Malaysian Airlines aircraft reportedly shot down over Ukraine.

[mus]

Learn from superslayer, Glass and Mus. He's being nice.

forget being nice. i'm joking dont ban me

Yes and I already sorted out those.

Well then what've you got to say?

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[Kearn]

..you are handicapped

You're autistic as stuff.

man what is wrong with you guys

[Planr]

You're more likely to die in a car accident or be struck by a bus then you are to get in a plane crash

YOURE MORE LIKELY TO DIE ON YOUR BED OR IN A BATHTUB OR EVEN BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

I disagree. I've been in pretty bad car accidents before and I survived pretty well.
Buses also have very good safety records by the way. I've rode the school bus practically my whole life and never had any problems. And some of my bus drivers were really old. Like, REALLY old. And they didn't pay attention to the road sometimes. But yet, here I am.
Meanwhile I have seen countless horrific airplane crashes where 99% of the time everyone died and had no ability to save themselves because they were trapped in a metal fuselage of death.
Oh, and have you heard about the guy who got struck by lightning 7 times and lived?
I've fallen asleep in a bathtub full of water before. Didn't drown.
Closest I ever came to dying in bed was when I was 12 and had Croop and was a few days late to seeing the doctor and my symptoms worsened. But despite that, I was just fine.

learning to use parachutes isn't even necessary if you're on a commercial flight inside the US. You wont be shot down, and airplanes are built with so many safety details, hardware failure or anything like that is about as common to be hit by lightning. Especially the boeing 777, it's been said you have to be an idiot to crash that plane. You'll be fine flying, I could promise that.

Thank you.
If I did have to die in an airplane crash though, I'd prefer it would be on my own hands, flying an airplane myself.
Of course if my dreams of flying a Mark 7 Angel-Wing Interceptor came true, i'd be super happy. Those things go really fast. The G-diffusion technology they use is state-of-the-art. Go from Earth to Pluto and back in under 5 minutes!

i'm joking dont ban me

Well then what've you got to say?

What have I got to say? Flying scares the crap outta me, that's what! Maybe i'll start with a short domestic US flight if I ever have to fly, but that'd certainly be one small step for Planr one giant leap for mankind.

[mus]

man what is wrong with you guys

I quit because if I argue, Kearn will only throw stuff everywhere.

I disagree

only a hardcore christian and republican would disagree with statistics

[Planr]

only a hardcore christian and republican would disagree with statistics

Not taking the bait but good try.

[mus]

Not taking the bait but good try.

It's not bait. I'm just sayin'. You can't disagree with statistics.

[Planr]

It's not bait. I'm just sayin'. You can't disagree with statistics.

It's actually fairly easy to disagree with statistics for a variety of reasons. For example, the survey could be biased and only surveyed a specific group of people rather than getting the whole big picture. Or, not enough people or incidents were evaluated to give an accurate picture. Or, there are other surveys that could display the exact opposite statistics.

[mus]

It's actually fairly easy to disagree with statistics for a variety of reasons. For example, the survey could be biased and only surveyed a specific group of people rather than getting the whole big picture. Or, not enough people or incidents were evaluated to give an accurate picture. Or, there are other surveys that could display the exact opposite statistics.

how could any of those things go for plane crashes vs car crashes???

[Skig²]

Saw this on the news a few hours ago. I was like "Wow, I'm never using Malaysian Airlines"

[HerpaDerp]

It's actually fairly easy to disagree with statistics for a variety of reasons. For example, the survey could be biased and only surveyed a specific group of people rather than getting the whole big picture. Or, not enough people or incidents were evaluated to give an accurate picture. Or, there are other surveys that could display the exact opposite statistics.

my uncle was a pretty good businessman and he had to travel the world frequently (like every other week) for his business... he travelled at least 50 times over airplane on also long flights over the middle east and asia...

he died 3 years ago in a car accident

[Brickitect]

loving cold

[mus]

Saw this on the news a few hours ago. I was like "Wow, I'm never using Malaysian Airlines"

Haha,but it's not their fault.

[Planr]

how could any of those things go for plane crashes vs car crashes???

They don't, but my real life experiences have shown me otherwise.

[Skig²]

Haha,but it's not their fault.

No, they just have bad luck

[Menen]

I disagree. I've been in pretty bad car accidents before and I survived pretty well.
Buses also have very good safety records by the way. I've rode the school bus practically my whole life and never had any problems. And some of my bus drivers were really old. Like, REALLY old. And they didn't pay attention to the road sometimes. But yet, here I am.
Meanwhile I have seen countless horrific airplane crashes where 99% of the time everyone died and had no ability to save themselves because they were trapped in a metal fuselage of death.
Oh, and have you heard about the guy who got struck by lightning 7 times and lived?
I've fallen asleep in a bathtub full of water before. Didn't drown.
Closest I ever came to dying in bed was when I was 12 and had Croop and was a few days late to seeing the doctor and my symptoms worsened. But despite that, I was just fine.

Statistically speaking, you are more likely to die in a car accident then you are to die in a plane accident. Just because you didnt become a statistic doesnt mean they are wrong.