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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 29 August 2016 09:57:34PM 0 points [-]

I have experienced this. But not like an urge but rather as a feeling of surprise how little it takes to die (or at least horrible accident) and how little it actually happens. An appreciation how amazing reliable we humans are.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 30 August 2016 03:36:50AM 0 points [-]

It is always surprising to me that people get into car accidents as rarely as they do. I would have expected people to get into fatal accidents every six months of commuting or so.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 30 August 2016 08:00:45PM 0 points [-]

fatal accidents every doesn't make sense in combination, doesn't it? :-))

But yes, that kind of feeling.

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