14,500 registered voters from detroit, all over the age of 100

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[–]slushpilot 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Unlikely?

There are 324 million people in the USA (source: US census bureau, 2019)

There are 72 thousand centenarians in the USA (source: CDC, 2014)

Because that data from 2014 isn't current, let's be generous and double it for extra margin of error. Call it 140 thousand.

That gives us a national ratio of 0.04% — that's how many people out of the general population might live to 100 in the USA.

Now we can calculate that for the state of Michigan: population 9,986,857 (source: US census, 2019)

Result: 4,315 centenarians. And that's being quite generous with doubling the national average!

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    [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    Please don't advocate violence, last warning.

    [–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Often there are rules against incitement to violence, and this seems quite reasonable, the idea being a third party might be motivated by the first party to commit an act of violence against the second, against the second party's consent.

    However, inviting someone to kill themselves doesn't have the same problem. If someone kills themselves, it is done with their own consent.

    [–]magnora7 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    It's not about consent, it's about advocating violence

    noun: violence - behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

    [–]filbs111 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    using that definition, it's not permitted to suggest that hitting a pinata is fun.

    [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I only really apply in the most strict sense: advocating death of a human