You should come to grips with the up-to-6-mass-shootings-per-day America has going on and remind yourself that acid is horrific but knives and acid compared to guns is a little different.

getting into a car
being 30 feet away
being behind a door

All these things are different if you're against a knife vs a gun.

For example, a recent katana attack in my country was foiled when victims ... kept 6 feet away until the dude was tased to shit by the popo.

So yeah, 200-odd acid attacks were terrible to the victims; definitely, before we look at commonalities of acid attacks. But gunplay nearby is a different thing for everyone within like a half-mile.

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blahsay 1 point 2 years ago

I'm not from the US and I'm familiar with how guns work but thanks for explaining.

Having lived there I can say London really is a war zone these days.

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cosmicrookie 11 points 2 years ago

Why is central Europe yellow?

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casmael 5 points 2 years ago

Well in England, there’s a fair chance of getting stabbed at various locations. For example, if you go to Finsbury Park and hang out, there’s a reasonable chance you’ll get stabbed. If you stay at home you could get stabbed too, although this time it’s more likely that the lack of corporate regulation and sorry excuse for a government we’ve had for the last fucking fifteen years will be the guilty party retreating into the shadows behind the bins with a knife. I’d mark England as yellow on a map tbh. ‘Exercise caution’ yeah sounds about right I’m exercising it right now.

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Lemminary 2 points 2 years ago

And Mexico?? Like, yeah, there are places here I wouldn't visit just like there are places in the US I wouldn't go near. But any tourist area is safer than the average US city. What the hell.

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Avg 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think this is intended to be consumed as a map, exercise caution would be different for all of these countries, like in France I'd need to watch out for thieves and scams while in Brazil is lost bullets.

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Lemminary 2 points 2 years ago

Right, and I get that. But compared to all you've said and what I've heard of other countries in this category, we don't run those risks--especially for foreigners. I've been here, living and traveling for quite enough time to know how things are and I can safely say that the warning isn't quite accurate. I've heard more gun shots in US streets than I've ever heard down here in roughly the same length of time.

So unless I can find a source that explains this, I wouldn't trust this map too much.

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shermozle 3 points 2 years ago

And Sweden? Exercise caution: Systembolaget closes early in Saturdays?

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Blaze 1 point 2 years ago

https://reddthat.com/comment/10121214

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TechNerdWizard42 5 points 2 years ago

The safest countries in the world are labeled as requiring caution but the hooligans with guns and an active political coup is labeled as safe... What type of idiot falls for this propaganda???

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phoenixz 3 points 2 years ago

It's lacking travel advice for all of the oceans and seas

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this_1_is_mine 3 points 2 years ago

It has all the advice. Don't go in the water.

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BreadstickNinja 1 point 2 years ago

Fuck you, Togo.