Kobe Bryant Killed In Helicopter Crash - Page 2

~~AquaParade~~ · 01-30-2020, 10:50 AM

It’s hard to shake the tragedy of this, when you see it everywhere. People die everyday but we are mostly concerned with what is in front of us.

Today I’m really feeling for the mother, father, and daughter who went down together, but I have some comfort in the fact that they were together. Maybe that just expands the level of tragedy in some eyes, but I find a level of comfort in it.
Same with Kobe and his daughter.

*oldmanwinters* · 01-30-2020, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

It made me think about April filming from a Channel Six News helicopter.

Yeah, it's one of those sad moments when it's clear reality doesn't work on cartoon physics:

Spoiler:

*sdp* · 01-31-2020, 06:08 PM

I've flown on helicopters, they're perfectly safe and I'm sure safer statistically than most other forms of transportation.

*Leo656* · 01-31-2020, 07:25 PM

Once you're no longer in contact with the ground, "safety" is defined using only the absolute loosest version of the term.

Sure, everything carries some inherent risk (inb4 someone chimes in "You can get hit by a bus while crossing the street!"), but the risk factor increases exponentially the farther off the ground you are. That's just math. It's also why we don't have flying cars.

Never flown, don't plan to. All it takes is One Time, and my luck is historically among the absolute worst. At least when bad things happen on the ground, there's always a 1% chance (usually higher) that you can avoid or prevent it; once you're up in the air it's in God's hands. And I don't like that guy's record, myself.

turtle1237 · 01-31-2020, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Yeah, it's one of those sad moments when it's clear reality doesn't work on cartoon physics:

Spoiler:

Only April O'Neil can look good wearing trash. I love her Banana hat.

*sdp* · 01-31-2020, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

That's just math

Actually if you want to talk math, you are statistically wrong.

*Leo656* · 01-31-2020, 11:40 PM

Statistics can be manipulated to "prove" anything. They're a bastard science.

*sdp* · 01-31-2020, 11:57 PM

Sure but that doesn't invalidate statistics.

01-31-2020, 06:08 PM	#23
sdp Megan Fox = April Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 9,999	I've flown on helicopters, they're perfectly safe and I'm sure safer statistically than most other forms of transportation. __________________ *Bye* *TMNT !!! I'm unaliving tonight* Click to join The Drome Discord server

01-31-2020, 07:25 PM	#24
Leo656 The Franchise Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,696	Once you're no longer in contact with the ground, "safety" is defined using only the absolute loosest version of the term. Sure, everything carries some inherent risk (inb4 someone chimes in "You can get hit by a bus while crossing the street!"), but the risk factor increases exponentially the farther off the ground you are. That's just math. It's also why we don't have flying cars. Never flown, don't plan to. All it takes is One Time, and my luck is historically among the absolute worst. At least when bad things happen on the ground, there's always a 1% chance (usually higher) that you can avoid or prevent it; once you're up in the air it's in God's hands. And I don't like that guy's record, myself. __________________ "I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder... I laid them out in stone, in case they need to last forever..." "But hey... I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know." nWo Tech: The Official Thread Poison of the Technodrome Forums https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr...awnHgDz1ceDcfA https://theroxxshow.blogspot.com/

01-31-2020, 11:40 PM	#27
Leo656 The Franchise Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,696	Statistics can be manipulated to "prove" anything. They're a bastard science. __________________ "I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder... I laid them out in stone, in case they need to last forever..." "But hey... I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know." nWo Tech: The Official Thread Poison of the Technodrome Forums https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr...awnHgDz1ceDcfA https://theroxxshow.blogspot.com/

01-30-2020, 10:50 AM	#21
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	It’s hard to shake the tragedy of this, when you see it everywhere. People die everyday but we are mostly concerned with what is in front of us. Today I’m really feeling for the mother, father, and daughter who went down together, but I have some comfort in the fact that they were together. Maybe that just expands the level of tragedy in some eyes, but I find a level of comfort in it. Same with Kobe and his daughter.

01-31-2020, 11:57 PM	#28
sdp Megan Fox = April Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 9,999	Sure but that doesn't invalidate statistics.