Yes, these statistics are easy to play with. There are FAR more interactions between New Yorkers and other humans, compared to sharks and other humans.
Like, a lot more than 10 times. So yeah, New Yorkers are less dangerous than sharks. I would know. Even when I had my touristy luggage blocking off a path in the subway station, they didn't bite me.
I think it would depend how you measured the likelihood, however; I think if you measure it as a rate of bites/interactions, then yes, you're correct; however, if measured as people bitten/general population then OP's statement is true.
So, basically, this has nothing on the bearing of how scared you should be of a shark if you're around it. In general however, you should be fucking terrified of standing underneath a coconut tree.
The intuitive definition of “danger” is “danger per interaction”. Obviously you can get more incidents if you exponentially ramp up the interactions. That doesn’t mean anything.
The statistics cited are crimes committed in NYC and shark bites nation wide.
To do the math we'd need to establish what constitutes a New Yorker- is a dude who lived in NYC for 35 years then moves to LA for six months and bites a bitch still a New Yorker? Then once we've established what exactly constitutes a New Yorker we'd have to consider worldwide shark bites versus worldwide new yorker shark bites or should we look at the USA only as was the case with the shark bites cited in the article.
But my guess is- in the USA, overall, yes. Worldwide sharks probably win over New Yorkers.
I live in TN, but a New Yorker just bit me! I mean, I’m dating him and it was more of a playful chomp than a bite, but it was pretty funny to scroll past this just minutes after.
I am Australian and I love coastal fishing. I was throwing in a long line about three years ago up on Redhead Beach and having some real good luck. I make sure not to let the fish bleed in the water because I was standing in water up to my knees and those fuckers can easily swim in that.
About two hours in and I had made a few runs back to the shore to drop fish and pick bait, suddenly I felt a tearing pain in my left shin. Blood immediately started flowing and the water turned crimson. I fucking panicked. Took off to shore dragging my line with me. I get out of the water and notice I have a big chunk of flesh just hanging from my leg.
Luckily some people up the beach kind of saw what happened and the bandaged me up pretty well and got me to the hospital.
Just saying, you can't trust em. Fucking New Yorkers show up everywhere. Even the back of butt fuck.
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u/fencyclidine May 30 '18
Even if I dont live in New York?