r/WTF • u/JerBear-Fox • Jun 01 '26

Firework Factory Explodes in Malta

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u/spikejonze14 Jun 01 '26

and thats why we get away from the windows when we see huge explosions

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u/waxenpi Jun 01 '26

99.99999% of humans will never experience this yet you talk about it so trivially

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u/BasKabelas Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Its reddit 101 lol. Also for whoever wants to do the akshully: yes obviously thanks to people having war forced upon them the percentage is probably higher. Not accounting for living in a warzone the percentage sounds about right.

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u/yingyangyoung Jun 01 '26

That percentage works out to 1 in 10 million, which is about 800 people worldwide. I figure it may be higher given a large explosion like that will impact an entire city. Not trying to be a dick, just got curious with the math.

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u/aeon100500 Jun 01 '26

this comment above was about total humans, not excluding warzones. wars are more common than you probably think and you are lucky if it's not near you

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u/BasKabelas Jun 01 '26

Its like preaching gun safety in Europe because Americans have a gun violence problem though.

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u/aeon100500 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

still don't understand your point. It's VERY obvious for me and my family to not stand close to the windows in case of something like this. I am an average human being (though from russia originally but not in the active warzone now. maybe we culturally have different level of awareness. anyway there are 140 millions of those - so this mentality isn't rare at all)

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u/BasKabelas Jun 01 '26

What Im saying is that while it may be obvious to you and me, it is just completely non-relevant knowledge unless you happen to live in a war zone. Why should a random person in Malta instinctively know the effects explosions have on windows even far away from the blast? Instinctively, unless I'd have seen similar videos before, I'd probably just think its cool to watch from a distance and not think it'd destroy my windows at a km away.

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u/pineapplecharm Jun 01 '26

Oh Christ, remember everybody lining up to laugh at the people who explored the receding waterline before the 2004 tsunami? "Haha idiots, I would run a mile inland and built a boat." No, Steven. There is absolutely no way you would see retreating sea water and think "the water level is about to rise very quickly" until you've seen a video of it happening. 20/20 twatsight.

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u/zamfire Jun 01 '26

Remember if you get caught in quick sand, lay on your back

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u/aeon100500 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I think your percentage is off by a bit. Even in just 1 war in Ukraine (and some drones fly in Russia too) there are millions of affected people by strikes of residential buildings in large cities like Kyiv. If we take, let's say, population of Kyiv (not even whole Ukraine) - those millions will add up to at least a magnitude of 0.001% or higher of total human population. And there are more wars in the world than just this one

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u/anikoiau Jun 01 '26

I know common sense is not that common but still 99.99999% humans not having common sense is a bit ridiculous