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Just read that the average person walks past 36 strangers who will die within a year
I saw that in a book about numbers and city life, it's a weird thing to think about. The writer said it's based on death rates and how many people you see in a normal day. Kind of makes you look at the crowd on your way to work differently, you know? Has anyone else come across a fact like that, something that just sticks in your head?
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lisa_wilson872mo ago
That part about looking at the crowd differently is interesting, but I don't know if it changes much. It's just a math trick with a dark twist. We pass hundreds of people, and some will have bad luck, but that's always true. It feels more like a way to make a normal day feel heavy for no real reason.
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stellat872mo ago
Exactly, it's just a weird head game. I read something like that and then I'm at the grocery store, side-eyeing the guy picking out cereal, and I have to remind myself that's not how life works. It totally puts a weight on things that doesn't need to be there.
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robert2751mo agoMost Upvoted
Yeah, and that's the whole trick, right @lisa_wilson87? It takes a basic fact, like yeah some people have a bad day, and wraps it in creepy math so you start giving the stink-eye to a mom with a stroller. It's like a mental virus that turns your coffee run into a scene from a sad movie.
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