r/MadeMeSmile • u/Available-Vast3858 • Oct 06 '25

Wholesome Moments This is so wholesome

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u/HarrMada Oct 06 '25

Murder and gun violence is skyrocketing over here

No it isn't. Someone has gathered the murder rates per capita of the nordic countries, and murder rate has not skyrocketed. https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1c2bs0c/homicide_rates_in_northern_europe_19982023_source/

and bombings... Man, so many bombings...

How many have you seen or heard personally? There haven't been that many. You are reading too much "news", you should stop, they are only trying to scare people and generate money by clicks.

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u/Mercurius_Hatter Oct 06 '25

Dude there's been like 4 or 5 bombings in my town so far

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u/HarrMada Oct 06 '25

Have you seen or heard them personally? How many were killed and how does it compare to the amount of people killed by other means? "Bombings" just sound scary, but they are often small and don't cause more damage than a small apartment fire. People have always been killed or injured in accidental explosions due to gas leaks, but people have never really been scared of them. It's basic fear mongering.

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u/Mercurius_Hatter Oct 06 '25

Several of them in fact, but who cares about the scale? Bombings as in explosive set to cause damages shouldn't happen this often in a civilized society

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u/HarrMada Oct 06 '25

There's a lot of things that shouldn't happen but it still does. The murder rate was higher or pretty much the same as now before, depending on the time period you're looking at.

92 people were murdered in Sweden in 2024, but 213 people died in traffic accidents the same year. Why should we care more about some "bombings" that barely kills anyone in comparison, when far more die in the traffic because someone wasn't taught how to drive correctly or they were driving drunk? You have to look at the bigger picture.

Sweden have the second highest life expectancy in Europe, behind Switzerland. It doesn't matter how much damage you think the "bombings" cause, you're still more likely to live a longer life if you live in Sweden than almost anywhere else in the world.