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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months ago

Media is highlighting two stories about immigrants killing people, so I wanted to remind everyone you're more likely to be killed by an acquaintance than a stranger.

www.statista.com

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Media is highlighting two stories about immigrants killing people, so I wanted to remind everyone you're more likely to be killed by an acquaintance than a stranger.

www.statista.com

SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months ago
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Number of murders by relationship of victim to offender U.S. 2023 | Statista
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In 2023 in the United States, 12 people were murdered by their employer.
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  • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netM
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    You’re most likely to be killed by your health insurance company or by a car though

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      You’re most likely to be killed by your health insurance company

      Not if you get them first luigi-dance

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        The best part about corporate personhood is that if your corporation is a person it can indeed be killedthe-doohickey

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      I’m on my lunch and literally almost got killed by some dipshit in a prius running the light.

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        My friend who went to the US and lived there for three years said Americans driving is something else

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          I don’t usually yell at people on the street but they slowed down for like half a second and I thought they noticed the cross walk sign and then just sped up anyway. I’m wearing a fucking bright neon green safety jacket and smoking a cigarette so I just yelled at the top of my lungs “WHAT THE FUCK! FUCK YOU”. In that moment if I could have caught up to that person I would have probably threatened to beat their ass.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    [CW: Gender violence]

    I dunno if these stats are right… How are you more likely to be killed by your wife than your husband? Domestic murder is overwhelmingly men killing women…

    • Frivolous_Beatnik [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      I may be misreading the statistics, but shouldn’t “relationship of victim to offender” imply that the Wife category denotes 563 wives of killers?? I don’t know if the chart got something turned around somewhere.

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        Ohhhh you’re right. I was reading it wrong. Damn I’m not bright haha

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          Well you say that, but your name is Dirt_Owl not Dumb_Owl so jot that down. To quote the chart

          12 people were murdered by their employer

          3,527 people were killed by an acquaintance compared to 1,674 who were killed by a stranger.

          so the bar titles denote the killer not the victim. I’m confused cat-confused

          • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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            See this is why I hate graphs.

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            12 people were murdered by their employer

            12 employers were murdered by their employees

            • Frivolous_Beatnik [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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              That would make sense, but that’s what it says verbatim

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                relationship of victim to offender

                yes, which means the victim is (employer of) offender. the offender killed their employer.

                • Frivolous_Beatnik [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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                  Which makes sense, yes. I’m saying, since the start of the thread, that the chart title, the bar labels, and the text on the statista page are conflicting with each other which makes the whole thing look unprofessional.

        • propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net
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          I did the exact same thing, and my bullshit meter went off the charts

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      soviet-hmm Yeah most DV is men on women, so it’s probably not right.

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        Searching around, I’m mostly seeing 3 Mariticides for every 4 Uxoricides, so it’s a curious discrepancy. Some places have different ratios though.

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    And because of that you’re several times more likely to be killed by someone of your own race/ethnicity than someone of a different race /ethnicity.

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      the “but black-on-black crime tho” argument applies 100000000000x over to mayos

      mayos literally own over half of the fucking world
      if your life sucks it’s because of whites, even if ur white

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        if your life sucks it’s because of whites, even if ur white

        Should be a tagline, just to spread the word. This is 100% unbiased fact.

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          you heard 'em mods

  • coeliacmccarthy [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    this is why you should always be more afraid of a person the closer and more intimate you are with them

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      My ex broke my heart, no really, she stabbed me in the heart :rodney-dangerfield:

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        Wimin, am I right? grillman

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          Hate my wife, 'simple as grill

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    They need to catch this “Unknown” guy

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    What I’m taking away from this is if I ever get that “do I know you…?” feeling around someone, that is my cue to cut and run.

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