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Teen Dies After Swimming at Beach That Was Closed Due to Dangerous Red Flag Conditions (people.com)
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[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why is that news?

[–] dude 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Because it’s a “newly received information, especially about recent events”

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu 1 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

So it only barely technically qualifies and you can't justify squat. Yeah seems about right.

[–] Kewlio251@midwest.social 1 points 7 minutes ago (1 children)

That's literally what news means. Something happened, here's what we know. Why so hostile?

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu 1 points 3 minutes ago

So a cat in a tree is news as well then.

And an orchard producing 3 fewer batches of apples than last year.

And a slightly windier season.

🙄

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Ok and? Natural selection at play. Good. Less idiots in the future.

[–] rikudou 7 points 4 hours ago

While I generally agree with the sentiment, there are definitely nicer ways to share them. Also, being an idiot as a teen doesn't equal being an idiot as an adult.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

It was still a kid.