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[–] eatham@aussie.zone 47 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit America is crazy. How do you get to the point where more kids are dying of guns than cars in a country with too many cars. And why has poisoning gone up so much?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's poisoning and drug overdose. I can only assume fentanyl is the reason for a huge spike in that area.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And Tide pods, of course 😛

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

No, it’s all the porn. Edging is poisoning our youth.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

When you actually do the calculations... Even just taking a rough "6 kids per 100,000" killed with firearms, doesn't sound too bad no?

That's about 20,000 KIDS killed per year

TWENTY FUCKIN THOUSAND

Christ on a bike