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Title: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 16, 2014, 08:04:46 PM
Post news articles of people doing stupid things.

http://www.wkrn.com/story/24354491/memphis-grandmother-calls-911-for-beer
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 18, 2014, 02:20:09 AM
This thread is so sad and neglected.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Alchemist21 on January 18, 2014, 02:31:38 AM
This one's from 2011 and it's more terrible than Thork and Markjo combined.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-area-mom-toyrianna-smith-killed-son-took-him-shopping-say-cops/
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 18, 2014, 03:05:20 AM
That's a bit more depressing than what I had in mind.
This thread is so sad and neglected.

There's already this precise thread in Angry Ranting. You've even posted in it.
I know. It turned into a gun rant so I was going to make my own thread. Since it's in Angry Ranting I'm certain no one will take it seriously and no one has posted anymore articles there.

Plus, this one isn't necessarily about death.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: spoon on January 18, 2014, 03:19:31 AM
Here's a good one.

http://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=1146.0;topicseen
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 18, 2014, 03:29:59 AM
No.

This guy called ahead to reserve what he was stealing.
http://www.wkrn.com/story/24483614/gamestop-armed-robbery

When I worked at a GameStop for 3 months around Christmas we had people steal consoles on 2 different occasions. One was because one of the leads was working alone and left a 360 on the counter before going to the back room. The second was a display with no cables.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Alchemist21 on January 18, 2014, 04:30:34 AM
That was wrong of him, but this guy was actually smart for a criminal.  Not like the guy who, while attempting to rob a jewelry store, substitued a sock for a ski mask then walked gun-in-hand into a gun store.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 18, 2014, 05:15:39 AM
That was wrong of him, but this guy was actually smart for a criminal.  Not like the guy who, while attempting to rob a jewelry store, substitued a sock for a ski mask then walked gun-in-hand into a gun store.
Sounds like a good one.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Vindictus on January 18, 2014, 05:51:59 AM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Shane on January 18, 2014, 06:09:08 AM
PLEASE DO NOT RECREATE THIS BE CAREFULL
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: EnigmaZV on January 18, 2014, 06:15:45 AM
If you're a climber/free-runner, you're in very little danger of anything happening to you in those situations.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Snupes on January 18, 2014, 09:05:01 AM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

why

why would people do these things

as someone with acrophobia i am literally dying
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: DDDDAts all folks on January 18, 2014, 09:45:45 AM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

That guy's an idiot.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Saddam Hussein on January 18, 2014, 12:41:10 PM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

why

why would people do these things

as someone with acrophobia i am literally dying

You have every kind of phobia.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rama Set on January 18, 2014, 03:58:56 PM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

Fisheye lens! Those were ten feet off the ground and shit.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Particle Person on January 18, 2014, 04:38:34 PM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

why

why would people do these things

as someone with acrophobia i am literally dying

You have every kind of phobia.

Literally.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Tau on January 18, 2014, 07:12:10 PM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

That guy's an idiot.

Doesn't seem like it's any more dangerous than regular rock climbing. They're just holding on: so long as they know what they're doing, I don't see the big deal. I will say that the balancing acts freaked me out, but that's just tight rope walking. Lots of people do it.
Title: Guy gets angry about sports, calls 999
Post by: Pete Svarrior on January 23, 2014, 04:55:22 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25864793

Why are people?
Title: Re: Guy gets angry about sports, calls 999
Post by: Thork on January 23, 2014, 04:56:48 PM
I saw that earlier.

The match itself was comedy. Man Utd ended up losing to Sunderland on penalties and of the 10 taken, only 3 went in.
Title: Re: Guy gets angry about sports, calls 999
Post by: Pete Svarrior on January 23, 2014, 05:35:27 PM
The match itself was comedy. Man Utd ended up losing to Sunderland on penalties and of the 10 taken, only 3 went in.
Better call the whambulance. HAHAHA, GET IT?
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 23, 2014, 07:19:12 PM
lol

http://www.wkrn.com/story/24527468/omni-hotel-theft-of-services
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost Spaghetti on January 23, 2014, 09:32:24 PM
How about this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=327_1389947734

That guy's an idiot.

Has anyone seen the documentary "Man on Wire" about a French guy who broke into the Twin Towers just before they were opened to do a tightrope walk between them? It's fairly amazing.

(http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Imported/Movies/12/48511a.jpg)
Title: Re: Guy gets angry about sports, calls 999
Post by: rooster on January 23, 2014, 10:29:12 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25864793

Why are people?

This would have been great in the people doing stupid things thread.
Title: Re: Guy gets angry about sports, calls 999
Post by: Pete Svarrior on January 23, 2014, 11:18:56 PM
This would have been great in the people doing stupid things thread.
FINE GEEZ.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on January 23, 2014, 11:27:25 PM
This would have been great in the people doing stupid things thread.
FINE GEEZ.
You did the right thing, peepee.

My sprots team losing IS AN EMERGENCY!
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: fappenhosen on January 24, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote
A few doors down from the GameStop, Next Level Games store has been on alert since hearing about the robbery.

The store does not carry electronic games, but has a wide variety of card games.

Ugly sister at the wedding.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Snupes on January 24, 2014, 08:37:23 AM
Has anyone seen the documentary "Man on Wire" about a French guy who broke into the Twin Towers just before they were opened to do a tightrope walk between them? It's fairly amazing.

(http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Imported/Movies/12/48511a.jpg)


I've heard great things about it but never really understood how you could make a documentary out of it, so I never got around to watching it. It seems like it'd not be very interesting until the end where he walks across them
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost Spaghetti on January 24, 2014, 08:51:49 AM
Has anyone seen the documentary "Man on Wire" about a French guy who broke into the Twin Towers just before they were opened to do a tightrope walk between them? It's fairly amazing.

(http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Imported/Movies/12/48511a.jpg)


I've heard great things about it but never really understood how you could make a documentary out of it, so I never got around to watching it. It seems like it'd not be very interesting until the end where he walks across them

The film is set up like a heist movie. He and his friends do some fairly outrageous things to scope the towers out, break in, hide from the guards, get the equipment set up etc whilst showing what drove Phillipe to do it.

Plus it helps that they're all infectiously likeable people.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on February 08, 2014, 05:52:54 PM
http://www.wkrn.com/story/24660269/school-apologizes-for-black-history-month-menu

I thought this was pretty stupid. Did they really not expect people to get offended?
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rushy on February 08, 2014, 05:58:40 PM
Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? I think we all know who the real racists are.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on February 08, 2014, 06:18:41 PM
Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? I think we all know who the real racists are.
They did lose out on a tasty lunch.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Alchemist21 on February 08, 2014, 06:27:18 PM
Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? I think we all know who the real racists are.
They did lose out on a tasty lunch.

Fried chicken amd cornbread are almost guaranteed for a celebratory lunch in the south.  Never seen watermelon though.  Drop the watermelon and they could have passed it as a country-style cookout.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on February 08, 2014, 06:45:37 PM
Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? I think we all know who the real racists are.
They did lose out on a tasty lunch.

Fried chicken amd cornbread are almost guaranteed for a celebratory lunch in the south.  Never seen watermelon though.  Drop the watermelon and they could have passed it as a country-style cookout.
It's a typical 4th of July or summer picnic combo. Watermelon is usually included.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Pete Svarrior on February 09, 2014, 12:10:21 PM
It's a typical 4th of July or summer picnic combo. Watermelon is usually included.
4th of July confirmed for racism. Ban American independence plz.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on February 09, 2014, 06:10:18 PM
Black people just like southern food. And then their hearts give out.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Nonbeliever on April 15, 2014, 02:14:52 PM
http://myfox8.com/2014/04/13/teen-has-apparent-meltdown-after-tweeting-terror-threat-to-american-airlines/

She can't even.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: fappenhosen on April 15, 2014, 05:24:06 PM
She was backtraced.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: model 29 on April 27, 2014, 04:49:04 AM
"High Point police say the woman who died in a head-on collision Thursday was posting selfies and updating her Facebook status moments before the fatal crash."

http://www.hpe.com/news/x764736561/Police-Driver-took-selfies-posted-about-Happy-song-on-Facebook-just-before-fatal-crash (http://www.hpe.com/news/x764736561/Police-Driver-took-selfies-posted-about-Happy-song-on-Facebook-just-before-fatal-crash)

"Life is hard.  It's even harder when you're stupid."  -John Wayne
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: rooster on April 27, 2014, 06:29:10 AM
At least she died happy and only killed herself.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on April 27, 2014, 07:17:27 AM
"High Point police say the woman who died in a head-on collision Thursday was posting selfies and updating her Facebook status moments before the fatal crash."

http://www.hpe.com/news/x764736561/Police-Driver-took-selfies-posted-about-Happy-song-on-Facebook-just-before-fatal-crash (http://www.hpe.com/news/x764736561/Police-Driver-took-selfies-posted-about-Happy-song-on-Facebook-just-before-fatal-crash)

"Life is hard.  It's even harder when you're stupid."  -John Wayne

Death by Facebook. So edgey.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Saddam Hussein on July 02, 2014, 02:41:12 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/us/california-immigrant-transfers/

"Stop doing your job and start doing your job!"
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: fappenhosen on July 02, 2014, 09:23:49 PM
Someone was selling big flags that day.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on July 26, 2014, 09:17:54 PM
"Tow company owner arrested, allegedly targeted Gay Days visitors' cars"

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/tow-company-owner-arrested-allegedly-targeted-gay-/ngnn9/


Relocating people's cars... that'll teach those homos.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Pete Svarrior on October 24, 2014, 12:18:14 PM
http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/23/man-chops-off-his-own-penis-after-girlfriend-told-him-he-was-no-good-in-bed-4918361/
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: spoon on October 24, 2014, 02:30:23 PM
http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/23/man-chops-off-his-own-penis-after-girlfriend-told-him-he-was-no-good-in-bed-4918361/
I dunno, seems like a pretty reasonable response.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rama Set on October 24, 2014, 04:35:48 PM
http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/23/man-chops-off-his-own-penis-after-girlfriend-told-him-he-was-no-good-in-bed-4918361/
I dunno, seems like a pretty reasonable response.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on October 25, 2014, 04:39:26 PM
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamer-dies-after-diablo-iii-marathon/1100-6387472/

Man dies after 40hr Diablo 3 marathon
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rushy on October 25, 2014, 11:07:56 PM
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamer-dies-after-diablo-iii-marathon/1100-6387472/

Man dies after 40hr Diablo 3 marathon

I can understand loving some games so much you die playing them... but Diablo 3 sucks balls.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on October 25, 2014, 11:15:01 PM
That guy was weak. He died only after 40hrs. I've had longer gaming binges with no ill effects... of course I ate while playing, which apparently this dumbass was too stupid to think of doing. 
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Particle Person on October 25, 2014, 11:26:37 PM
(http://troll.me/images/asdasdasdasdasdasd/ay-si-yo-estoy-enfermo-por-que-te-amo-y-que-quiero-hacer-el-amor-ay-si-poe-eso-estoy-emfermo-ay-si.jpg)

jajajajja
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on October 25, 2014, 11:28:35 PM
I don't speak French. Please translate.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Particle Person on October 25, 2014, 11:32:07 PM
It says "America is not just the United States"
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rushy on October 26, 2014, 02:14:52 AM
It says "America is not just the United States"

"ay si yo estoy enfermo por que te amo y que quiero hacer el amor ay si poe eso estoy emfermo ay si"

"ay if I'm sick because I love you and I want to make love to and if so I'm emfermo poe y if"

Well, either Google translate has failed me or the meme is just nonsense. Both are equally likely.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on October 26, 2014, 02:18:19 AM
French is a hard language for even Google to understand.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: jroa on October 27, 2014, 05:18:53 AM
I think they speak French in Poland.  Maybe Pizaa Planter can translate for us. 
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Fortuna on October 30, 2014, 07:45:17 AM
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamer-dies-after-diablo-iii-marathon/1100-6387472/

Man dies after 40hr Diablo 3 marathon

I can understand loving some games so much you die playing them... but Diablo 3 sucks balls.

He probably died of sudden death from a vitamin deficiency.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rama Set on October 30, 2014, 03:49:49 PM
When going on marathon gaming jags, don't forget your Vitamin C IV drip.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rushy on October 30, 2014, 03:59:36 PM
He probably died of sudden death from a vitamin deficiency.

He thought eating an orange would be enough, but little did he know that only a 1000mg Vitamin C supplement could save him.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: markjo on October 30, 2014, 04:02:05 PM
Nah.  He probably died of embarrassment when he realized that he just wasted 2 full days of his life on a video game getting beat by a girl.
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: jroa on October 31, 2014, 05:51:44 PM
Don't forget about his massive case of ebola.  That is what killed the dinosaurs too.  Well, that and lack of vitamen C. 
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Ghost of V on November 26, 2014, 10:07:19 PM
Valdimir Putin has released a Siberian tiger into the wild and it is now terrorizing Chinese farmers.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/26/putin-released-a-siberian-tiger-into-the-wild-now-its-tormenting-chinese-farmers/
Title: Re: People Doing Dumb Things
Post by: Rama Set on November 27, 2014, 11:59:07 PM
Valdimir Putin has released a Siberian tiger into the wild and it is now terrorizing Chinese farmers.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/26/putin-released-a-siberian-tiger-into-the-wild-now-its-tormenting-chinese-farmers/

Don't you think Putin knows exactly what he is doing?