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Darwin Award winner? Drunk man killed while fighting in the middle of the road..

So how are the Darwin Awards actually determined?
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Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:​
Reproduction[SIZE=-1]
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
[/SIZE]Excellence[SIZE=-1]
Astounding misapplication of judgment.
[/SIZE]Self-Selection[SIZE=-1]
Cause one's own demise.
[/SIZE]Maturity[SIZE=-1]
Capable of sound judgment.
[/SIZE]Veracity[SIZE=-1]
The event must be true. [/SIZE]
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http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/
 
TechBoyJK said:
i think it applies here then..
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Well, it's arguable that while putting himself severely at risk, he was not the cause of his own demise. I don't mean to drag your thread down into a spiral of pedantic debate, though. While maybe not technically a Darwin Award, I think our gene pool is a little bit better off without this guy's at any rate.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
Well, it's arguable that while putting himself severely at risk, he was not the cause of his own demise. I don't mean to drag your thread down into a spiral of pedantic debate, though. While maybe not technically a Darwin Award, I think our gene pool is a little bit better off without this guy's at any rate.
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I know he didn't drive the car that killed him.. but isn't standing in the middle of the road at night and the crest of a hill asking to get hit? It's bound to happen.. kind of like pulling a gun on a cop.. it's bound to get you killed.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
omfg at you guys
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It's sad for sure. I don't feel bad about poking fun at it, since I have little sympathy for those who get hurt from being drunk.

I feel terrible for the guy who hit him though. He'll never forget that.

I killed a deer a few years ago with my car, and I still feel sad about it.
 
As Morgan Freeman said to Jim Carrey:

You can't kneel down in the middle of a highway and live to talk about it, son.
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Of course, now the other guy, when questioned about his black eye and fat lip, can easily respond with - "ya, but you should see the other guy. He looks like he was hit by a Chevy."
 
TechBoyJK said:
Darwin Award winner? Drunk man killed while fighting in the middle of the road..
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Back in the mid-1990s there are a news story, (I think it was out of Louisiana) about 2 brothers that got in a fight.

1 of the brothers was HIV positive, the other brother was not HIV positive. A few months after the fight, the negative brother tested positive for HIV.

Seems one of the brothers got a little more then he was expecting out of a simple fist fight.
 
I think it was stupid, but I don't think it's stupid enough for a Darwin award. When I think of Darwin awards, I think of the people that get killed from shit like planking.
 
If everyone who ever made a stupid move while drunk was killed, ATOT might not have any posters at all.

That said:

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