• Fusselwurm@feddit.org
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    18 days ago

    no-one desires to die.

    Maybe do it with “fear of dying” instead?

    • fear high, likelihood high: biking
    • fear high, likelihood low: flying
    • fear low, likelihood low: train
    • fear low, likelihood high: driving
    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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      18 days ago

      Desire-to-die is potentially a reasonable way to describe 15 hours in an economy airline seat, or stuck in/as traffic.

      I.e. so fed up with this that you’d rather be dead.

      • amikulo@slrpnk.netOP
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        18 days ago

        Yes this was the point of the meme. I feel like dying in an airplane, but it is very unlikely that anything fatal will happen. I also feel like dying while driving through suburban traffic, and there the odds are much higher something could take me out.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      18 days ago

      It’s just not true that no one desires to die. If you want to kill yourself, you’re way more likely to use a car than a bike. But more likely to use a train than a aeroplane…