Editing 369: Dangers
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The chart starts with several activities where the prospect of death is, while uncommon, still fairly understandable — skydiving involves falling thousands of feet, surfing involves fighting the roiling ocean, and injuries in skateboarding are common. Further down the chart the activities become safer until finally hitting the punchline: knitting and blogging involve sitting safely in a chair for several hours, leaving the reader to puzzle out just what a "blogging accident" could possibly be. | The chart starts with several activities where the prospect of death is, while uncommon, still fairly understandable — skydiving involves falling thousands of feet, surfing involves fighting the roiling ocean, and injuries in skateboarding are common. Further down the chart the activities become safer until finally hitting the punchline: knitting and blogging involve sitting safely in a chair for several hours, leaving the reader to puzzle out just what a "blogging accident" could possibly be. | ||
| β | "Died in a blogging accident" was very rare in Google {{w|Observer effect|until this comic appeared}}. It | + | "Died in a blogging accident" was very rare in Google {{w|Observer effect|until this comic appeared}}. It now can be found on [http://google.com/search?q=%22died+in+a+blogging+accident%22 over 10000 web pages.] Similarly, both snake charming and haberdashery accidents also return hundreds of Google results. |
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