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Family who went "off the grid" in Colorado wilderness died of malnutrition, autopsy finds (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's fair. It was definitely child abuse in that instance.

But for the others, definitely neither sad nor tragic. They did something stupid and won a stupid prize for it. This wasn't a case of people being too slow to dodge a train. It was people sitting on the tracks and just refusing to acknowledge it was coming.

[–] liv 5 points 1 year ago

Why are physical limitations not people's fault but mental limitations are their fault?

I'm not trying to change your mind, just always wondered why people think this.