Wow, hu-mans sure are good at DYING

[Minister Masket]

1,100,000 killed by three cyclones alone
287,534 killed by one tsunami (Boxing Day, 2004)
18,000 killed in one avalance in 218BC
50,000 killed by the Chernobyl incident
15 million killed in WWI
55 million killed in WW2
21.6 million killed by the Spanish Flu (1918-20)
28 million killed by AIDS so far
Finally, 75 million killed by the Black Death in medieval times.

Just a few famous examples pulled from "Earth: A Visitor's Guide" about mass deaths. All together that makes a cheery 196 million approximate deaths caused from these events alone.

And there you are, just one person, sitting in front of the computer screen. How can you possibly hope to comrehend these numbers of lives, when you don't understand your own?

"You are superior in only one respect: you are better at dying!"
A Dalek

[static_ice]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

[Ariel*]

we're breeding too fast anyway..

[Serbia]

we're breeding too fast anyway..

And all of you who agree with this statement, please, feel free to stop now!

[hecter]

we're breeding too fast anyway..

Really? I don't think you and I are breeding fast enough

[Minister Masket]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

[static_ice]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

[Minister Masket]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

[static_ice]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?

[Minister Masket]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?

Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the blast, not afterwards.

[Hitman079]

The death of one is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-Joseph Stalin
(the quote goes something like that, it may not be word-for-word)

[InkL0sed]

The death of one is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-Joseph Stalin
(the quote goes something like that, it may not be word-for-word)

I thought of the same quote when reading this.

[soundout9]

we're breeding too fast anyway..

Really? I don't think you and I are breeding fast enough

[unriggable]

We're good at dying? We're good at fucking too.

[static_ice]

Does that WWII count include Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?

Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the blast, not afterwards.

I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.

[hecter]

Yup. More than half the number of deaths concerned with WW2 were civilians.

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?

Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the blast, not afterwards.

I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.

He means the 55 million, WWII count, BTW.

[-ShadySoul-]

people die, people give birth, its a natural way of life.

[muy_thaiguy]

I thought WWI was around 21 million or so.

[a-person1192]

we're breeding too fast anyway..

I want to blame catholics and any other religion that can't use contraceptions. Maybe every country should be like China and make everybody only have at most two children.

(sorry if any offense was taken by the religion thing.)

[DirtyDishSoap]

Whats the average death toll in a year?

[Skittles!]

Whats the average death toll in a year?

Not enough.

[Minister Masket]

Its just that I forget if the count in Hiroshima was in the ten thousands or the ten millions.

70,000 killed as a result of the blast. More died from long-term effects.

Yes that sounds about right. And are the long term affectees included?

Included in what? 70,000 were killed in the blast, not afterwards.

I know, are they included in the total death count is what I'm asking.

He means the 55 million, WWII count, BTW.

Yes, they are included.

[Kaplowitz]

And there you are, just one person, sitting in front of the computer screen. How can you possibly hope to comrehend these numbers of lives, when you don't understand your own?

"one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" -- Stalin


Its a sick quote, but somewhat true

[fireedud]

I've read somewhere that 3 people die every second and 5 are born, raising the pop. by 2 every second.

I'm not enitirely sure, but it was that or I switched the 2 and 3 around.

[Gregrios]

MM, where does one find eternal life?