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Darwin Awards Thread

Matthew Best said:
This fits the rules as far as I am concerned.
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You are not applying the standards as described by the Darwin Awards. If you want to claim that this guy wins a People that Matthew Best Thinks Are Gits for Dying, go ahead. But this is unambiguously not a Darwin Award candidate because of the push. And nobody cares about what you think the rules should be but aren't actually.
 
Matthew Best said:
This fits the rules as far as I am concerned.

1. Out of gene pool - check.
2. Misapplication of judgment - check
3. Cause one's own demise - check4. Capable of sound judgment - check
5. Event is true - check.
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Person A does something to person B, ergo person B was the cause of it? I hate the over-used phrase 'victim blaming' but in this case it seems to fit.
 
And where was the misapplication of judgement?

Does the guy who gets pushed in front of a moving subway car get dinged for a misapplication of judgement? Even though there must be thousands of people safely using that platform every day?

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ETA: This feels more like the guy was wrong to be endorsing a bull run in the first place, so he deserves the blame for any misfortune that befalls him.
 
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I tried to warn Matthew Best but he wouldn't have it. This is such a glaring misinterpretation of the qualifiers that it needs to have it's own award.

As I hinted, and theprestige has suggested, this smacks more being anti-bull run.
 
Matthew Best said:
Hello? He was a spectator at a bull run!
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The actual rule is "The candidate must suffer an astounding lapse of judgment."

It takes a phenomenal failure of common sense to earn a Darwin Award. Common idiocies like Russian Roulette, not wearing a lifejacket, sleeping with a smoldering cigarette: such are not sufficient to win this dubious distinction. OTOH playing Russian Roulette with land mines(ref) jumping on a whale carcass in a shark feeding frenzy(ref) or sneaking a cigarette while hanging off the back of a speeding bus(ref)...just might win you a Darwin Award.
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Merely being one of the spectators at a bull run clearly doesn't make the cut, if playing Russian Roulette doesn't.
 
jeremyp said:
Merely being one of the spectators at a bull run clearly doesn't make the cut, if playing Russian Roulette doesn't.
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In fact, even being one of the runners at a bull run won't cut it. What would it take? From the official website:
"If you are gored to death during the "Running of the Bulls" while riding naked in a shopping cart piloted by your drunken friend, you are a candidate for a Darwin Award."
 
rjh01 said:
Easy to cheat. The person only needs a connection between you and the rail. Then if they fall the rope will stop them.
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I think the rope (which you can spot near the end of the video) was just held by someone walking alongside the rider. So, it wasn't as reckless as it might have seemed at first. But, still pretty impressive (and a little stupid, but not Darwin Award stupid).

Edit: if the person holding the rope somehow got killed during the stunt, that might qualify.
 
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rjh01 said:
Easy to cheat. The person only needs a connection between you and the rail. Then if they fall the rope will stop them.
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jadebox said:
I think the rope (which you can spot near the end of the video) was just held by someone walking alongside the rider. So, it wasn't as reckless as it might have seemed at first. But, still pretty impressive (and a little stupid, but not Darwin Award stupid).

Edit: if the person holding the rope somehow got killed during the stunt, that might qualify.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I must have missed the rope when I saw the video, and didn't really consider that they were probably doing something like that. I did pause to wonder if they might be wearing a parachute, but a rope would probably be more practical. I'd want several strong men to be holding that rope, not just one guy. :covereyes
 
Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal


An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater on holiday in Tanzania.

Steven Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were staying in a submerged cabin at the Manta Resort, off Pemba Island.

Footage shows Mr Weber diving under water to ask Ms Antoine to marry him.

In the video, Mr Weber presses a hand-written proposal note against the cabin window as Ms Antoine films from inside.

Ms Antoine, confirming Mr Weber's death in a Facebook post, said he "never emerged from those depths".
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Ooops.:jaw-dropp
 
Idiiots and explosives always scare me;probably a lot more then the average person.
Having been a Redleg ...Artilleryman..in the US Army has a lot to do with that.
 
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