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		shipman05 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are We over the "Jaws Effect?" I'd say irrational risk-ranking is a near-universal human weakness. Parents fear kidnappers more than car accidents. The elderly fear whatever the news is telling them to fear more than heart disease or falling.

Cthulhu_ 12 days ago [–]

Kids fear quicksand and the Bermuda triangle.

...or maybe they don't fear it enough, given https://nos.nl/artikel/2590957-vier-jongens-uit-cementslib-b....

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