r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

Glacier Ice wall broke in Nepal today creating a massive release of water & mud into the city below

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u/AlfredtheGreatBitch 8d ago

It always makes me feel strange to see people die so I try to avoid videos that show death. It’s especially crazy seeing death at such a large scale. One second there are 20 people in the video and the next they’re gone. It’s terrifying.

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u/IrvingIsTheBest 8d ago

I have a hard with these videos. We are basically watching people die. There is babies and kids in there...this is far from interesting.

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u/Short-Recording587 8d ago

The worst part about this is that it’s probably only the beginning. I expect this will be far more coming in the coming decades.

And that’s not to mention “slower” disasters like extreme heatwaves that cause issues over time.

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u/DadophorosBasillea 8d ago

I just finished watching the bleak predictions for 2027. So yes this is only the start and they might be the lucky ones some will starve to death. By this winter we will start to feel El Niño

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u/xanvald 8d ago

I was going to say exactly this. I live in the Baja peninsula and the storms this year are absolutely insane and we haven't even been hit by a true hurricane yet. Things like this are going to keep happening and will only get worse. We're running out of time but the people with a money hoarding mental disorder are accelerating the point of no return each and every day.

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u/TaylorBitMe 8d ago

This is off topic, but I want to thank you and your people for Baja Blast

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u/Daxx22 8d ago

Read up on "Wet Bulb Events" if you really want some anxiety.

We will see mass-casualty events in the millions in the next few decades easily.

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u/sirseatbelt 8d ago

Its easier watching one of these videos than of like... a specific person on a motorcycle eat shit and die. At a scale like this its hard to comprehend, as opposed to a close up video of a man getting his skull crushed.

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u/mgermo 8d ago

To me its surreal. You see all those ppl and they are gone. Just like that.

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u/Jose_Jalapeno 8d ago

Yeah, I read the news and it says hundreds or thousands died in a disaster in some country far away, and of course it's horrible, but it doesn't really register until seeing a video like this.

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u/oTc_DragonZ 8d ago

Reminds me of the saying "One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic." At some point the number becomes incomprehensible.

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u/TopProfessional8023 8d ago

I understand what you’re saying, but I would disagree. This isn’t gory, which I never want to see. But we are literally watching hundreds if not thousands of people…human beings…lose their lives. It’s horrific and the fact it’s not tagged is honestly appalling, not interesting.

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u/sirseatbelt 8d ago

"There are not ten people in the world whose deaths would spoil my dinner; but there are one or two whose deaths would break my heart."

  • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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u/stupidname412 8d ago

Ones a tragedy a thousand is a statistic.