Darwin Awards

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:20 pm

Good things about this:

1. The semi driver gets to use the HOV lane.
2. Will probably cut down on tailgating.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:41 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:56 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:33 am

I don’t even want to imagine the shit that hotel housekeeping staff are subjected to regularly.

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:00 am

Merkin wrote:

Either a panicked pervert, or out-of-favor Russian operative....

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:34 pm

So close https://nypost.com/2019/08/27/student-p ... m-balcony/" target="_blank

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:34 am

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:43 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:34 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:57 pm

Doesn't officially qualify, but close enough.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:06 pm

Gas fumes explode. Diesel burns.

I thought all rednecks knew this?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:35 pm

wyo-cat wrote:Gas fumes explode. Diesel burns.

I thought all rednecks knew this?

From Season 2:

"You didn't finish school, did you, Mr. Dean? It's not the liquid that burns, it's the fumes. Now, look, normally, I would've just shot you myself the second you pulled, but I am doing my level best to avoid the paperwork and the self-recrimination that comes with it, although the lord knows you're the kind that makes it worth it more. Come on, Jimmy, can't we just try to end this without you turning yourself into the human torch?"

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:56 am

Another survivor, so doesn't exactly qualify, but still entertaining.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:59 am

Things being as they are, and men being as dumb as they are, in the end some chick rewarded this moron with sex for having done it, and he thought it was worth it.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:27 am

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:30 pm

“It doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I trust in God that I’ll be safe.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/i ... li=BBnb4R7" target="_blank

A Corona Cruiseline getaway seems like the perfect palliative right now.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Fri May 01, 2020 6:39 pm

Her mourning relative Yury told to Kazakh media: ''Olesya was a smart and cheerful person. She set goals and made them happen.''

Definitely something lost in the translation from these quotes...

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:32 pm

OriginalAZ · Post by **OriginalAZ** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:55 pm

Merkin wrote:

I was at Mather Point with my kids back in March. Amazed me how many people who climbed over the rails and were out walking on ledges. I am actually surprised this doesn't happen more often.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:08 am

Motorcycle rally goer is lucky her injuries weren't serious

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:22 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:08 pm

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:21 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:

So you are saying that the three kids he had with his partner are not his?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 8:05 pm

RichardCranium wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:
So you are saying that the three kids he had with his partner are not his?

This is the dumbest hill to die on. It’s positively Darwinian.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:05 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:29 pm

Not really a Darwin situation but I just want to point out that she was trampled to death while holding a Don’t Tread On Me flag which is fucking amazing.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:23 pm

Attempting to remove himself from the gene pool...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat May 01, 2021 5:23 am

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:41 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:42 pm

Haha, hate to laugh, but that is a huge problem in the Cali Central Coast with perps stealing cat converters constantly, usually off Prius.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:07 pm

Big problem in Chicago too. And that’s not the first time I’ve heard of a car falling on someone.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 5:41 am

Why on earth would someone wanna steal a catalytic converter?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:48 am

Silver, I think.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:26 am

A catalytic converter contains rhodium, platinum and palladium.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:37 am

There ya go. I knew there were some precious metals in there.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:55 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:26 am A catalytic converter contains rhodium, platinum and palladium.

Good grief. I was gonna say something like

All up a dollars worth maybe? Worth dying for? Insanity.

But then I looked up scrap prices. $70 to $2000 dollars or more depending on size, shape, etc. That's insane.

But still not worth dying for. Of course most don't die or get caught. But its still insane.

And "no questions asked" scrap dealers should be prosecuted just like shady pawn shops for receiving stolen goods. Apparently some scrap dealers ask for serial numbers, but do they all have serial numbers yet?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:43 pm

Ha, just opened my email and someone on Nextdoor is complaining that their catalytic converter was stolen off their RV. Crazy times. It reminds me of when I was a little league coach and we had to worry about the copper wiring used for all the lights. WE would show up to the field and all the wiring would be gone and we couldn't play and it was thousands of dollars to replace. aholes!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:15 pm

Copper! Reminds me, there was an ancient abandoned stretch of power lines running by an old ghost town out in the middle of nowhere Montana where we lived during my hippie days. One drunken afternoon I shinnied up one of the poles to steal some beautiful enormous antique glass insulators, still have them. Noticed the power line was 1/2" braided copper wire. Sold 4 pickup bed loads of the stuff in Butte that week. Bought a lot of Rainier beer. Ah, the wild days ......

Two piece units, about 13"-14" tall. Magnificent. Had to have them.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:52 pm

You're the only boomer I want to have beers with.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:00 pm

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:52 pm You're the only boomer I want to have beers with.

Be careful what you wish for. Anyway, it seemed appropriate to admit such acts of stupidity on the Darwin thread.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:30 am

And no, it doesn’t matter if he already procreated RichardCranium. Just stop…

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:02 pm

Stupid people killing themselves in stupid ways happens all the time and is not worthy of more than a passing mention.

Darwin Awards are for those enterprising good Samaritans who chose to remove their stupid genes from the human gene pool in spectacular fashion.

If they have reproduced, they are not eligible because they have passed those genes on already.

Its an award for outstanding contribution to evolution. You dont give an Oscar to the third spear carrier in the Community Players performance of Ben Hur.

AV8RCAT · Post by **AV8RCAT** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:36 am

Well I like to fish, and I don't have any objection to hunting, but this is clearly self defense.

https://news.yahoo.com/italian-hunter-d ... 10573.html

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:01 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:32 am

I'll admit I once fell down a set of steps while trying to take a picture of my snack.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:40 am

Longhorned wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:32 am I'll admit I once fell down a set of steps while trying to take a picture of my snack.

Was it* Instagram-worthy?

*the fall, not the food

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:02 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:03 pm

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