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Botany

(77,863 posts) Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:16 AM Nov 2017

NYT Dec. 2015 The odds of a person in S. Korea being shot is the same as an American being ...

... killed by a boulder rolling off a mountain or being crushed by something
like a dumpster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/upshot/in-other-countries-youre-as-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-falling-object-as-a-gun.html

The odds of a person getting shot in Japan is the same as an American being killed
by lightening.

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NYT Dec. 2015 The odds of a person in S. Korea being shot is the same as an American being ... (Original Post) Botany Nov 2017 OP

I got run over by a dumpster, once. rogerashton Nov 2017 #1

So, you were refused? Orrex Nov 2017 #4

Yes, pretty routinely, rogerashton Nov 2017 #10

Correlation with suicide Not Ruth Nov 2017 #2

Surely that's due to a lack of guns..... MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #6

Japanese eat more sashimi and Koreans more bibimbop. pangaia Nov 2017 #3

Bulgogi and Kim Chee too. Botany Nov 2017 #5

Don't forget.. pangaia Nov 2017 #7

My favorite Korean restaurant has this as a side dish Botany Nov 2017 #8

Pickled? Looks like it.... pangaia Nov 2017 #9

rogerashton

(3,960 posts)

1. I got run over by a dumpster, once.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:20 AM

Nov 2017

It was in a football riot in about 1963.

Orrex

(67,395 posts)

4. So, you were refused?

Reply to rogerashton (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:27 AM

Nov 2017

rogerashton

(3,960 posts)

10. Yes, pretty routinely,

Reply to Orrex (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:37 PM

Nov 2017

and I also got run over by a dumpster.

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

2. Correlation with suicide

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:20 AM

Nov 2017

S Korea has the second highest suicide rate in the world. Japan is up there too.

MrsCoffee

(5,825 posts)

6. Surely that's due to a lack of guns.....

Reply to Not Ruth (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:32 AM

Nov 2017

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

3. Japanese eat more sashimi and Koreans more bibimbop.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:26 AM

Nov 2017

Botany

(77,863 posts)

5. Bulgogi and Kim Chee too.

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:29 AM

Nov 2017

But at the end of the day our gun shootings numbers are tragic.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

7. Don't forget..

Reply to Botany (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:33 AM

Nov 2017

Samgyeopsal and Seolleongtang and.......... Banchan, all those tasty little side dishes.

UMM.... gotta go back soon.....

Botany

(77,863 posts)

8. My favorite Korean restaurant has this as a side dish

Reply to pangaia (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:37 AM

Nov 2017

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

9. Pickled? Looks like it....

Reply to Botany (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:45 AM

Nov 2017

umm yummy...

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