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- Emnsta, on 05/15/2008, -0/+82Where's "suicide bomber"?
- WackyWorld, on 05/15/2008, -2/+45I found this interesting list (Daytimer) of the worlds most dangerous occupations wher ethe number represents the risk factor (1 being normal).
Fishermen 21.3 Drowning
Timber cutters 20.6 Being struck by falling object
Airplane pilots 19.9 Crashes
Structural metal workers 13.1 Falls
Cab drivers 9.5 Homicide
Construction laborers 8.1 Vehicular accidents & falls
Roofers 5.9 Falls
Electric power installers/repairers 5.7 Electrocution
Truck drivers 5.3 Highway collisions
Farm occupations 5.1 Vehicular accidents
Police and detectives 3.4 Homicide & highway - RSMiller, on 05/15/2008, -0/+34Those folks over at Deadliest Catch would be pissed if they saw this.
- mikem94590, on 05/15/2008, -2/+33IT...End users killing you...
- AwakeningAZ, on 05/15/2008, -1/+27Hey, cut the rest of us some slack. That cappuccino is REALLY hot...
- ryan926, on 05/15/2008, -2/+22wow. the anti-abortionists killing the doctors to stop the doctors from killing a fetus?
wtf is up with these guys? an eye for an eye i guess. - onionbagel724, on 05/15/2008, -2/+18i bet if AHNOLD was mayor of Columbia nobody would mess with him
- TJ11240, on 05/15/2008, -1/+16sweet username
- Dumbledorito, on 05/15/2008, -1/+15Apparently "being a server hosting something making the Digg frontpage" should be on the list.
- Ladymongoose, on 05/15/2008, -2/+16They're all over the place.
- Obzerva, on 05/15/2008, -0/+12"Oh, look who’s snickering over there, Mr. I can’t do a suicide bombing because I’m sick. He had a note from his doctor! He brought a note from his doctor! It’s a suicide bombing!"
- jp12380, on 05/15/2008, -0/+13#7 - Tunneller, USA
#6 - Abortion Doctor, USA
#5 - Politician, Somalia
#4 - Head of Anti-Mafia Taskforce, Sicily
#3 - Humanitarian Aid Worker
#2 - UN Peacekeeper
#1 - Mayor, Colombia
This list is kind of disapointing, although there seem to be many threats not that many doctors have died. So the WILL kill you is kind of over stated. - SwedishNinja, on 05/15/2008, -1/+10I know you're trying to troll, but you honestly aren't doing a very good job. I bet the course of action you expect me to take is to either defend Operation Iraqi Freedom or point out that FDR, Truman, LBJ, and Nixon had MUCH higher death tolls in wars during their presidencies, but I'm not going to go there.
2/10 - willaggs, on 05/15/2008, -3/+14I want to preface this by saying that it is a tragedy for every soldier that dies, and that my calculations do not count in the wounded
Over the course of 5 years, approx. 4,000 people have died serving in Iraq. 7,000 people die every day in the united states. If you do the math and equate the two populations, then the death rate for soldiers is ONE TENTH that of everyday americans.
What I am trying to say is that being a soldier is not so dangerous as it is made out to be. It's just played up a lot in the media because there are political connotations. Well over 1 million soldiers have served in Iraq and less than 1% are killed. - NightVortez, on 05/15/2008, -1/+10Sounds like a porn movie to me.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -1/+12Tech Support/Customer Service for a poorly managed phone company
- jenrzzz1, on 05/15/2008, -3/+10Here ya go http://news.upickreviews.com.nyud.net:8080/general ...
- Jrr6415sun, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7big commercial plane crashes may be rare, but small planes crash all the time. I'm sure pilot instructors and other small time pilots are included in that
- IAmTheGuy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7U.S. President has a pretty bad track record. 4 successful assassinations and 14 failed attempts on 12 presidents. That averages out to about 1 successful assassination every 11 presidents.
- tehknotte, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6Sometimes the constant danger gets to you and you say, "***** IT! I'LL DO IT LIVE!". This is the shining moment in your career.
- sman2050, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6preach it brother
- FeartheKnighted, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6#8 Working at a Kosher meat plant
- ouzome, on 05/15/2008, -0/+8Man, I can kinda see what you're saying...but calling the military spineless peons and jokes and you have no respect for them, come on now. ALL of them voluntarily signed up for the military, and believe it or not, there are many soldiers who want to go back to Iraq again and again. They are fighting for their country, whether you believe in the mission or not. For you to show them that kind of disrespect and name calling is not cool. The fact that you currently have +1 digg is sad for digg.com and the majority of it's liberal American hating users.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -3/+9For some reason I ***** hate you
Have a nice day - jp12380, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6Sounds like how often death occurs.
- Glidedon, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6To be an Occupation you have to do it more than once.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6Yeah man haven't you heard? 72 virgins.
- ifire, on 05/15/2008, -1/+6Your last line ruined all credibility you may have had.
- EH90, on 05/15/2008, -2/+8Well, most of these jobs sure beat the hell out of a cubicle.
- TheEnoculator, on 02/17/2009, -0/+10If it is how often, then pilots being 19.9, even though air travel is still the safest way to travel, and cops only 3.4, when we often hear police officers get killed in the line of duty? That doesn't make sense. I don't think the rating is based on frequency, but based on the level of risk of death involved with the job.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -1/+6Digg already broke their database. Apparently website management is pretty high up on their list.
- danomagnum, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6I swear to god, digg should put at the very top of the page: "Diggs =/= Views"
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4ColOmbia...
- miken32, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4WTF does "pants-wittingly" mean? It sounds like a captcha or something.
- computergod, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4When I was having lunch at a phone room job with two older employees the subject of workplace shootings came up.
Employee 1: Actually, I had a guy with a gun come in once and shoot up the place, he went after the boss and a few others he didn't like, then shot himself. I hid under a desk, but still got a good look at him, our eyes locked for a second...
Me: Holy ***** *****, I never thought I would meet someone who had been through that!
Employee 2: Actually, that happened to me too a few years back, guy with a rifile who had just been fired, he didn't kill homself though.
Me: *looks around suspiciously* - Klisk, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4You fail at mirror 101. It's a mirror to the past, man.
- TJ11240, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5Another article that fails to live up to its title
- Danby123, on 05/15/2008, -1/+6Mirror?
- FeartheKnighted, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5Not that I condone this at all, but I believe their logic is that by killing an abortionist, they are saving many lives because the doctor will perform many abortions.
- RSS14, on 05/15/2008, -1/+6I have a question, are the numbers based on how BAD the death would be (which is theory), or how often that death occurs (which is statistical) ?
- Ebulating, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3No, that would be insanely high. The numbers almost certainly mean how much higher the death rate is than the median death rate of either the population or of all occupation, so a cop has a 340% higher risk of death.
It would be interesting to have a list of the SAFEST occupations and how they compare to the median, like office work is 0.02 or something. - HonestAbe, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- rebelcommander, on 05/15/2008, -2/+8Someone failed basic math. First of all, peak troop deployment in Iraq was 160k, assuming that each soldier rotated out once, a conservative estimate would say 320,000 soldiers served in Iraq. If US yearly death rate is 7000, over 5 years that would be 35,000 civilian deaths. So the 5 year US civilian death rate is 35,000 divided by 300,000,000 (US population) or 0.0117%. For US soldiers in Iraq (not counting contractors, etc. the rate is 4000 divided by 320000 or 1.25%. That would mean that a US soldier is 106 times more likely to die than an average US citizen.
- Namaha, on 05/15/2008, -2/+5In other news, people die anyway.
- funkymoose, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4They get paid?
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3zing.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5What about working next to an angry co-worker with a huge gun collections?
- psykiv, on 05/15/2008, -1/+4#4 - Head of Anti-Mafia Taskforce, Sicily
Why? Chances are he's part of it. - forceuser, on 05/15/2008, -2/+6Mirror? Also if working at Chernobyl isn't on there it really should be.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -6/+11where's suicide bomber thats a guaranteed death rate of 1000/100
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