Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022) • Hacker News Board

Re: Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022)

#71

Post by Macuyiko » Sun, May 11, 2025, 7:38 AM UTC

A bit of a rant, but this is the kind of fact checking I wish the media and all our EU "trusted sources" would have jumped on instead of going for the most trivial and idiotic cases only a toddler (or a journalist) would get stumped by. (Example: recent posts on Tiktok 'claiming to be images from Pakistan but taken from Battlefield 3...' again. Who is impressed or even surprised by this kind of investigation?)

Much more interesting, but also with more effort required, so of course it never happens.

It would have a more beneficial societal effect, because it is this kind of article, neutrally written, deep investigation, that truly would make people capable to self-discover "maybe I should question a bit more things".

Re: Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022)

#72

Post by NBJack » Sun, May 11, 2025, 3:22 PM UTC

Macuyiko wrote: post #71

A bit of a rant, but this is the kind of fact checking I wish the media and all our EU "trusted sources" would have jumped on instead of going for the most trivial and idiotic cases only a toddler (or a journalist) would get stumped by. (Example: recent posts on Tiktok 'claiming to be images from Pakistan but taken from Battlefield 3...' again. Who is impressed or even surprised by this kind of investigation?) Much m…

That, and there is a big incentive to just sell content. Sensational, eye-catching, controversial content will grab more readers.

Re: Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022)

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Post by pfdietz » Mon, May 12, 2025, 10:52 AM UTC

pfdietz wrote: post #70

OJFord wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At most 18 in 1945, a higher chance than now for sure but not hugely probable, a lot lower than having been 18 in 1839 even for example.

It looks like he was born in 1924 (if the picture at the bottom has him being 2 years old in 1926). This was just within the age cohort of maximum risk, with 35% of German males born in 1924 dying in the war. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7668418/ I find a person with his name, born in 1925, died in the war in July 1944: https://www.volksbund.de/en/erinnern-gedenken/gravesearch-on...

Update: the picture at the bottom is actually from 1927, not 1926 (it's the April 1927 issue of Moderne Welt.)

Going missing in Krakau on July 1, 1944 is weird, as the Red Army was still well to the east, where it was destroying Army Group Center in Operation Bagration. Minsk had not yet fallen. Maybe this guy deserted?

Re: Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022)

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Post by cafard » Tue, May 13, 2025, 12:39 AM UTC

pfdietz wrote: post #73

pfdietz wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like he was born in 1924 (if the picture at the bottom has him being 2 years old in 1926). This was just within the age cohort of maximum risk, with 35% of German males born in 1924 dying in the war. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7668418/ I find a person with his name, born in 1925, died in the war in July 1944: https://www.volksbund.de/en/erinnern-gedenken/gravesearch-on...

Update: the picture at the bottom is actually from 1927, not 1926 (it's the April 1927 issue of Moderne Welt.) Going missing in Krakau on July 1, 1944 is weird, as the Red Army was still well to the east, where it was destroying Army Group Center in Operation Bagration. Minsk had not yet fallen. Maybe this guy deserted?

Even during wars, people die of natural causes.