Is there anything these assholes wont fuckup? I'm here waiting for Warcraft 4 and Starcraft:Ghost, and all Blizzard can do is harrass their female employees and strand mountain climbers. wtfman
I'm not sure this is related to to the story. If you read the article, One thousand climbers shared a milkshake from dairy Queen and couldn't continue due to a food coma.
Honestly, as long as the rich assholes are dying and not the native guides, I'm seeing it as a honey pot situation. Not nice for the environment there, but still a net positive.
Didier Delsalle (born May 6, 1957, in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a former fighter pilot and helicopter test pilot. On May 14, 2005, he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848 m (29,030 ft) summit of Mount Everest.[1]
Watched 14 Peaks last week and when they got to Mount Everest, there was a literal line of like 100+ people queued all the way up to the top of the mountain.
What the fuck is one climber doing on Mt. Everest?
Your chances of dying are much higher than making it to the summit. It's only a mountain; what's the big deal anyway? There are much safer ways to get exercise and fulfillment; stay on level ground and live.
Why yeeeeesssssss, I haaaaaaaave. Remind me how that matters at all, considering we are talking about the specific selection that is being made? Here, since I was already using wikipedia as a source:
Selection bias is the bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that the association between exposure and outcome among those selected for analysis differs from the association among those eligible`
Note that selection bias is when you are sampling. We're not talking about a sample here, we're talking about the entire population. In statistics, we call that a parameter. It's generally rare that you can accurately determine a parameter, but since the amount of people who have tried to summit everest is so small, and records have been pretty good (aye, we're certainly missing a few), that 400/13000 number is pretty damn close.
My point is that the number of people who attempted Everest is so low, because the only people who attempt it are those who are very very good, and confident in their skills. So yes, of course the % is going to be relatively high.
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Pissmidget@lemmy.world · 155 pts · 335d
For a glorious moment I thought it was Blizzard entertainment.
Deestan@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 335d
Same. And it was more a "how did they manage" than a "would they", because of course they would.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 334d
Fucking Blizzard. If its not asexually harassing worker. Its stranding climbers on mountains.
bumblefumble@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 334d
How do you asexually assault someone. Is that when you make no sexual advances on your coworkers — against their will?
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 334d
I suppose that's just normal assault
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 334d
agreeing to "non-consensual sex"
1984@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 335d
WoW
lauha@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 334d
Fuck Blizzard though, regardless of the type.
tal@olio.cafe · 9 pts · 334d
https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-us/menu/treats/blizzard-treats/
Trail@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 334d
I mean, 2 damage aoe was pretty good at the time.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 123 pts · 334d
Is there anything these assholes wont fuckup? I'm here waiting for Warcraft 4 and Starcraft:Ghost, and all Blizzard can do is harrass their female employees and strand mountain climbers. wtfman
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 334d
I'm glad I'm not the only one to first think it was the company, not the weather event lol
HubertManne@piefed.social · 8 pts · 334d
came for this type of reply.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 334d
World of Starcraft
nomecks@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 334d
They haven't been able to get enough vespene gas
Rooty@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 334d
Hahaha, that was my first thought as well, until I remembered blizzards are a weather phenomema.
Batman@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 334d
I'm not sure this is related to to the story. If you read the article, One thousand climbers shared a milkshake from dairy Queen and couldn't continue due to a food coma.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 87 pts · 335d
Amazing that there are even 1000 people climbing it at the same time. I shudder to think what the once pristine mountainside used to look like vs now.
Deestan@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 335d
It looks like a garbage trail littered with corpses. https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-bodies
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 335d
The world’s largest monument to vanity.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 17 pts · 334d
Honestly, as long as the rich assholes are dying and not the native guides, I'm seeing it as a honey pot situation. Not nice for the environment there, but still a net positive.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 334d
Bad news for ya on that front...
shalafi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 334d
Rich don't get you up Everest. Read Into Thin Air. The climb is horrifying, even with rich people gear and Sherpa's.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 334d
Idiots have tried K2, which is more dangerous.
tal@olio.cafe · 7 pts · 334d
Better living through technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Delsalle
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 334d
That's Dubai
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 334d
larges mummification event in recent time.
tal@olio.cafe · 11 pts · 334d
Future archeologists will welcome our preserved samples of DNA the same way we did Ötzi the Iceman.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 334d
and POOP.
Statick@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 334d
Watched 14 Peaks last week and when they got to Mount Everest, there was a literal line of like 100+ people queued all the way up to the top of the mountain.
sexy_peach@feddit.org · 13 pts · 334d
They're mostly waiting for good weather during a short climbing season. It's not year round. So basically everyone goes at once
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 334d
I thought the window was in May. It certainly ain't October!
sexy_peach@feddit.org · 1 pts · 334d
Good point
bigfondue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 334d
solrize@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 334d
A lot are trekkers rather than climbers if that helps. Their environmental footprint is much smaller.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 334d
Shout out to Star Trek fans for their small environmental footprint
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 86 pts · 334d
Man, first Overwatch 2 and now this.
SlothMama@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 334d
That's the first thing I thought too lol
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 334d
You guys don't have snowmobiles?
-Blizzard
fluxion@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 334d
Wtf are 1000 climbers doing on Mt Everest.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 334d
Impressing the bots on Facebook.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 334d
whereyaaat@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 334d
Enjoying the money of useful idiots.
remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 334d
Tourism.
Psythik@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 334d
What the fuck is one climber doing on Mt. Everest?
Your chances of dying are much higher than making it to the summit. It's only a mountain; what's the big deal anyway? There are much safer ways to get exercise and fulfillment; stay on level ground and live.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 334d
From wikipedia, ~13,000 people have summitted. From wikipedia, ~ 400 people have died on everest. What's this about your chances?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 334d
Have you heard of "selection bias"?
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 334d
Why yeeeeesssssss, I haaaaaaaave. Remind me how that matters at all, considering we are talking about the specific selection that is being made? Here, since I was already using wikipedia as a source:
Note that selection bias is when you are sampling. We're not talking about a sample here, we're talking about the entire population. In statistics, we call that a parameter. It's generally rare that you can accurately determine a parameter, but since the amount of people who have tried to summit everest is so small, and records have been pretty good (aye, we're certainly missing a few), that 400/13000 number is pretty damn close.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -2 pts · 334d
My point is that the number of people who attempted Everest is so low, because the only people who attempt it are those who are very very good, and confident in their skills. So yes, of course the % is going to be relatively high.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 334d
Lich King ARG goes hard
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 333d
None of those idiots was forced to go up there.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 334d
So who's going to be the new Green Boots?
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 334d
Well I need good Carma so I hope they survive to make the movie about it.
slickgoat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 333d
Sorry, responded to the wrong post.
psoul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 333d
Nature is Healing 🌱 ☀️
slickgoat@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 334d
Good!
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 334d
I'm really hoping you somehow think this is about the company Blizzard...