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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 85 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

"We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine how bad it would be if Americans didn't have guns to defend themselves.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And if those guns didn't have guns of their own.

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[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Louisianians be like "Chicago tho amirite"

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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's some bad boujee downindatbayou.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (7 children)

What's the deal with Louisiana?

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

outside of NO, the region is reletively low on education, poverty ridden and low opportunity. its the trio that makes high homicide rate.

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[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

Corruption, poor education, overpowered oil/gas lobby, for-profit prison system that encourages recidivism

And that's just scratching the surface

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[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's up with Liechtenstein? That's five people and a fortune, how are they competing with the US?

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Pretty sure the amount they're listed as having on the graph is equivalent to one single homicide, due to their low population.

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Missouri is actually #1 if you count all the copicides.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, the mostly aptly named state, misery.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

UK isn't included for some reason, but in 2020 it was 1.00.

Source

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why do these European charts omit the UK?

We left the EU, not the bloody continent.

[–] Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The data is provided by Eurostat. An EU organisation, they are not going to fund numbers for a country not in the EU anymore (some other countries might still join for various reasons.)

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[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

We are on there but we had no killings. Just tragic accidents for the greater good.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (16 children)

What's the reason for excluding so many european countries in this graphic?

[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The UK not being included makes me think that these are only EU member countries? I don't know for sure though.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Switzerland is included though. I'm thinking it's just data availability.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It literally says Eurostat in the bottom right

Eurostat (European Statistical Office; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission (...). Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statistical information to the institutions of the European Union (EU) and to promote the harmonisation of statistical methods across its member states and candidates for accession as well as EFTA countries.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

It looks like their source was the Eurostat Data Browser. Maybe these are just the countries it has data for?

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (13 children)

so many

Two countries are being left out. Is two a high number to you?

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

seems to be some non-eu countries...

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

Alabama: "We aren't Mississippi!"

Guess they can include a few others too.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

What’s up with New Hampshire that it’s on par with the EU countries?

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[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] Tautvydaxx@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The leading cause of homicide in the Baltic countries is alcohol. What is interesting is that the victims are usually family members and friends, because you drink at the same table and when you argue, you get angry and it ends badly. It is rare that a person is killed without a connection to the killer, and if it does happen, it makes the national headlines.

During the multiple occupations of the Baltic countries, alcohol was used to control the population. The tsar used it, Stalin used it and now Putin uses it. Alcohol helps to escape from reality and provides comfort. It will take time to overcome the alcoholic generations, measures are being taken to help solve the problem, but you can't change a country where for more than a hundred years alcoholism was the norm.

[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I'd just like to interject and say we cause our own alcoholism, thank you very much. No help from our "friend" in the east needed.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Latvia is the Louisiana of Europe

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[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Surely not!” And then with a heavy sigh, I remembered Baltimore.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hmm Mord means murder though, not homicide, that would be Totschlag. Also there is a note in the sidebox that the graphs include attempted murders.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not to brag but at least Illinois isn't the worst. That, as usual, goes to the Worst State in the Union in over 90% of all categories, Louisiana.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't expect my state to be in 2nd place. I guess I should keep staying away from st Louis and KC. And Jeff city. And probably springfield.

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It’s not so bad in KC except for the gunfire after a Chiefs game…on Independence Day….NYE….in Westport on the weekends….or driving on the highways….during deer season….Election Day….Easter…MLK Day…National Hot Dog Day…Yom Kippur…Black Friday…and on days when the weather is above 40 degrees. But that’s all.

You’re fine on Tuesday nights when it’s snowing outside. Just watch out for ice on the roads. It’s hard to see.

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