I can agree to that. YouTube does the same with videos. Most of the actually popular videos are about videogames, but they can't admit to that.
There are some wonderful books about how crime is going down. Mass shootings are big because they are rare. Heck, so is war. One of the reasons why WWI was so terrible was that most wars were short and rare in Europe so no one expected it to erupt so badly.
And the Brits were told they'd be done by/home for Christmas, so neither was expecting more than a few months, although comparatively it does seem some expected it to be shorter than others.
I can agree to that. YouTube does the same with videos. Most of the actually popular videos are about videogames, but they can't admit to that.
There are some wonderful books about how crime is going down. Mass shootings are big because they are rare. Heck, so is war. One of the reasons why WWI was so terrible was that most wars were short and rare in Europe so no one expected it to erupt so badly.
The Kaiser told his departing troops in August 1914 "You will be home before the leaves fall!"
And the Brits were told they'd be done by/home for Christmas, so neither was expecting more than a few months, although comparatively it does seem some expected it to be shorter than others.