Man Killed by Exploding Cell Phone
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hah i'm not the only one suddenly questioning what i value more... my crotch or my life....Wouldukindly said:
PurpleRain said:
I am forced to agree. The journalistic choice makes me raise an eyebrow when the author feels the need add description to a mans dying moments. I don't mind, but it sounds like Ben Counter just picked up a camera and started telling it how it is. There's nothing inheretly wrong or off-putting with it... it's just out of place.domicius said:
Ben Counter writes alot of visceral 40K novels, for anyone not in the know. He is a big fan of gurgling deaths and fountains of gore. Fun stuff to read, actually.
I'd say a little more Jeff Lyndsey, as that's what I was reading at the time. While the choice of words may have been a little grotesque for some, the idea of him dying doesn't quite get across the gruesome way in which he did die. Hence a few extra words to home in on the horrific detail. It's a truly awful way to die, and I felt that it needed to be stated. YMMV.Ultrajoe said:
If I'd said, "Man dies from a phone explosion", some might have just shrugged it off. Once you can visualize it, there's much less "humor".
Very "final destination" esque, I mean dang, the odds of a phone exploding are astronomical.
Think I'll nudge my phone a few feet away from the computer now.
Think I'll nudge my phone a few feet away from the computer now.
...I blame the Chinese.
I hope people will start realizing that buying faulty electronics IS dangerous.
It still blows someone died. How the hell do you explain that to his wife?
"His phone...umm...exploded."
I hope people will start realizing that buying faulty electronics IS dangerous.
It still blows someone died. How the hell do you explain that to his wife?
"His phone...umm...exploded."
After all is said and done, a man died. Would the reaction be different if he was british or american or from wherever you're from? It's easy to make light of a story like this and feel detached because it happened far away from you and doesn't affect you at all. Reading the comments it's not surprising that the world is such a shitty place with such insensitive people inhabiting it.
I keep telling people I don't like mobile phones for a reason! This is just another one to add to the list.
Aww, I was trying to put it in a positive light. I thought it was kinda humourus. Not the dying part, just that it's so outside of journalism to say that. It's what I like about the Escapist. This very easy tone on everything.Ultrajoe said:
I swear I remember myth busters doing on episode on this, though I am not sure which side they proved. Run Erana, just run, technology is hunting you! DROP YOUR WEAPON YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY! 5 4 3 2 1 (phaser noise) (starcraft reference)Erana said:
Man that just sucks, what a horrible way to go. Killed by a phone.
Honestly, this sounds more to me like this guy was someone the chinese government didn't like and his 'cellphone' mysteriously 'exploaded'. When someone shot him.
