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Billionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo match (people.com)

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[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think it was ignorance and/or hubris. He was either unaware of his allergy (miraculously never stung before, or developed allergy later in life), or he was kind of aware, but never assumed anything could go wrong.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." -- Hanlon's Razor.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

I've never been to a billionaire polo match [sad trumpet] but I'd assume that there be some medical staff, like you'd find at any major sporting event where injury is likely. On the other hand, I could see how the staff was prepared for a broken neck and not considering bee stings. Either way, it's pretty funny.