EPTWhat the hell, man? What is wrong with this city? And how have I been fortunate enough to avoid two gun-related incidents so close to each other?
The feeling that death is after me...
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
What the hell, man? What is wrong with this city? And how have I been fortunate enough to avoid two gun-related incidents so close to each other? | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
edit: sorry, not trying to be callous. That's terrifying. My cousin works at a different lone star campus and I was pretty worried for a minute edit: but the point is, this is one of those things that is hard to judge using your brain's normal danger heuristics. | ||
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On January 23 2013 09:53 sam!zdat wrote: It's an epistemological artifact of high population and an oversaturated media environment. Remain calm. You're in more danger every time you drive a car (this is, incidentally, one of the many reasons you should avoid cars whenever possible). edit: sorry, not trying to be callous. That's terrifying. My cousin works at a different lone star campus and I was pretty worried for a minute edit: but the point is, this is one of those things that is hard to judge using your brain's normal danger heuristics. I know that it wasnt dangerous, I mean I avoided both situations entirely. I am not afraid to go out or anything, it is just hard to believe that I wouldve been in the same room if I had stayed, on top of the thing that happened on Thursday. And this is in Houston Juicebox | ||
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sam!zdat
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UniversalSnip
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And how have I been fortunate enough to avoid two gun-related incidents so close to each other? Well I'd say you've been more unfortunate to be so close to two gun-related incidents. It's pretty unlikely and apparently it's freaking you out. You're quite unlucky! | ||
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Shaddar
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FlaShFTW
United States10219 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
On January 23 2013 12:06 nttea wrote: This now means you are safe from further incidents of this type, the odds that it would happen a third time is beyond tiny. Yeah in fact you should go put down a lot of money on blackjack since you just used up all your bad luck for a while. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
Promise us you'll make monthly blogs, so we'll know that you're still with us. Try to stay safe, man. | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On January 23 2013 12:17 Kashll wrote: Yeah in fact you should go put down a lot of money on blackjack since you just used up all your bad luck for a while. Lmao, better reply then i can come up with..but seriously, it doesnt work this way..it just doesnt. Shit happens, dont think too much about it, you got lucky, good for you, your colleague and college student didnt. | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
On January 23 2013 10:08 UniversalSnip wrote: Well I'd say you've been more unfortunate to be so close to two gun-related incidents. It's pretty unlikely and apparently it's freaking you out. You're quite unlucky! The chance of one of these things happening to you is still poor. Be alarmed that they happened because they're major events, but don't be alarmed that something weird like these events are going to happen to you. On January 23 2013 12:06 nttea wrote: This now means you are safe from further incidents of this type, the odds that it would happen a third time is beyond tiny. I hate to be an ass, but statistically speaking, since it already happened twice and the probability of those events would therefore be one, the probability of this next event happening which is about the same as the first (or very, very small). | ||
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Jealous
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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FractalsOnFire
Australia1756 Posts
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
On January 23 2013 12:06 nttea wrote: This now means you are safe from further incidents of this type, the odds that it would happen a third time is beyond tiny. Uhm. I don't believe this is how probability works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy | ||
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fourtytwopetunias
United Kingdom6 Posts
On January 23 2013 09:53 sam!zdat wrote: It's an epistemological artifact of high population and an oversaturated media environment. Remain calm. You're in more danger every time you drive a car (this is, incidentally, one of the many reasons you should avoid cars whenever possible). I seem to be surrounded by a magnetic field which attracts only cars. Staplers and tinfoil don't seem to go for me, but cars, they can't get enough of me. I seem to narrowly avoid a collision on a weekly basis. It would be at this opportunity that I would back up my driving skills...but I am a pedestrian! I do know how to drive, and what the highway code is. Somehow the drivers I meet don't know what a pedestrian crossing is, or what their indicators mean. If you are handing out car avoidance tips, I am all ears | ||
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fourtytwopetunias
United Kingdom6 Posts
On January 23 2013 09:50 TheRabidDeer wrote: It almost feels like death is absurdly close to me atm. This last Thursday night a co-worker was held at gunpoint in our parking lot and had his car stolen, I worked the next night. Today, there is a shooting at my college campus and I would have been in the immediate area of the shooting had I not decided to ditch my 2nd class because I wanted to eat food. I mean like the exact immediate area. I am usually in the library between my first and second class because I have about a 40 minute break between classes, and around the time the shooting happened I wouldve been leaving the library to head to class. The shooting had happened around the library. What the hell, man? What is wrong with this city? And how have I been fortunate enough to avoid two gun-related incidents so close to each other? Look on the bright side, maybe someone is looking over you (if you believe in that sort of thing). Or maybe you are actually very lucky, hence why you are avoiding such horrible events. Either way, try not to worry yourself, you have no idea what is around the corner. | ||
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