While it's highly unfortunate that he died (and didn't even get to die immediately) he was kind of a big idiot. For one, it seems that he didn't put the safety on. Secondly....it was a loaded gun. That's already asking for trouble.
Man Kills Self While Taking a Selfie With a Gun
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I thought I was clicking on a thread about a guy who committed suicide and set it up to be uploaded online.
But instead I get a thread about a guy accidentally killing himself and the people in the thread saying "Good, he deserved it for being stupid."
What the fuck people. I thought I was cold to stupidity. I can easily see and agree with people saying "No surprise there." or something along those lines, but to say he deserved it?
Just what the fuck.
Do you guys look at small children who died playing in traffic and say "Good, only the smart kids live long enough to pass on their genes."?
But instead I get a thread about a guy accidentally killing himself and the people in the thread saying "Good, he deserved it for being stupid."
What the fuck people. I thought I was cold to stupidity. I can easily see and agree with people saying "No surprise there." or something along those lines, but to say he deserved it?
Just what the fuck.
Do you guys look at small children who died playing in traffic and say "Good, only the smart kids live long enough to pass on their genes."?
In his defense he was very young. Lots of people here are making themselves feel better about themselves by calling him stupid, but when you're young, you do stupid shit. That's a fact, jack. I've never pointed a loaded gun at my head, but I have done some stupid shit that I regret. So have you.
People like to pretend like they are perfect... or they like to pretend like their faults are 'lesser' somehow...
Sad this guy died, oh well.
People like to pretend like they are perfect... or they like to pretend like their faults are 'lesser' somehow...
Sad this guy died, oh well.
Sad part is the real idiot is still alive. It is said, in the article, that the gun was loaned to him. Who in the right mind loans a loaded/primed gun to somebody else who probably has never touched a gun before? The guy who owns the gun should be better informed about it's operation and still decides to do the dumb thing.
No, being "young" doesn't justify being this stupid, especially when the "young = stupid" statement is even more useless when you consider he was 21, he pointed a gun at HIMSELF for a picture, he was just dumb.michael87cn said:
Also, a lot of people by the age of 10 or even less already know that they shouldn't be pointing a gun at themselves.
Yeah, pretty much. I'd like to say I was surprised to see this, especially on a site that is supposed to be better than a lot of others as far as attitude is concerned, but honestly, I'm not in the slightest. Society can be immensely vicious sometimes. It's unfortunate.waj9876 said:
"Stupid is as stupid does"?
Not glad someone died, but not quite mourning his loss either. For those with a taste for dark humor "guy shoots himself in the head taking a selfie with a gun" is pretty damn funny, if only for a minute or so.
On a side note, I wonder if those apparently dreading "people feeling better about themselves by mocking a dead guy" (paraphrase) are guiltless of doing much the same thing, using those very people? 'Moral superiority' and such.
Not glad someone died, but not quite mourning his loss either. For those with a taste for dark humor "guy shoots himself in the head taking a selfie with a gun" is pretty damn funny, if only for a minute or so.
On a side note, I wonder if those apparently dreading "people feeling better about themselves by mocking a dead guy" (paraphrase) are guiltless of doing much the same thing, using those very people? 'Moral superiority' and such.
Yep, too bad it happened outside of 'murica, at close range, and he didn't die immediately.Johnny Novgorod said:
Make no mistake kids, it's your constitutional right to bear insta-kill long-range weaponry.
And seriously, if I ever do anything as stupid and irresponsible as that and die as a result, you all have my permission to point and laugh about it, Nelson style.
It's tragic, but I can't feel bad for him because he disregarded Rule 0 of any kind of weapon--it's a weapon and you'd better give it the respect it is due. A weapon's purpose, by design, is to cause harm in some fashion, no matter what some folks might claim about various items only being designed for intimidation (as someone who has been bludgeoned by an angry student with a prop gun, I assure you even that hurts more than you'd expect). Every dangerous object, no matter its type, must be treated with respect because physics is an unforgiving mistress and she likes to remind us of that fact at all the worst possible times.
I really pity his family, who now has to bury him with this still on the news.
I really pity his family, who now has to bury him with this still on the news.
