Anyolduser

And when I was a kid we had tornado drills. Schools got hit by tornados, but it was a freak incident that was ultimately an overblown fear.

If only there was some parallel we could draw here...

Are you high? Is this your first day on Lemmy?

If somebody worries about serial killers they have an objectively bad grasp on reality.

Are you nuts? How could you possibly conclude that that's what I'm saying?

And I'm saying most level-headed people don't worry about school shootings.

While I'm sure other parents do worry about that, they're also the kind of people who worry about serial killers.

I'm not arguing that, especially because that figure includes suicides.

I've noticed that (especially on Lemmy) people outside the US think we're dodging bullets as we go about our days. Really, everybody is just doing their own thing and minding their own business.

Your perceptions about the experience of the average American are a long way from accurate. You might want to take a hard look at the media you're consuming.

EDIT: I have now discovered that the fastest way to kick the Lemmy hornet's nest is to say you aren't living in constant terror of being mowed down at random. How do you people function out in public? Do you even go out in public? This place is a fucking hole.