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[–] Fusselwurm@feddit.org 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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
[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 11 points 4 months ago

no one desires to die

speak for yourself man

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.net 4 points 4 months 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@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months 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...