Darwin Awards Thread

[Bob001]

I didn't realize that there's an actual Darwin Awards web site.

But there is.
https://darwinawards.com/

Some of the stories are impossible to believe. But they're still fun to read.

 

[The Atheist]

Well, this guy may have bred, but he's not going to breed any more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/ameri...-genderreveal-device-he-was-building-explodes

 

[Puppycow]

Another gender-reveal pyrotechnic device. Figures.

ETA: would also be on topic in this thread:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=339934

 

[bruto]

These events always remind me of this Charles Addams cartoon:

http://jimbeauxdean.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ChasAddams-ItsABaby-710x1024.jpg

 

[HansMustermann]

Another gender-reveal pyrotechnic device. Figures.

ETA: would also be on topic in this thread:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=339934

While in this case the guy firing the home-made pipe bomb died, so it qualifies, the one in the other thread does not. The whole point of having Darwin in the title is that someone got out of the gene pool because of their OWN unfitness (in the head). Some grandma getting killed by shrapnel because of someone ELSE's stupidity is not it.

 

[dann]

Well, this guy may have bred, but he's not going to breed any more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/ameri...-genderreveal-device-he-was-building-explodes

The suspense is killing me! Was the explosion pink or powder blue?

 

[The Atheist]

The suspense is killing me! Was the explosion pink or powder blue?

I wondered that, too. Pity we don't know.

What a thing for the poor kid to grow up with.

 

[patchbunny]

The suspense is killing me! Was the explosion pink or powder blue?

Crimson.

 

[TJM]

The suspense is killing me! Was the explosion pink or powder blue?

https://www.recordonline.com/story/...gender-reveal-explosion-catskills/4550255001/

"He and his fiancée, Jennifer Edwards, had learned just before Christmas that they were going to have a son. Chris would be a first-time dad, and he was excited."

He got blue up.

 

[The Atheist]

He got blue up.

Nice!

 

[Darat]

I wondered that, too. Pity we don't know.

What a thing for the poor kid to grow up with.

Yeah it will now never know its gender!

 

[TheGoldcountry]

Yeah it will now never know its gender!

The doctor will still assign something at birth, as always.

 

[The Atheist]

This is possibly the greatest Darwin I've ever seen, and certainly the most deserved:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210227-indian-rooster-kills-owner-with-cockfight-blade

 

[bruto]

This is possibly the greatest Darwin I've ever seen, and certainly the most deserved:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210227-indian-rooster-kills-owner-with-cockfight-blade

Definitely redefines cock fighting!

 

[gypsyjackson]

Hold my beer phone.

This bloke is surely more deserving of the Darwin of 2020 Award:

Age 27, lots of breeding potential
Died for a stupid goddamned phone
At least the flat earth guy died trying to something. Idiotic; sure, but built a rocket, which is a good effort.
Bonus point for "Clinton River"

https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/02/...into-clinton-river-to-retrieve-his-phone.html

A bit late, but the ad accompanying this story for me was:

 

[Dr. Keith]

This is possibly the greatest Darwin I've ever seen, and certainly the most deserved:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210227-indian-rooster-kills-owner-with-cockfight-blade

Does that count as a win? Cuz I had money on that one . . .

 

[smartcooky]

This is possibly the greatest Darwin I've ever seen, and certainly the most deserved:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210227-indian-rooster-kills-owner-with-cockfight-blade

"The Rooster's Revenge".... a.k.a. karma... and it happened in India!!

 

[The Atheist]

A Darwin snake award this time.

"Course I can put that snake in my mouth - they're not even dangerous."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/snake-swallower-dies-after-viper-25069491

 

[Warp12]

A Darwin snake award this time.

"Course I can put that snake in my mouth - they're not even dangerous."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/snake-swallower-dies-after-viper-25069491

The report urged locals to refrain from swallowing snakes.

It went on: “You just should not try to swallow a snake or carry out any other experiments if you are not sure that it may end up in an unfavourable way for you.”

Now they tell us.

 

[sphenisc]

Now they tell us.

So, what if I am sure it'll end up in an unfavourable way for me?