1,000 ways to die

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I saw this on TV the other night and it struck me as really strange. Not necessarily the odd, creative ways that people have died, but the way they depict them. The one where the guy wanted to be a "fish out of water" was really disturbing to me. Seeing the guy flopping about in the re-enactment for a minute or so, feet from the water, was really unsettling, knowing that did happen to someone. I like reading Darwin awards, sure, but the way they show the people dying in the show just seems...wrong. Has anyone else seen this? Usually the stuff on Spike is really overly macho and funny, but this was just strange.

 

[zerocool84]

You're totally taking this the wrong way. It's supposed to be funny just like the Darwin Awards. Real guys like to watch people hurt themselves and stuff like that. Especially when it's funny.

 

[MovingTarget]

n ways to die was always one of my favorite improv comedy games. I miss those days...

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Loss of oxygen to the brain. Name the rest...

 

[Auggie]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
Real guys like to watch people hurt themselves and stuff like that.

Guess I'm not a 'real guy'? Why the fuck do you want to see people get hurt?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Auggie

Originally posted by: zerocool84
Real guys like to watch people hurt themselves and stuff like that.

Guess I'm not a 'real guy'? Why the fuck do you want to see people get hurt?

home video shows have been around for decades, and their main staple is people getting hurt in funny ways. its not just guys that watch it either. people like to see comic pain, the unexpectedness makes them laff. makes me laff too, even tho sometimes i can feel their pain.

 

[Gothgar]

cool ass show

 

[Auggie]

There's a not-so-subtle difference between a toddler whacking his dad in the nuts with a wiffle bat (painful, non-life-threatening), and videos of people snapping their limbs unexpectedly, getting hit by cars, LiveLeak stuff, etc. I dunno - I think the enjoyment one gets from observing and enjoying genuinely dangerous human suffering is... what's a good word... perverse? Grotesque? It makes you less human, somehow. Just my opinion.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Eye on the TV 'cause tragedy thrills me whatever flavor it happens to be