Darwin Awards Winners (And Contenders)

[mcski]

Nice first post except the quote is "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. " But you were close.

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." if we are being pedantic, but you were closer. I prefer "nose" as it's slightly more poetically evocative

[EWG]

Nice first post except the quote is "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. " But you were close.

Are we sure he wasn’t threatening to punch YOU in the face?

I’m just asking...

[iceman]

haha oh well

[Vt-Freeheel]

Found a contender


man-stung-to-death-after-trying-to-remove-beehive-from-couch-in-backyard

[Game Over]

Sorry didn’t mean to shit on the thread. I had no idea that the “Awards” rules differed so much from Darwin’s theory. Had I known I wouldn’t have chimed it. But I did... oh well.

I thought his post was mildly to moderately funny in a dad joke kind of way. But he's wrong about natural selection. While natural selection certainly operates when someone dies before they can procreate, it also operates to a lesser extent when a provider dies after procreating--their offspring may die of starvation. They may be eaten by lions if he is not around to protect them (something he obviously wasn't very good at), or they may unable to have children themselves or have fewer, due to malnutrition, or those children (his grandchildren) may be too weak to survive childhood.
So we may continue to give Darwin awards to people who die after procreating.
He may be smart but I'm smarter, and at least as boring.

Well...

Many times the very trait or gene that shortens a life span is also the very same one that gives advantage at procreation.

Aggression for instance.

Further if lifespan mattered explain species like salmon who die directly after procreation.

Quality take down. To be fair I don't believe Steep is a biologist.

No I’m not (organic chemistry minor and geology/geography majors) but ... I was raised by a biologist and took a lot of evolutionary biology and genetics in school. I understand more than enough to know that the rules do not agree with the theory.

Anyhow carry on- let’s not let science get in the way of fun!

[GoldMember]

Anyhow carry on- let’s not let science get in the way of fun!

Steep - This never was (and neither was the old thread) a scientific thread, it's a party-talk thread. Have some fun!

[Adolf Allerbush]

Sorry didn’t mean to shit on the thread. I had no idea that the “Awards” rules differed so much from Darwin’s theory. Had I known I wouldn’t have chimed it. But I did... oh well.



Well...

Many times the very trait or gene that shortens a life span is also the very same one that gives advantage at procreation.

Aggression for instance.

Further if lifespan mattered explain species like salmon who die directly after procreation.



No I’m not (organic chemistry minor and geology/geography majors) but ... I was raised by a biologist and took a lot of evolutionary biology and genetics in school. I understand more than enough to know that the rules do not agree with the theory.

Anyhow carry on- let’s not let science get in the way of fun!

Interesting. We probably took classes together at U of O (Urban Design minor, Env. Science/Geog major). I think what Old Goat is saying is correct from my old biology coursework, but whatever...beating a dead horse here.

[Game Over]

Steep - This never was (and neither was the old thread) a scientific thread, it's a party-talk thread. Have some fun!

This.

I totally agree-> had just always thought it was based on the theory... I had never even thought about it or the fact that it would disqualify a whole lot of people.

Interesting. We probably took classes together at U of O (Urban Design minor, Env. Science/Geog major). I think what Old Goat is saying is correct from my old biology coursework, but whatever...beating a dead horse here.

I bet we did!

What Old Goat is saying is correct but there is much more to it.

Evolutionary fitness has nothing to do with lifespan. It’s all about sheer numbers of copies. The more the better.

A trait like sexual aggression will shorten a lifespan due to constant fighting over mates yet yield a lot of copies. A passive specimen may not ever even reproduce yet could live much longer.

[From_the_NEK]

I thought his post was mildly to moderately funny in a dad joke kind of way. But he's wrong about natural selection. While natural selection certainly operates when someone dies before they can procreate, it also operates to a lesser extent when a provider dies after procreating--their offspring may die of starvation. They may be eaten by lions if he is not around to protect them (something he obviously wasn't very good at), or they may unable to have children themselves or have fewer, due to malnutrition, or those children (his grandchildren) may be too weak to survive childhood.
So we may continue to give Darwin awards to people who die after procreating.
He may be smart but I'm smarter, and at least as boring.

If Clevon had only died younger doing something stupid, he would have only produced a fraction of these offspring. Limiting the damage to the jean pool (shout out to Iceman). Thus avoiding the road toward idiocracy.

[old goat]

This.


What Old Goat is saying is correct but there is much more to it.

When it comes to science there is always much more to it. Any explanation--even Einstein's--is just an approximation of the truth. I take great satisfaction in my absolute certainty that we will never understand everything. Of course the Darwin Awards prove that some people will never understand anything.

[thefortrees]

Think less, go skiing.

[iceman]

Not sure I agree.

[plugboots]

At least he died doing what he loved, (in Florida, of course):
https://canoe.com/news/weird/killer-...florida-owner/

[SkiBall]

A potential nominee:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...nd-Contenders)

[old goat]

At least he died doing what he loved, (in Florida, of course):
https://canoe.com/news/weird/killer-...florida-owner/

I think we need to wait for the autopsy report before we can consider awarding him a prize--could have been a heart attack that killed him. The standards need to be upheld.

[plugboots]

I think we need to wait for the autopsy report before we can consider awarding him a prize--could have been a heart attack that killed him. The standards need to be upheld.

Plus we need to know about all of his offspring and what they’ve done.

[old goat]

Plus we need to know about all of his offspring and what they’ve done.

and their offspring

[wooley12]

In another news story they quoted his fiance of 20 years.

[KQ]

A gun in a diaper bag went off, injuring dad and daughter. Now the dad has died

(CNN)A man who accidentally shot himself while changing his daughter's diaper in a vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, has died, police said.

Timothy Roshun Smith was shot in the leg and chest, and his daughter's leg was injured, when a loaded gun in a diaper bag went off Saturday outside a Chuck E Cheese's.

The 22-year-old man died Monday, said Capt. Johnny Evans of the Vestavia Hills Police Department. The girl is expected to make a full recovery, Evans said.

Smith was in the back seat of a vehicle Saturday outside the pizza restaurant, changing the girl's diaper. The gun went off as he picked up or reached inside a diaper bag on the floorboard, Evans said after the incident.
After the gun went off, the bullet traveled through Smith's leg and then the child's leg before lodging in the man's chest, Evans said.

"This was a tragic accident and condolences from the VHPD and VHFD go out to the family involved," the police department said in a release.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Selfie Suicide

college-student

Likely hasn't bred yet.

[PB]

A gun in a diaper bag went off, injuring dad and daughter. Now the dad has died

(CNN)A man who accidentally shot himself while changing his daughter's diaper in a vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, has died, police said.

Timothy Roshun Smith was shot in the leg and chest, and his daughter's leg was injured, when a loaded gun in a diaper bag went off Saturday outside a Chuck E Cheese's.

The 22-year-old man died Monday, said Capt. Johnny Evans of the Vestavia Hills Police Department. The girl is expected to make a full recovery, Evans said.

Smith was in the back seat of a vehicle Saturday outside the pizza restaurant, changing the girl's diaper. The gun went off as he picked up or reached inside a diaper bag on the floorboard, Evans said after the incident.
After the gun went off, the bullet traveled through Smith's leg and then the child's leg before lodging in the man's chest, Evans said.

"This was a tragic accident and condolences from the VHPD and VHFD go out to the family involved," the police department said in a release.

Alabama: where Floridians go to party.

[KQ]

Selfie Suicide

college-student

Likely hasn't bred yet.

not just one but two college student selfie deaths in a week:

[Diamond Joe]

^^ well thats not a darwin award, thats just sad. Shes smoking hawt

[KQ]

^^ well thats not a darwin award, thats just sad. Shes smoking hawt

so if she was ugly no worries?



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[Vt-Freeheel]

Hot or not, all solid contenders.

Ice is going to put together a poll first-o-jan for the winner. Vote your hot contender to the top spot!