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[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I wonder if this is an effect of isolation?

I'm curious what sort of environmental factors influence this sort of behavior.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Opportunism and lack of consequences

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When help is 30+ minutes away....

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

environmental factors like it being really fucking cold 8 months out of the year?

[–] bizarrocullen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Keep in mind that there's only 700,000 people in Alaska. 14 cases are gonna show up on the national scale.