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More than a year after a 33-year-old woman froze to death on Austria's highest mountain, her boyfriend goes on trial on Thursday accused of gross negligent manslaughter.

Kerstin G died of hypothermia on a mountain climbing trip to the Grossglockner that went horribly wrong. Her boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit in stormy conditions in the early hours of 19 January 2025, while he went to get help.

The trial has sparked interest and debate, not just in Austria but in mountain climbing communities far beyond its borders.

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[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is honestly something that you should speak to a therapist about.

You are posting this from a computer or smart phone, a device that costs a significant amount of money. You are wasting your leisure time that you have because of your comfortable wealth and status in society to post to an online platform which doesn't contribute anything to the world. You are richer than most people on the planet. You are wasting the opportunities given to you as a rich person. You could sell your electronic devices and give the money to the poor. You could be volunteering right now helping less fortunate people. Instead you comment on social media that people who are slightly richer than you don't deserve sympathy for their deaths. People who are actually out in the world living their lives exploring the world and enriching themselves.

Is it really right to be judging someone in this way? In the way that I have just judged you?

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Idk what the original post was because it’s deleted by now, but having internet connection doesn’t make you “rich” in 2026. A lot of homeless people have smart phones. A cheap smartphone is a minuscule one-time expense compared to the ongoing costs of food and housing. There are often plenty of sources of free WiFi so you don’t even need to pay a phone bill.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

From the beginning you dismiss the argument as a mental health problem. This is something a disingenuous asshole does.

Comparing the ridiculous amount of money people waste on mountain climbing to someone's personal computing device you must have to participate in modern society has to be one of the stupidest nonsensical arguments I have ever seen.

Then, on social media yourself no less, you try to play the morally superior one by pointing out supposed hypocrisy. Weak sauce garbage.

You didn't judge anything, but you did show you act like a dishonest bullshitter.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

I'm not morally superior, I was showing how stupid of an argument it was by making the same argument.

That person's comment is a mental health issue.

I am an asshole.

Go outside or read a book at least.