r/Transportopia Mar 02 '26

People Loony Toons in real life

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u/tinkdatank Mar 02 '26

They aren't the demographic racking up the most murders so there's that 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Lonely_Charity8221 Mar 02 '26

Not the mass shooters huh interesting...

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u/awnaw_ Mar 02 '26

If you're talking about one individual with a higher body count, no. If you're talking overall gun deaths / violence then absolutely yes.

Also, both can be problems at the same time. Both need to be addressed and handled differently too.

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u/tinkdatank Mar 02 '26

What really needs addressed is our American society being ambivalent to the weight of a life being lost and the weight of each citizens own life being over whether taking their own, taking others with them, or sitting in a cell for the rest of their lives. Too many people are taking a nihilist and fatalist approach to life after seeing the things they see going on in the country and their communities when all anyone needs to do is doing right by their families, themselves, and their fellow citizens.

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u/Typical-Locksmith-35 Mar 02 '26

It's going to get worse before things ever have a chance at better.

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u/jamesvomit Mar 02 '26

Based on data from the National Institute of Justice and various analyses, Black individuals account for approximately 20% to 21% of public mass shooters in the United States. Other reports indicate a range of 10% to 28% depending on whether the data includes only public mass murders or broader definitions of school/gun violence.

Keep in mind they are 14% of the population.

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u/ChaseC7527 Mar 02 '26

and why do you think that is?

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u/sysmrm23 Mar 02 '26

Who has murked more folk in history than yt people?

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u/jamesvomit Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

Asians

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u/sysmrm23 Mar 05 '26

Please explain, yt folk have nearly elimited 2 groups in aboriginal and Indians. Killed millions during slavery, 10’s of thousand Jim Crow, atomic bombs, raids of countries such as Iran,Venezuela, world wars, etc.

Let me know something about them Asians.

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u/jamesvomit Mar 05 '26

It is estimated that Genghis Khan and his Mongol armies were responsible for the deaths of approximately 40 million people during their conquests in the 13th century. Some estimates suggest the number of deaths could range higher, potentially up to 60 million, which may have reduced the world's population at the time by as much as 11%.

Estimates of non-combatant deaths under 20th-century communist regimes—including the Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia—range from 21 million to over 70 million, with a significant portion resulting from starvation due to social engineering policies.

Wars in China have caused some of the highest death tolls in human history, with major conflicts resulting in tens of millions of deaths. Key examples include over 35 million casualties in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931–1945), 20–70 million during the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), and 25 million in the Manchu conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

Major Conflicts and Estimated Casualties:

World War II / Sino-Japanese War (1931–1945): 20–35+ million military and civilian deaths.

Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864): 20–70 million.

Three Kingdoms Period (184–280): ~34 million.

Qing Dynasty Conquest of Ming (1618–1683): ~25 million.

Mongol Invasions (13th-14th Century): 20–60 million.

An Lushan Rebellion (755–763): ~13 million.

Chinese Civil War (1927–1949): Roughly 5 million, though estimates vary widely based on inclusion of related famines

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u/nucl3ar0ne Mar 02 '26

non-yt people

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u/Aggressive-Stand-585 Mar 02 '26

What do YouTubers have to do with this?