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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 71 points 6 months ago

Statistically 1 in 4 billion people will die of Boing whistleblower disease.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 months ago

Well, assuming that the cases we know of are the only cases

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

That's the big picture. The small picture is at 100% of Boeing whistleblowers this year only continued living for a few months after blowing their whistles. (Disclaimer: no facts were checked in the writing of this comment.)

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’s crazy that we live in a time where a huge corporation can quite literally call hits on whistleblowers with impunity.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago

Trump will never be punished for anything, why would they? He and all those Epstein prosecutions have proven once and for all that rich and powerful is all you need to do literally anything you want.

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

I wish I had chosen to be a criminal in this life. I would have gotten so much further ahead.

[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

only if youre a criminal with an incomprehensible amount of money

[-] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And only rob the poor. Touch the rich and the law will dropkick you so fast.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 9 points 6 months ago

Did you mean with impunity?

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago
[-] rzlatic@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

and send a message to everyone else: try to talk about shady activity or corruption, go on, try.

[-] elvith@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

Too big to fail, too big to jail

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 23 points 6 months ago
[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

This should be a thing. Can we all agree to make this a thing?

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 22 points 6 months ago
[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago

I have a feeling that this data only represents the two boeing whistleblowers that died recently and not all of them, but I can't be certain as OP has not cited where they got this data

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago

The rest of the whistleblowers need to die before their life span can be added to the data.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

We could still use their current ages to make a lower bound

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 6 months ago

Is it significantly different?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Yes, early 40s is significantly different from late 70s.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

I meant statistically significant. Like in "how much chance is there that this difference was due to randomness ?". There is statistcal tests for that.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 months ago

Afaik, there are only two dead Boeing whistle blowers, so you can't form any sort of actually meaningful statistics on their life expectancy due to the small sample size. However it's enough to say "that looks very suspicious and I think these 'suicides' should be investigated as murders", and I think the meme is just meant to draw attention to that.

[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah this wasn’t exactly a scientific endeavor on my part.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 5 points 6 months ago

Seriously !? Why is it so weird that I make a statistical joke on a meme that makes fun of statistics XD

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Didn't see this till I posted the other reply. I'd say your first one looks enough like a joke, but the second followup makes it look like you're serious.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I mean, since the sample size is rather small, it's not really possible to do a reliable statistical analysis on Boeing whistleblowers,.

As a straight percentage, however, they DO suddenly die in their early 40s much more often than the general population, so might not be total happenstance 🤷

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

A-are you asking for accurate statistical analysis in c/funny?

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 6 months ago

Yes XD I realised my mistake now

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And here I was thinking that whistleblowing was supposed to about blowing the whistle, not about whistling and afterwards blowing.

[-] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I'm waiting for some irish person to comment. Will this get OP killed in Norn Iron?

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