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0 pointsLoganDark21d ago0 comments

How the actual fuck do you coincidentally end up with failing brakes right after a controversial social media post? The braking system is designed to be one of the most resilient systems in a vehicle. A coincident like that sounds a cosmic ray bitflip level of rare.

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1970-01-0121d ago· 3 in thread

Among crashes where a "vehicle defect" is identified as the critical reason for a crash, brake problems account for 22% of them. It is a normal failure.

jerlam21d ago

Both of these things can be true. Brakes can be the most resilient component in a car, but since they are so important, failure usually guarantees a crash.

1970-01-0121d ago

It's nuanced. The brake system has several failure modes. Dual reservoir master cylinders would result in only half of the system to fail. You would absolutely be able to stop a car using only front or only rear brakes under normal conditions.

frumper21d ago

That is a very tiny percentage of overall crashes, it is not a normal failure.

readthenotes121d ago· 2 in thread

It's painful to say it, but it's more likely that it's a false flag attack than a random fraying.

And now let's talk about the epidemic of cancer in the Trump administration....

InitialLastName20d ago

> And now let's talk about the epidemic of cancer in the Trump administration....

Two out of a large administration, from a cohort especially prone to cancer diagnosis:

- Older (the baseline incidence rate for cancer in people over 60 is 1%)

- Selected for skepticism towards medical advice and guidelines

- Access to world-class health screening

readthenotes118d ago

Umm... I was going for conspiracy theorem style ranting. You're not supposed to take it seriously.

But you have to include gabbard's husband in this, so it's three in the last 6 months or so

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