• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The thing is, the Mayor in Jaws doesn’t realize he’s in Jaws.

    It’s a small town that runs on summer tourism money. Shutting down the beach on the holiday weekend would cause many businesses to fail.

    Yeah - some girl got killed by a shark. But that’s a tragic freak accident, not a pattern. One person dying to a shark attack is no reason to essentially shut down a city’s entire economy. It’s not like we shut down all the roads if a deer jumps in front of a car and causes a wreck.

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      1 year ago

      I’m actually not sure if the other guy remembers this was a literal plot point or not

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I do, I also remember Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson having an argument about it during Covid…