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7% of adults in the United States say that at some time in their life, they have thought about shooting someone else (medresearch.umich.edu)
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[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Only 7%? Yeah there are a lot of people 100% lying.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say 93% are lying.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Mm, you can fixate on killing someone without using a gun.

You could use a knife, a rope, poison, there are any number of things you can use to kill someone.

Maybe that 93% just very specifically envisions harming others without guns!

Lol no, many of them are lying.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Woodchipper, car bomb, garbage compactor, fire, a single large rock, multiple smaller rocks, open windows, closed windows and some force... The list goes on and on

Update:

  • drum of boiling water
  • large cat exhibit at the zoo
  • thrown from a highway bridge
  • snake pit
  • drowning in a cesspool
  • explosive butt plug
  • fire ant
  • flying with Tom Hanks in a movie

A bit exotic perhaps, but strapped to a rocket and hurled at a building.