Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low
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@mbpaz @0xabad1dea surprisingly low because streets are designed for all types of traffic to interact (and therefore accidents happen at lower, less fatal speeds). As a cyclist I usually just go around these people just fine (though I will shout at them). Tram deaths are a thing though.
@Frantasaur @0xabad1dea I've been in Amsterdam maybe 15 times in the past 20 years and I am still surprised I've never been run over by a cyclist riding and carrying shopping bags in one hand and a phone in another hand and an umbrella in another hand (I'd swear they do)
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@0xabad1dea https://speld.nl/2012/02/24/plassen-in-de-gracht-doe-het-doordacht/ And a course on how to piss in the canals safely!
@KeithWM the part where he ties his support rope to the public urinal is a nice touch
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Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low
Amsterdam drunk man attempts to relieve himself into canal, falls in, hits his head and drowns rate: extremely high
Plan your tourism accordingly.
This is not a joke, this is literally true. Amsterdam is probably the only place that has ever built more public toilets with the specific aim of reducing deaths by drowning.
@0xabad1dea This gives me ideas both for my tourism and my murders.
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@Frantasaur@mastodon.ie @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange As someone who lives in a tourist town, I heartily support this
@ClaireH @0xabad1dea @Frantasaur
If it's tourism season and why can't we shot them?
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@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange this is why we throw young children fully clothed into the pool and learn them to swim that way (no joke either)
@syn @0xabad1dea 'it was easy once I got untied' (this is a reference)
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@syn @0xabad1dea i do indeed literally remember having to also swim fully clothed to get my first swimming diploma
@mianotapancake@void.lgbt @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange @syn@plasmatrap.com what a country…
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@beeoproblem that usually doesn't happen in central Amsterdam because the water needs to be pretty still to get that much growth. You're probably thinking of a specific canal in central Utrecht that does have this problem
@0xabad1dea @beeoproblem omg yes people fell in a water feature because there were some red plants that are the exact shade of the bike lane
https://dutchreview.com/news/people-submerging-in-water-mistake-utrecht-artwork-solid-ground/
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@ClaireH @0xabad1dea @Frantasaur
If it's tourism season and why can't we shot them?
@w_b @ClaireH @0xabad1dea Sane European gun control laws
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@0xabad1dea @beeoproblem omg yes people fell in a water feature because there were some red plants that are the exact shade of the bike lane
https://dutchreview.com/news/people-submerging-in-water-mistake-utrecht-artwork-solid-ground/
@robinsyl @0xabad1dea that's the one I was thinking of, yeah
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Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low
Amsterdam drunk man attempts to relieve himself into canal, falls in, hits his head and drowns rate: extremely high
Plan your tourism accordingly.
This is not a joke, this is literally true. Amsterdam is probably the only place that has ever built more public toilets with the specific aim of reducing deaths by drowning.
@0xabad1dea truly fascinating side effect of canals.
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@KeithWM the part where he ties his support rope to the public urinal is a nice touch
@0xabad1dea I hadn't even noticed that joke! And I've seen it at least three times...
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@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange this is why we throw young children fully clothed into the pool and learn them to swim that way (no joke either)
@syn @0xabad1dea Australia does this as well as part of their swimming lessons
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@jmopp @0xabad1dea @navi I once met a guy in London who kayaked to work across the Thames every morning. He had a flat in Canary Wharf (he was some sort of finance guy, unsurprisingly) and his office was on the other side of the river. There's a bridge just up the road so he could've walked, but one day he decided to try kayaking it for a laugh and realised it was a really fun way to commute, so just kept doing it.
@gsuberland @jmopp @0xabad1dea @navi there's no bridge up the road?? Where is this even
I'm opposite canary wharf and if there were a bridge I'd be delighted. -
Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low
Amsterdam drunk man attempts to relieve himself into canal, falls in, hits his head and drowns rate: extremely high
Plan your tourism accordingly.
This is not a joke, this is literally true. Amsterdam is probably the only place that has ever built more public toilets with the specific aim of reducing deaths by drowning.
@0xabad1dea You'd think that coastal massive Norway is different, but through campaigns for decades our lifevest use is quite high on boats – leading to a lot of our drownings (39%, 2019-2023) being from dry land, often in combination with alcohol.
Too large of a coast to build toilets everywhere, though.
