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Despite the fact that most of us see multiple thunderstorms a year over the course of our lifetimes, the chances of being hit by lightning is incredibly low. But like winning hands in blackjack or dying in a plane crash, even a low probability isn’t the same as impossible.
Someone asked “What do people not realize has an extremely low chance of happening?” and netizens shared their most improbable examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples and experiences in the comments section below.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being attacked by a trans woman in the bathroom. The chances are so low it essentially doesn't happen. Transwomen are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I find weird about that is assuming any gender / sexual orientation is likely to make you an attacker. Gay men use male restrooms / lesbians women's restrooms. But it's not like straight men and women are all, "Gee I'm afraid to go potty because the other person who looks like me might be gay and attack me. I'm not wording it well I'm saying being 'different' from the norm doesn't make you a monster or attacker.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Gun owners overestimate the chance that they'll use the gun for self defense and underestimate the chance that the gun will be used to k*ll its owner.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) People handing out m**ijuana edibles to kids on Halloween. Literally, no one does that. No one would be careless enough to do that. That s**t is expensive, and people want to get high off them.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. My edibles are for me. Also why would I want to chance going to prison just for the cheap giggle of imagining some little kid high? Which isn't actually funny.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) One Presidential candidate being shot and the other one dropping out inside of a 10 day span.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Drowning in quicksand. I spent far too much time as a child thinking this was going to be an adult concern.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got stuck in quicksand when I was 14 years old. That was the same year I got struck by lightning and bitten by a rattlesnake. Occasionally I just suddenly stop and think "Wow, my life has been so bizarre."

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you in a final destination movie?

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fact, quicksand has a higher density than the human body so you will float. You can't drown in quicksand. Mythbusters tried it.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And for everyone curious - the Mythbusters-episodes are all being released for free on youtube now! Not all of them are online yet, but it's going to be all there!

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stepped in it once but it was only less than waist deep. Which is good because I was a kid playing lone in the middle of some woods. If I couldn't get out on my own I wouldn't have. I only found the one quicksand spot but the whole area was boggy and the farm that owned it lost a cow to it. I heard the story when I worked for them but it happened before I worked there. Guess they saw it, went to get a tractor to pull it out - but couldn't get to it in time and the cow went under.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a lady last month that got stuck in quicksand up to her waist and her husband was able to pull her out. It was at one of the NC beaches.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! Those were the top of my list growing up, now I can dedicate all my time to those pesky tunnels painted on hillsides.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd be more concerned about being shot while trying to escape the quicksands than the quicksands themselves.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's if the tide comes in when people are stuck that people get in real trouble.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the 70's and 80's quicksand was as dangerous as car accidents, at least accorfing to the TV and the movies.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A 37 years old man actually died due to quicksand near my hometown (in Italy)..I too never thought it would have been possibile, then it happened,, sadly

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look closely - It is not the quicksand that kïll you, it is the three bullet holes...

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watching the horse drown in quicksand in “the never ending story” was the worst! I was 7 years old. #neverforget

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It deppends on the country. In denmark this year we have had many problems with quicksand...

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they will not "drown" in it. They might get stuck and not get out on their own, and that might be deadly from exposure or, worse, they get stuck at the sea and when the tide comes in, you DO drown. Just not in sand.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But all the movies from my childhood said it's sure to happen. /jk

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being k*lled by a serial k*iller. I was a sociology major in college and in my Deviant Behavior class, this is what my teacher said at the beginning of a lesson about serial k*llers: "None of you will be k*lled by a serial k*ller. I'm telling you as a statistician that the likelihood of it is nil. Even the most prolific of serial k*ller's victims make up a fraction of a percent of people who die from m*rder."

Sadly you are much more likely to be k*lled by someone you know. same goes for sexual assault and trafficking. It's actually very unlikely to be a stranger.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being thrown from a car during an accident, and coming out unharmed.  I know people to this day that don't wear seatbelts because they think it's safer to be thrown out.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a state trooper friend. He said in a survivable accident, he has never pulled a dead body from a seat belt. But has picked up plenty of dead people, from the road who did not wear their seatbealt

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Random child abductions are extremely rare, most of the time it's one of the parents. Of course you should teach your kids stranger danger, but the way some parents behave they think there's kidnappers hiding behind every bush.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even when it isn't one of the parents, it's usually some other adult the kid knows: relative, priest, scout leader etc.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) A third party ever winning an election in the us.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The winner-take-all system ensures that there will only ever be two parties that "matter."

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Winning the lottery - but hey, a girl can dream right?

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lottery ticket is a weird gift to give someone. It’s like saying, “Here. This has a 99% chance of being disappointing. I saw it and thought of you”.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Change someones opinion on the internet.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Contracting a brain eating amoeba from swimming - it happens but only on average 3.3 cases per year in the entire world, but to my kid on the spectrum anytime he goes near water it’s gonna happen to him, poor guy. We are working on it.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't do well in cold water so folks in Florida are at greater risk than say me here in Washington state because most of our water is cold

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Your 11 year old becoming a professional baseball player.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your kid is most likely going to develop an injury that will put them out of the sport before they graduate High School.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Becoming rich through hard work.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hard work never made anyone rich. If that were true, the miners in Wales would have been multiple millionaires.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) People often overestimate the chance of a plane crash, but the odds are about 1 in 11 million for a commercial flight.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Having an adverse reaction to covid vaccines

Some people lose their mind over it.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually DO HAVE moderate to severe reactions to the COVID vaccines. My second booster put me at a 105F fever for two days. The ones since have only hit 103F. But do you notice something about that? I keep getting my shots.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Actually coming out ahead in gambling, if you do it often enough.

Of course, anyone with a decent brain knows that typical gambling is negative value every time, but if you do it often enough, it's even less likely that you'll come out ahead (as the number of events being looked at approaches infinity, the outcome will approach the mean - which is negative value).

That's one reason why if you put on a 'cheeky bet' and end up winning, just quit while you're ahead. Or don't bet in the first place (it's fine if you can consider it an entertainment expense, but all too many people try to use that as a justification when the truth is that they're really hoping to buck the odds, and the maths doesn't care about how much you wish it would bend to you).

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We once went to Laughlin, not much to do at night. So I bit the bullet, gave my wife $20 (which she lost) and I played the Black Jack table with the same amount. Made out very well by estimating probabilities. Didn't play with my winnings. Once my initial $20 was gone, grabbed my chips to cash them in. Guy next to me said, "why are you leaving, you are doing really well". I said, "I just made a 500% return, nothing in Wall Street could get me that, I'm getting out while I'm ahead".

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Surviving after CPR. It's roughly 7-10% if you're outside the hospital, and even less when you're a senior citizen.

It's also very brutal, as many people aren't prepared to see 200 pound men putting their body weight onto grandpa and grandma's chest, breaking all their ribs, instead of just letting them pass peacefully.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ill take the 7% Losing my mom at just 63 was incredibly painful. It’s heartbreaking to think that knowing CPR could have made a difference. I wish everyone had the opportunity to learn this lifesaving skill. It could mean the world to someone you love."

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Becoming an Internet influencer.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Making a living from YouTube or playing video games.

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I agree with alot of us saying it requires an uncontrollable amount of luck, despite the quality of content. I'm a teacher and it k*lls me to hear how popular this idea has become lately. More so, how unfair and fickle it all seems to me at times. I see small youtubers poor their heart and soul into their content,like literally building an entire drift car project,but barely manage to build an audience. Other times I see what I believe are just e-beggers making millions from mediocre content, playing games poorly or worse people who simply steal content and do voice overs. Man, must be nice to make millions stealing internet videos and doing some obvious voice over narration but that's a whole different subject.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel poorly for our education system when a teacher uses poor their hearts out when the word is POUR as in pouring water!

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Hollywood stealing your idea because you told someone in a bar it'd be cool if Batman fought Deadpool.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should. They should absolutely steel my ideas rather than keep pumping out some of the stuff they have been lately.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Growing up I was sure that grown ups were constantly on fire, sinking in quick sand, and offering free d***s to every kid they see/sticking if in random pieces of candy...

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Becoming a professional athlete. I see so many parents grooming their kids to go pro but don’t really give them life skills so when they inevitably don’t make it, the child ends up lost in life not knowing what to do.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Making money at an MLM or pyramid scheme, 95% of the people entering those things will lose money, and they know it, the only thing is that promotors convince them that they will be part of the 5%. They won't.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A pyramid scheme where each person has to recruit just 6 below them (which sounds fairly tame and reasonable) needs more people than the world's population after just 12 levels.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Finding your soulmate

Imagine every person is a puzzle piece. There are 8 billion pieces. Do you think the 3-4 pieces you fit in perfectly with are going to be in your immediate area? Find one that’s close and make it work. There are plenty of remarkable pieces that fit pretty well even if they’re not the *one* and you might even make a neat picture in your tiny part pf the world.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel I came pretty close. I've had the same best friend for over 50 years now. I might lose her in the next year or so due to health issues but it's been a good run.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) A politician doing what they promise to do if elected.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The tRump said he would be a dictator if elected. It’s the only true thing he’s ever said.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Getting attacked by a shark on the beach. It's so low it's not funny.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Dislocating your kneecap when you sneeze.

Happened to a coworker of mine. Their doctor said that it's not common, but it isn't unheard of.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being “awake” under anesthesia. People worry about it often thanks to Hollywood or a story someone told them. The reality is that true awareness under anesthesia is close to 1 in a million, and most anesthesiologists will never see it in their entire career. Real awareness under anesthesia means that you a paralyzed as the surgeon is actively working. It is traumatic and associated with PTSD.

People often say that they were “awake” under anesthesia, but this is usually due to a few things. Poor communication by the anesthesiologist — the patient thought they would be asleep, but they will only get sedation. They remember things prior to surgery — like being in the room, seeing the equipment, and/or having a mask on their face. This is fairly normal. Lastly sometimes patients say they “woke up early”. Some practices wake people up in the recovery area, but it’s also common for patients to be woken up in the room. Sometimes this occurs as a dressing is being applied. Again, this is normal.

It is really rare to have true awareness under general anesthesia. Good communication preoperatively helps patients to know what to expect during the surgery.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have Pseudocholinesterase deficiency, a rare disorder that makes metabolizing succynicholine (a paralytic administered to a patient to allow the insertion of a breathing tube) take much longer than normal. It usually takes only about 15 minutes to wear off, which means that by the time surgery is finished, a person can be extubated and breathe fine on their own. But for me, it takes hours and hours to wear off. Unfortunately, because it's so rare, they don't regularly test for this issue beforehand. I found out the hard way; i.e. I was extubated after surgery but still completely paraylized. I couldn't breathe, nor could I speak or gesture to indicate that I couldn't breathe. But I was totally awake, and aware that I was suffocating. Luckily they monitor your vitals the whole time. Once they saw my oxygen level plummet, they immediately sedated and re-intubated me. It was more than 9 hours before I was able to breath on my own again. It was a terrifying experience.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Becoming millionaires affected by the tax raises they vote against

Edit: there might be a problem with semantics in my original comment, but you guys need to stop assuming everyone is American.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) That we are going to be able to survive unchanged after AI progresses a little further and the “average” person will not be able to determine fake video from real video.  Worried about “bots” on twitter or Reddit now? Just wait.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Already happened. My perants were debating just 10 minutes or so ago weather or not a picture of a cat with markings that resembled a smaller cat was real or AI. A photograph is no longer evidence of anything

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) If you drive to the airport to catch a flight, congratulations, you won. The odds of you dying have significantly and infinitesimally reduced. You have better odds at the lottery than you do dying on that plane, compared to the rolling death trap that is a car.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And my parents wonder why I hate driving 😑 (I am a *very* new driver)

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being killed by a terrorist or immigrant. According to the CDC cancer, heart disease are coming for you.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've had cancer 3 times in my life. Statistically, everyone will eventually get it the older we live.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) A lot of people here are falling for the logical fallacy of small probabilities. "Since the probability of x is so small, it's an invalid fear".   But while the probabilty of you dying today, for example, is small, according to some sources,166,859 people still die every day, the probability of you dying today is modulated, in part, by your choices and behaviors, and the probability that you will die eventually is 100%. A lot of things affect only a small percentage of the population but their absolute numbers are still high enough to be significant issues. Covid is a good example of this. Most people did not become seriously ill or die of covid even before the vaccination but covid was still a public health nightmare due the strained community resources and took an unprecedented number of lives. .

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Being buried alive.

I can't believe how many smart people I know that think this can actually happen. I always ask them how they plan to survive being embalmed first and they give me a blank stare.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Prion Disease, or CJD -- you don't need to eat contaminated meat or otherwise be exposed. We all have about a one-in-a-million chance of spontaneously developing one.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one from meat is vCJD, it was nvCJD when I wrote a research paper on it. It is contracted from BSE infected cows. Other versions are iatrogenic, hereditary, and sporadic. Sporadic is most common because all unknown causes are lumped into that category, so it is considered "spontaneous".

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Everything that you're worried and anxious about.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This needs to be higher for people like me. We need to red this as often as needed.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Making money at a casino. If you go, go to have fun and keep your losses to a specific number. If you think you’ll make money, absolutely do not go.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) The person most likely to k*ll you is... yourself. More people die from s****de than from wars, natural disasters combined

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) I guess a lot of young dudes will hate me for that, but Im truly sure that nowadays it is a chance of becoming a famous rapper starting from zero, it's possible if you already have money and professional production behind you, but it's impossible to become a star from your parents' bedroom, sorry.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would say it takes a ton of luck unless you already have connections. The right people have to see you and the chance of that happening on Tik Tok or YouTube is extremely slim.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Aliens want to visit and trade with us as friends.

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#42

“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Making enough money to ever feel financially stable in todays economy.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) In the US, a constitutional amendment. It’s virtually an impossibility at this point.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people think amendments cant or should not be amended. The 2nd A was an amendment and could just as easily be amended out or modified to use present day circumstance. Slavery was amended out. Its quite easy if intelligence is used. Courts focus of preserving what was once right and should be made to consider change to meet present needs

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Hitting the jackpot on a slot machine.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Themselves living to 100.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The trick is to get to 130. Then you are set. Have you ever heard of a 130yo dieing?

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Any one of the natural disasters big enough to create any real extinction event. Super random, rare and not likely in your life by the current projections.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plus one of my state's mountains already blew up in my lifetime (Mt. St. Helens). It would be rude of Mt. Baker to blow up without waiting longer.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Where we think we will be in 10 years.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 10 years? I'll settle for being alive and in reasonable health. As long as we're dreaming, let's also say neither homeless nor broke.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) A sinkhole opening under you house.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) Crowded restaurant in a foreign country, stranger eating alone offered to share their table, found we had mutual friends.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think if people were to suddenly know the backgrounds of every person they passed on the street or casually met, they'd find that the world is a lot "smaller" than we often think it is.

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“What Do People Not Realize Has An Extremely Low Chance Of Happening?” (50 Answers) That you can die by doing *anything*.

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