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[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 341 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (30 children)

This is the only correct answer. Cars kill so many people it's absurd.

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[โ€“] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 182 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] 7eter@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Applejuicy@feddit.nl 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firearm injury 2nd: how to know this is US data without it being labeled as US data.

[โ€“] 7eter@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

correct! And even in USA where there is a mass shooting like every day, the car is worse than firearms

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[โ€“] bluesydney@lemmy.world 110 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Statistically speaking, you will either die by cancer, or you will die in an automotive accident.

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[โ€“] puppy@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The top three causes of preventable fatal injury in the US are:

  1. poisoning (including drug overdoses)
  2. motor vehicles
  3. falls

We might generalize these to:

  1. chemistry
  2. engineering
  3. physics
[โ€“] sci@feddit.nl 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

im pretty sure the engineering is not at fault for most car accidents.

[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thats true, but we got to agree Nยฐ3 is solely Isaac Newton's fault, for inventing gravity

[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 18 points 2 years ago

I'll never forget the last thing grandpa ever said to me:

"Stop shaking the ladder, you little shit!"

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[โ€“] UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ladders. Most serious workplace accidents in a lot of trades can be linked back to falling from a hight. Don't be cocky when up a ladder, even little ones.

[โ€“] socsa@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

Ladders are legitimately one of the leading causes of death and serious injury among otherwise healthy middle aged adults. A basic fall protection system with some flex rope and a climbing harness can be had for around $100. I don't care if my neighbors think I'm a dweeb, I'm not dying for clean gutters.

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[โ€“] trufax@beehaw.org 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least here in a very anti-public transit US city: Automobiles

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[โ€“] fury@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Dihydrogen monoxide. That stuff'll kill you.

[โ€“] remotedev@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Psh, I drink it everyday and I'm FINE

[โ€“] maniel@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

But everyone who drinks it will die..

[โ€“] ttk@feddit.de 17 points 2 years ago

But it's the stuff which is used in nuclear power plants to store the used rods.

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[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago

Fossil fuel pollution.

[โ€“] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] mySFWaccount@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago

Electricity?

[โ€“] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pools are more dangerous than owning a gun in the same way that vending machines kill more people than sharks.

People are near vending machines way more often than they are near sharks, and people let their kids play in the pool more often than they let them play with firearms

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[โ€“] Akareth@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[โ€“] bermuda@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd say electricity. Even with all the safety precautions we have when using our electrical devices, there's still so much that can go wrong

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[โ€“] wondermut@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Garage door. Then springs will kill you.

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[โ€“] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gas stoves. Disasters waiting to happen with people sometimes forgetting to turn them off.

[โ€“] pandaAttack@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

You know, it boggles my mind why stoves in some countries don't come with thermoswitch. The decades old ones here come with it here. Either fire keeps the valve open via this thermoswitch or if fire goes out gas valve is shut off. Danger gone.

[โ€“] cognitive@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] JWBananas@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

Lithium batteries

[โ€“] Anissem@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

Social media

[โ€“] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 years ago

Time. Getting old sucks.

[โ€“] 84615_on_resu@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
  1. Cars
  2. Stairs
  3. Bathtubs

Ladders and alcohol hold big honorary mentions too.

[โ€“] Lummy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Corn Syrup.

[โ€“] LemmyWinks666@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] coffeemonster@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Cars Lithium ion batteries

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