Handheld Gaming Propels Boy Onto Subway Tracks
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How about you learn the slightest bit about evolution before making comments like that.fundayz said:
That boy is alive because of natural selection.
Millions of years ago, it turned out that apes that were part of groups that helped each other out survived much better than apes who were part of groups who just let each other die.
As such, natural selection killed of all the apes who just let each other die and kept the ones who helped each other.
Millions of years of evolution later and we have a group of apes who are willing to risk their own lives for the sake of others in their group, even if they don't personally know them. Why? Because actions like that keep everyone much more alive than otherwise.
Evolution saved that boys life. This is a perfect example of natural selection at work.
Oh, and another thing that natural selection has achieved is the general shunning of those who suggest children should be left to die, because such people tend to be nothing but a drain of resources within a tribal society.
No, he wouldn't. See above.RamirezDoEverything said:
tl;dr: Tribe protect children = tribe live long.
Okay to all you people in general that are calling this kid an idiot....he's TEN YEARS OLD!
You cannot tell me that as a ten year old you never did ANYTHING stupid or lost your focus. Unless you spent your childhood tied up, in a cage, in a box, in a dark dank basement, you didn't do something stupid at one time or another and probably something stupid enough to possibly cost you your life.
This isn't stupidity, it's being a child. Kids walk into traffic, eat things they shouldn't, forget where they're going, and don't pay attention to obvious danger.
You should never wish for a mother to cry over the dead body of her child.
You cannot tell me that as a ten year old you never did ANYTHING stupid or lost your focus. Unless you spent your childhood tied up, in a cage, in a box, in a dark dank basement, you didn't do something stupid at one time or another and probably something stupid enough to possibly cost you your life.
This isn't stupidity, it's being a child. Kids walk into traffic, eat things they shouldn't, forget where they're going, and don't pay attention to obvious danger.
You should never wish for a mother to cry over the dead body of her child.
First of all, you clearly know nothing about human evolution. Sorry to burst your bubble, but we did not "beat" other monkeys by becoming protective of each other.Maze1125 said:
And secondly, even if you did know about evolution, why are you making such big deal?
Dude, the kid is 10. One-Zero. Darwin Award is when the person should know better. This is 100% the parents' fault. I mean, seriously, where were mom and dad during all of this, and why weren't they yelling at him to watch where he's going while walking?this isnt my name said:
It always amazes me that people these days appear to have next to no peripheral vision. You'd think you'd notice if the floor sort of ended.
I think it's lovely that you guys think a CHILD should die for being stupid. CHILDREN ARE THICK. It's dumb ADULTS we should just let die, that kid could well grow up to be a relatively intelligent adult.
And let's face it, he won't do that again! (Though if he does, sure, call for his death, because that would be dumb even for a child).
And let's face it, he won't do that again! (Though if he does, sure, call for his death, because that would be dumb even for a child).
"I fell, I fell I fell and the security guard just laughed at me"
Am I the only one wondering what game he was playing?
Am I the only one wondering what game he was playing?
Yes we did... We protected our women and children in order to create larger and stronger tribes that would out man the other smaller monkey tribes that didn't protect their young.fundayz said:
Because your suggesting that the kid should have been left died because of his own stupidity... Which is wrong on pretty much every level.fundayz said:
sense, not sence. spell check?imnotparanoid said:Common sence, the boy has none
OT: this is the kind of thing that enrages me on highways, people sitting in the left lane going slow and talking on their cell phones or texting, be aware of your surroundings, not infrequently have i been cut off by some douche with a phone in his hand failing to even give me a turn signal.
In the video, I see no parents walking with him and making sure he didn't fall.Maze1125 said:
The tribe got distracted.
Go read a book. Protecting each other is not exclusive to humans, as it is beneficial to many species. We didn't occupy the same niche as other apes, we didn't have to out compete them.Sovvolf said:
Walking on two legs made us more thermodynamically efficient, which combined with our awesome sweating abilities(no, really) allowed us to live and scavenge food in the hot, dry african savanna. Having to cool down more often restricted other apes to watered, forested areas.
Some baboons, which also have great cooling abilities, are among the few other primates in the grasslands.
Obviously, it's a freaking joke/exaggeration. In the situation I wouldn't stand and clap while the kid got splattered; i'm not a freakin psycopath and people like you gotta lighten up when reading comments of anonymous posters on some random website.Sovvolf said: