• ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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    12 days ago

    And EVERYONE knows that it NOT happening once means it can NEVER happen. That’s how statistics works, definitely…

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      11 days ago

      It’s a data point, which Lord of the Flies isn’t. Yet the book has huge cultural sway. The point being made is that stories of violence and greed are often amplified whereas those of healthy, normal human interaction aren’t.