sad death from copying Jackass
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Yeah, let's ban anything stupid people may try to emulate. I love this line: "The audience it was aimed at doesn't pay attention," MacKinnon's grandmother, Pat Fleck, said. I don't think at 16 I would have thought this was such a wise idea either. Of course I feel badly that she died doing something stupid but we really need to stop blaming everything else and look at ourselves sometimes.
It's sad that someone so young lost their life, but the stupid weeding themselves out of the gene pool is part of evolution so I don't feel too bad.
I bet they now have a much better understanding of centrifugal force.
It shouldn't take a genius to predict the results of that stunt.
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It shouldn't take a genius to predict the results of that stunt.
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Anubis
No Lifer
Anubis
No Lifer
Koing
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It is a sad thing.
But this I do not agree with:
What the hell? Not enough? I don't really see what else they can do. Take it off the air? Well I guess her kids should not see films either.
ANYONE with a bit of common else would see the danger of the stunt they were going to do. A car drive with a rope attach to a dam merry go round. You are going to have to be pretty dam strong to hold on to it if the car goes any sort of pace.
THAT is just asking for trouble.
I'd blame it more on the little common sense of the kids and the parents whining about this sort of thing. The death is sad but the parents are just pissy imo.
RIP.
Koing
But this I do not agree with:
What the hell? Not enough? I don't really see what else they can do. Take it off the air? Well I guess her kids should not see films either.
ANYONE with a bit of common else would see the danger of the stunt they were going to do. A car drive with a rope attach to a dam merry go round. You are going to have to be pretty dam strong to hold on to it if the car goes any sort of pace.
THAT is just asking for trouble.
I'd blame it more on the little common sense of the kids and the parents whining about this sort of thing. The death is sad but the parents are just pissy imo.
RIP.
Koing
kinda sorta maybe sad, a girl dying of the stupidity of her and her friends..... she obviously followed along vs. some kid who hasn't eaten in a few weeks starving to death, now that's really sad
Yeah, I agree. It is a very sad and tragic event, but I don't agree that the jackass show is responsible. They made a decision to try something that was obviously dangerous, and this was the outcome.
Sad.
Sad.
Assuming a diameter of 10', a pickup traveling at a mere 20 mph would result in a rotational speed of nearly 60 rpm. 30 mph would have been 84 rpm. That's pretty damn fast.
Remember, the heavier you are the harder you're pushed towards the outside.
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MartyMcFly3
Lifer
The people on Jackass are professional stunt guys and believe it or not, do know what they are doing... However crap happens and sometimes they do get hurt. What you dont see on Jackass is the medics in the background on the more risky stunts, that are also monitoring to make sure nothing happens. The kid is stupid for trying to imitate the stunts on jackass.
As the great Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Imitation is suicide." -- Clear case in point here
As the great Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Imitation is suicide." -- Clear case in point here
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