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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Imnecomrade@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

You can ignore the "coincidence" bit

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[-] jack@hexbear.net 47 points 3 weeks ago

"you think all of these are a coincidence?"

Well all but two of them were old as fuck, one was a public high profile shooting, and one was a rogue wave in Lake Tahoe with many witnesses. So unless our tactics are controlling the waves or just waiting for them to die at 98 years old, I don't think this even rises to the level of 'coincidence'.

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

Also, a bunch of them are former CEOs. What would be the point of assassinating a retired CEO?

[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Easier to find still sends a message

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Doing your part to alleviate the US's ammunition surplus?

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

poseidon, welcome to the resistance

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I agree, most of them are old and probably died from natural causes or accidents. It's interesting how they all occurred in the past few months, though.

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

How many rich and important people usually die in the space of a few months? Is this a statistically unusual period of rich person death?

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've only done limited research so far:

If I have time I will look further into it, but from what I see as of now, if there is any statistical anomaly in last few months, it's probably not very significant. I still found this interesting, regardless, even if it is due to my ignorance of how many rich old fucks die regularly. I honestly expected them to live into their 90s-100s, so I was just happy to see for once how many bozos now rest in piss before reaching that age.

I promise I am not trying to spread misinformation. You and others have made good arguments in this thread and I agree with you all.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Rich people are dying all the time for those who have the eyes to see.

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

controlling the waves

How much mass do you need to drop into the water to make a potentially deadly rogue wave? soviet-hmm

edit: okay I'm thinking volume is the critical measurement here, not mass, although you need enough mass so that your volume doesn't float.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago
[-] corvidenjoyer@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago

Number of Dead CEOs:

This list is incomplete, you can help by expanding it. waluigi-stalin

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago
[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

I think these are rookie numbers that should be way way higher.

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I think all of these are a coincidence

[-] Euergetes@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

geezers be dying what am i supposed to glean from that lol

[-] prole@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Even though this is just a coincidence, I still think normalizing this kind of thing might be a good idea.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

a thousand could die and id still want more. maybe this is why china makes grassfed and guilt-free ceos to kill

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago
[-] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

oh no! how will the economy function without so much institutional knowledge of sitting around doing jack shit?

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's okay, we'll get LLMs to replace them. Just need to develop robot bodies for them so that they can do typical CEO things (golf, sex crimes, etc).

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Beat me to it.

[-] Monstertruckenjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

News cycle based on clicks is highlighting the standard amount of deaths as newsworthy due to the aftermath of Luigi making people interested in it.

Same shit happens with earthquakes

[-] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago
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