re: Mother of 21-month-old Oregon girl who died after being left in hot car threatened suicide

Do people ever leave their kid in a car for 8 hours on a pleasant day and we just never hear about it? It seems like it happens way more than it should.

I can’t help but believe you are 17 or younger, maybe a freshman in college

Always such a sick burn. You really got em

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That’s unfortunate.

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Because their father knows how to look at data and formulate coherent thoughts?

I expect they'll manage.

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Because their father knows how to look at data and formulate coherent thoughts?

I expect they'll manage.

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Because their father has the expectations that leaving a kid in a vehicle for 8 hours is just a mistake. Very unfortunate.

Meh. The game is passing him by. Kyrie leaving really screwed his future.

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It’s not “ shtick “. It’s observing the roughly 40 cases per year and educating oneself on the commonalities . I would NOT recommend this to you, it would be far too strenuous. Just keep ranting for my enjoyment instead.

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for what it's worth, you're WaPo article you love so much has no real statistical relevance. It's purely anecdotal

And, again, I don't know if she committed murder. I do think she's a piece of shite. "Threatening suicide" is nothing more than a cry for help.

What a tragic story.

I hope the mom is able to find a way to forgive herself. And her husband (to forgive her)

In 2018 they should have fricking app or car feature that prevents this. We have 360 degree cameras and self parking vehicles, how hard would it be to have tech that alerts if something heavy is on the back seat (my front passenger seat does this if I place too much weight in it and do not buckle the seat belt).

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When my kids are in the car, there's a different mindset. I actually engage with my kids in the car, not play on my phone.

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Correct. But it’s multiple steps beyond just you taking the kids to school when your wife does.

It’s when you’re taking your kid to daycare, and they’re sleeping because they were up late the night before, and you’ve got a big project going on a work, and your mom is in the hospital for chemo, then your boss calls to check up on the project. And you forget.

Gladwell talks about it in one of his books when it talks about airplane crashes from pilot error. It’s a series of minor mistakes or lapses that individually wouldn’t cause any issue. And 99 time out of a hundred all of them together wouldn’t either.

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mine is Cell phone. Two birds one stone.
Stated after one of these threads a couple of years ago

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Also good - but you'll notice your shoe faster.