The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

I recently heard the funny but selectively created claim that statistically President is the deadliest job in America.

Four fatalities in nearly 250 years isn't that bad.

4 fatalities out of 46 people to hold the office isn't great though.

[crazy canuck]

I recently heard the funny but selectively created claim that statistically President is the deadliest job in America.

Four fatalities in nearly 250 years isn't that bad.

Almost 1 in 10 isn't great.  That is literally decimation.

[Maladict]

It wasn't an entirely serious argument.

But, in the Languish tradition of digging one's hole deeper: the obvious solution is there should be more presidents. Shorter terms or co-presidents will make it a safer job.

Out of the 77 Roman Emperors up to AD 476, 33 were murdered and a further 5 died in battle.
Only a handful of the hundreds of Roman consuls were killed while in office.

[crazy canuck]

 

[Josquius]

Is it just me (does Google have me wrongly profiled?) or is the Internet very Indian these days?
Basic searches without qualifiers will often prioritise very Indian results for me.
Such as when I wanted to find out what ntr meant having read a comment about manhwa saying this was way too common - turns out it's some Indian actor....
It actually means cheating and is a Japanese porn term which seems to have found use for the act in general. Who knew.

[Barrister]

Is it just me (does Google have me wrongly profiled?) or is the Internet very Indian these days?
Basic searches without qualifiers will often prioritise very Indian results for me.
Such as when I wanted to find out what ntr meant having read a comment about manhwa saying this was way too common - turns out it's some Indian actor....
It actually means cheating and is a Japanese porn term which seems to have found use for the act in general. Who knew.

I think that's just the crazy thing about algorithms.

Make a couple of the wrong searches and it can have you pegged as someone with wildly different interests then you actually have.

I notice this most on Twitter - I click on seemingly crazy posts just to see what people are saying, but now Twitter seems to think I am wildly racist, but the same thing happens to a lesser degree on Google or Youtube.