taiwanluthiers Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 This video is about the stupidest firework stunts I have ever seen... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdl86mhxMo One of those guy may have a darwin award nomination. 1
BurritoBandito Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Holy shit people are stupid. A crotch rocket? Seriously?
mikeee Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 The sad part is most of these kids have no sense of long time reality.You have two eyes, ears, hands, arms, legs etc. and once you loose them you don't get them back.Most males have to hit their 30's before common sense over-rides testosterone. 1
taiwanluthiers Posted February 8, 2015 Author Posted February 8, 2015 I'd like to nominate that crotch rocket guy for Darwin Award, if he actually lost his balls in this...
Shunt Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 My first post here, would like to first thank all the others that contributed about safety concerns. I have learned a lot about the dangers of our hobby from reading this forum, and been very fortunate to not be hurt over the years of discharging consumer pyrotechnics in such a reckless manner as in the OP's video. I would like to think I could be a mentor for others in my local community especially on the safety issues of pyrotechnics. Thanks again for all the safety posts.
BurritoBandito Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 ...You have two eyes, ears, hands, arms, legs etc. and once you loose them you don't get them back.Tell me about it. I'd like to nominate that crotch rocket guy for Darwin Award, if he actually lost his balls in this...You have to actually die in the act of doing something stupid to get the Darwin award.
taiwanluthiers Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 No you don't. All you have to do is lose the ability to pass on your genes. So you can still win/be nominated for Darwin awards and still live. Say if the guy loses his manhood and becomes sterile... 1
eoneuk Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 In this day and age of DNA and cloning techniques, only instant and complete incineration should be the basis for awarding the Darwins.
BurritoBandito Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Alright!!! Backup has arrived. TaiwanLuthiers? ;P
MrB Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Well.... In case cloning counts... At birth kids over here have a DNA sample taken, and it's then stored,,, well, for ever really. (PKU-registret <translation... as if needed.> PKU-register)Anyway, point being, if cloning counts, then only after you've made sure every DNA-sample available from the source, is no longer viable, can the award be given. Guess it's time to quit giving out them awards...B!
taiwanluthiers Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 Have they perfected cloning in such a way to clone a whole person without mistakes?
BurritoBandito Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 I'm sure they could clone a human. We've successfully cloned other mammals. 1
MrB Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Well, the cloning it self is good enough to make copies. But there is a number of things that are only "partly" genetics, and the rest is random. So it might "look" a lot like the same thing, it will test as identical on a DNA test, but, for example, if you run the finger print, it's a dead giveaway that it's not the same person. This "random" parts of the process is why identical twins have at best similar fingerprints, but never identical ones.B!
taiwanluthiers Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 But the clone will never be as good as the original. There will always be something off, like genetic diseases, shorter lifespan, etc. so even if the idiot can be cloned, it probably won't live long.
a_bab Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Looking at videos like this all I can see is the very reason for which fireworks restrictions are getting tighter and tighter. All it takes are a few cases of retards with missing eyes and such, sometimes a single one being enough to totally ban an item.
MrB Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 But the clone will never be as good as the original. There will always be something off, like genetic diseases, shorter lifespan, etc. so even if the idiot can be cloned, it probably won't live long.Since Dolly, thats no longer true. "Modern" clones have the same life expectancy as the DNA donor, and reproductive capabilities. Dolly however caught from a disease that kills cloned, or not cloned sheep alike, and got put down.Anyway, more on "current" cloning. I say "current" since it's 2 years old. For what ever reason, cloning has a bad reputation. It's much like GMO, and i don't quite get why. I'm not sure cloning is ever a good idea to implement on a "wide" scale. Say every cow in the country is cloned from "A". What do you do when "A" turns out to have a weakness that makes it unable to adapt to the changing environment? "A" might produce more milk then the alternatives, or tastier / more meat, but if that new weed that blew in kills her, your shit out of luck. Adaptability, to some extent, comes from diversity. Anyway, guess were going way of topic. Sorry.B! 1
max Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) Next mindless video from Russia. [Video]http://youtu.be/kMy8TtfpK2U Edited July 5, 2015 by max
deer Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 What I'd like to see with such videos is an aftermath compilation right next to them, or at the end of the same video. I've seen such thing with skating / extreme sports videos and watching them makes you reconsider a lot of things. Even the simplest mishaps that seem funny and naive at the moment almost always turn quite unpleasant as soon as you start actually grasp the situation. And many times the outcome is quite permanent. E.g. if that first sparkler dude got hit with jet in hand, the summer is probably over for him and he'll have to wear bandages and wont swim for a few weeks. Roman candle gamer will probably have a very visible scar if he's lucky and eyes were not touched etc. 1
Ubehage Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 This is an "old" classic, reminding you not to ignite fireworks in the hand.. Actually not for the faint of heart.And you might want to turn down your volume. His screams will go straight through your bones!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK0TneymrCM
eoneuk Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 How about this http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/05/man-dies-after-shooting-off-firework-from-top-his-head-police-say/?intcmp=latestnews 1
DaMounty Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Jesus that kid, does he have a hand left? That was/is disturbing.
deer Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Yesterday IMGUR / Reddit had a bunch of "success" stories, I’ll see what I can dig up.. some of them:Very graphic: http://imgur.com/gallery/fGMjkI wonder what's the story in there. This one got lucky: http://imgur.com/gallery/1XUnostill huge potential for failure, especially the "catching rockets" and "involving audience" parts.
Shunt Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Place on ground, light fuze, get away. Some can't follow simple instructions. Edited July 7, 2015 by Shunt 1
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