Re:Disaster prepping is mainstream again
by dekhn on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:12PM
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... and what we've established is that not a lot of people die in big earthquakes, but there's a lot of economic impact. I think people overweight the consequences because earthquakes are big and exciting.
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Re:Disaster prepping is mainstream again
by jonahx on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @04:41PM
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I suppose that's fair. But I think it's less the "big and exciting" part and more the "imagining myself trapped and dying of thirst" or some such that motivates the "consequences" part of the equation.