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werewolf dictator
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Wed Jan 06 11:16:30 2021
most likely ways to die according to me.. say for random american under 30 years old.. from most likely [at top] to least likely [at bottom]

[people can tell me if something looks way too high or too low on list]

*nuclear war
*gain-of-function biotech released pandemic
*superintelligent ai.. or aliens
*heart disease
*cancer
*pollution
*cold weather
*respiratory infection [mundane]
*accidental drug overdose
*suicide
*murdered by civilian [mundane]
*hot weather
*drowning
*electrocution
*killed by police
*insect sting
*asteroid collision
*lightning strike
*spanish inquisition
Paramount
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Wed Jan 06 15:12:00 2021
Nuclear war looks to be way too high up there.

Spanish inquisition looks way too low. I put it higher and rename it to Trump’s Vanity Project.

I would put heart disease and pollution on top. Suicide on third place followed by Trump’s Vanity Project.

On fiifth place I put Killed by police, and on sixth drug overdose. Seventh place goes to death by insect sting.
jergul
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Wed Jan 06 15:13:39 2021
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It was a good name for what Trump is doing, was it not?

Paramount
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Wed Jan 06 15:14:18 2021
Yes I believe so.
werewolf dictator
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Wed Jan 06 17:18:12 2021
paramount list [number in brackets is approximate number per year currently by googling]

*heart disease [655000.. nb 1 nuclear war kills like 500x this]
*pollution [30k to 200k air pollution.. significantly more all pollution]
*suicide [45000]
*trump's vanity project
*killed by police [1100]
*drug overdose [35000]
*insect sting [60]
sam adams
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Wed Jan 06 17:23:34 2021
Civil war should be pretty high... might be a subset of civil war though.

Car accidents are common.

Also avalanches falls tree wells and other climbing/skiing accidents.
werewolf dictator
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Wed Jan 06 17:28:35 2021
it wasn't meant to be complete list for brevity's sake.. google gives car accidents at ~39k per year currently
werewolf dictator
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Wed Jan 06 19:34:26 2021
my 2.0 version.. now for those lives conceived in 2021

*nuclear war
*gain-of-function biotech released pandemic
*superintelligent ai.. or aliens
*heart disease
*abortion
*cancer
*pollution
*cold weather
*respiratory infection [mundane]
*accidental poisoning
*auto accident
*unintentional fall
*drug overdose
*suicide
*civil war
*murdered by civilian
*hot weather
*drowning
*fire
*killed by police
*drowning in bathtub alone
*electrocution
*tornado
*insect sting
*asteroid collision
*lightning strike
*dog attack
*fireworks accident
*snake bite
*spanish inquisition
patom
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Wed Jan 06 20:25:33 2021
I'm going just like my grandfather. In my sleep. Not like the 6 screaming passengers in the van he was driving.
Nimatzo
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Thu Jan 07 10:53:28 2021
Ok that was exceptionally hilarious patom, unexpected punch line.
jergul
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Thu Jan 07 11:24:28 2021
What commedian was it initially? If only there had been some way to find out.

Will Rogers! Of course.
jergul
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Thu Jan 07 11:32:06 2021
Topical: "If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress"

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/132444.Will_Rogers
patom
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Thu Jan 07 13:02:38 2021
To be honest, I probably heard it in Marek's Cafe. a bar I used to hang out in in Hulmeville Pa.

But Will Rogers would be a likely candidate. Great comedian and prognosticator.
werewolf dictator
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Fri Jan 08 20:41:01 2021
insert "killed by non-citizen" [~1950 per year] between "fire" [~3700/year] and "killed by police" [~1100/year]
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