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Darwin Awards Thread

smartcooky

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Do we have a Darwin Awards thread, or rather, a thread in which we can post stupid ways in which people have got themselves killed? If we have, I could not find it, and my apologies - and could a mod kindly move this post to it

If we haven't then here is my first contribution

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12262933

"An Isis fighter was killed by his own drone bomb when the hapless jihadi forgot to charge the device's batteries - sending it straight back to him when its power ran low."

We learned this idiot had wired up his drone with explosives but was killed when its batteries ran low and it flew home."

"With a weak signal for some reason it detonated over his head."​


It almost makes me believe in karma... almost!
 
Sounds too good to be true. Who could prove them wrong? They could write such stories all day. I know they are reputable but something smells. Could be me :D
 
I don't gain any self-satisfaction from seeing people get themselves killed or hurt, no matter how dumb.

I think it perpetuates the attitude that some people are just expendable and we shouldn't think twice about them. Dangerous mindset imo.
 
I'll have to part ways with you there..

After 70 years, I have no doubt that some people are expendable, and don't deserve to be thought about even once...

I don't hold this opinion for any other living creature I have encountered..
 
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Skeptical Greg said:
I'll have to part ways with you there..

After 70 years, I have no doubt that some people are expendable, and don't deserve to be thought about even once...

I don't hold this opinion for any other living creature I have encountered..
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I don't doubt that the world could be better off without some people, but I don't like even looking down that slippery slope.
 
Venom said:
I don't doubt that the world could be better off without some people, but I don't like even looking down that slippery slope.
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I don't think the slope is all that slippery. I don't seek anyone's death, and don't generally rejoice in it, but when a terrorist bomber blows himself up? I don't think you slide very far down the slope if you find that amusing.
 
Skeptical Greg said:
Besides, it's only a Darwin award if the recipient hasn't procreated.. Do we know if that is the case?
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Not actually true. At least according to the old Darwin Awards website.

Oh look, it still exists:

https://darwinawards.com/

I used to post in the site's forum, but haven't been there in many years.

Fwiw, here is the rule in question:
The existence of offspring, though potentially deleterious to the gene pool, does not disqualify a nominee.
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The full criteria are:
Reproduction
Excellence
Self-Selection
Maturity
Veracity

(As above, the "Reproduction" criterion simply means that the individual can no longer reproduce in the future, but having children is not itself a disqualifying factor.)
 
Trebuchet said:
I'm always quite happy to see a dead raccoon. I hate those things.
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I have no such argument with raccoons, but must confess that I have actually shot porcupines. I have no doubt that at the great reckoning the porcupine god will skewer me with septic quills until I burn in eternal hell, but until then, they'd better not come around here.
 
I laughed at the yoga instructor who was performing "extreme" yoga on her highrise apartment balcony railing and ended up with 101 broken bones after over evaluating her abilities.

Not a Darwin award though, she lived. Not she she wishes she had though.
 
smartcooky said:
Skeptical Greg said:
Satisfying, if not amusing..

The older I get, the more it takes to get me to laugh..
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Ah, you and me both.... we have Grumpy Old Man Syndrome
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See if this potential Darwin worthy anecdote from my youth gets a chuckle -

Two of my older brother's more intelligent friends, let's call them Mutt & Jeff because I've forgotten their real names, were low on drug money and exploring their options when Mutt had an idea. Seems Mutt's aunt had a vacation cabin in The Sierra Nevada which apparently had some high-end stereo equipment in it. They would drive to the mountains and burglarize the cabin.

Once they arrived at the cabin, Mutt tells Jeff to wait in the car and be the look out. That was the last time Mutt was seen alive. Jeff searched for Mutt but gave up when night fell and the temperature dropped into the teens. Jeff abandoned Mutt, drove back to Sacramento and told Mutt's parents, who reported him missing to the authorities.

Mutt's body was found stuck in the chimney at his Aunt's cabin. Apparently he tried breaking into the cabin by going in that way. Head first. He froze to death.
 
Darat said:
Why didn't he shout out?
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Don't know. Perhaps he wound up with his mouth wedged against the bricks.

I tried to search for the newspaper article on it - would've been in the early 80s. Couldn't find it but i did find more than 1 burglar who met their demise in a chimney.

I underestimated the power of stupid.
 
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