• ArtieShaw@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    About 20 years ago I read a grim book about plane crashes. They claimed that the number 1 predictor of crash survivability on commercial craft was being a male between the ages of 20 and 50. They’re apparently much better equipped to claw and climb over the other passengers on the way out.

    Grim. I fly a lot and think about it at least every other trip.

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      53 minutes ago

      Well, also that being bigger means you’re less vulnerable to smoke or toxic has inhalation, which is what kills most people.