▲ 170 ▼ Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic (www.npr.org) submitted 3 years ago by skybox@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] stilgar@infosec.pub 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Again?! Is there some kind of reverse Darwin award for doing the most stupid shit and somehow not dying? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) Isn't that basically what evolution is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago True, but now and then, stupid shit by stupid people pays off: "Let's use this raft and head for open waters" -> discovers hawaii "I'm sick of foraging. Imma dive into the water and pry open that thing on the rock down there" -> Oysters "Why the fuck are you burning perfectly good mammoth?" -> BBQ permalink fedilink source parent [–] stilgar@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago The idea is that you should die and not further your genes if you do such idiotic things (that's the premise of the Darwin awards), this guy is very stubbornly not dying! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) Isn't that basically what evolution is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago True, but now and then, stupid shit by stupid people pays off: "Let's use this raft and head for open waters" -> discovers hawaii "I'm sick of foraging. Imma dive into the water and pry open that thing on the rock down there" -> Oysters "Why the fuck are you burning perfectly good mammoth?" -> BBQ permalink fedilink source parent [–] stilgar@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago The idea is that you should die and not further your genes if you do such idiotic things (that's the premise of the Darwin awards), this guy is very stubbornly not dying! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago True, but now and then, stupid shit by stupid people pays off: "Let's use this raft and head for open waters" -> discovers hawaii "I'm sick of foraging. Imma dive into the water and pry open that thing on the rock down there" -> Oysters "Why the fuck are you burning perfectly good mammoth?" -> BBQ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stilgar@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago The idea is that you should die and not further your genes if you do such idiotic things (that's the premise of the Darwin awards), this guy is very stubbornly not dying! permalink fedilink source parent