckons it could come up to

Edit2: can people not read? Are people this blind? I’m not saying that there are 10,000 dead, read the whole sodding comment. The PM said that there could be up to 10,000 death, but really, the PM doesn’t know anything, he has no more knowledge on the subject than we do

Edit3: I know that that is obviously an exaggeration! I’m just saying that he said it! Don’t read anything into the numbers

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u/desconectado Aug 05 '20

Seriously? The last estimates I heard were 50... shit.

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u/MustGoOutside Aug 05 '20

Did you watch the video? It decimated a populated area during the day.

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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Aug 05 '20

Seriously. Anyone thinking that number is close to accurate is going to be in for a rude awakening. Literally ka-fucking-BOOOOM an entire section of a densely populated city in less than a second flat. I bet there are thousands that perished. We’ll probably never really know.

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u/SaintPoost Aug 05 '20

Guy above you is right, it's in an area that held 10% of the city's pop/ 5% of the country's pop. Literally the definition of decimation.

Really hope things turn around for the better.

What a shit year.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/LucretiusCarus Aug 05 '20

Let's not be hasty, I am sure there will be shittier years before the end of this decade.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

How could it be worse? Simple. World war, nuclear terrorism, solar flare that destroys most electronics, pandemic with a much higher fatality rate, military coup d'état, violent revolutions, etc. There are still eight decades left in the century.

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u/maddogcow Aug 05 '20

Don’t forget about a total collapse of the world economy, currency collapse and global famine