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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 October 2022, 18:46:46

Title: Halloween stampede in korea kills 146
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 October 2022, 18:46:46
apparently people rushed there having been alerted to a celebrity cameo of sorts.

And.. large crowds , high people density per square meter, turns into a moving fluid,  people in the back can't tell what's happening in the front, they push forward, people in the front get physically crushed and asphyxiate.


Reason # 37 why Tp4 never goes outside.


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Title: Re: Halloween stampede in korea kills 146
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 30 October 2022, 03:19:42
so extremely ****ed up, I cannot believe people just ignored those in need. That is a crazy bodycount due to people being straight up selfish *******s. And we still don't know what the cause was.
Title: Re: Halloween stampede in korea kills 146
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 30 October 2022, 05:40:54
Similar disasters have happened in badly designed sports stadiums and at music festivals. Too many people in a small area, crowds pushing from behind and people getting crushed.

Only a couple hours earlier, I watched a live-stream from a outdoor street Halloween celebration in Tokyo (because I'm a bit of a japanophile, sosumi...) There, there were cops with megaphones doing crowd-control to keep people moving, preventing them from crowding too much in one area. I found them really annoying then, but after Seoul, I see them in a new light.
Title: Re: Halloween stampede in korea kills 146
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 October 2022, 07:55:14
I cannot believe people just ignored those in need. That is a crazy bodycount due to people being straight up selfish *******s. And we still don't know what the cause was.

well, they can't tell what's happening between front and back, that's the problem.

this type of thing happens every 2 years at that pilgrimage temple where, kills hundreds
Title: Re: Halloween stampede in korea kills 146
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 30 October 2022, 09:31:48

they can't tell what's happening between front and back

this type of thing happens every 2 years


Although I firmly believe that humans are "social creatures" (even though I am somewhat of a "loner" myself, I treasure my relationships with that small number of friends and family who are close to me) I have never enjoyed being part of a "herd"

Even though my love of music is possibly my greatest passion, and includes many different styles, the last time I went to a stadium concert was more than half of my lifetime ago, and it has been at least 20 years since I went to a concert venue of more than 2000 people.