Computer Makers Die More

American Voices

Death rates among people who work building computers are considerably higher than the rest of the population. What do you think?

Great. So when the computers turn against us, there won't be anyone alive who knows their weaknesses.

Ken Glaser
Landscape Architect
Jeez, now I feel bad about upgrading to the arsenic graphics card.

Jessica LaGrange
Systems Analyst
Man, you can't do anything fun anymore without getting cancer. No smoking, no working in computer factories, no handling beryllium or beryllium compounds, no nothing, man.

Alex Beerman
Store Clerk

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