Instant Karma

wafflepirate · 10-30-2008, 03:05 AM

Ok let me ruin any suprises for anyone who hasn't seen this...

In the following video, a group of teenage boys in a car are video taping one boy opening the car door to kit a cyclist they are passing.
The boy holding the door swings out of the car by mistake after hitting the cyclist, and hits a parked car head first. (No blood, or spattered brains or anything)

Instant Karma

The friend who showed me this clip assured me that the boy in the video was dead (she heard it... somewhere)
I can only imagine that at his funeral his friends and family remembered him as "A great guy who was always ready for a laugh" instead of a thoughtless jerk he undoubtedly was, when he was plucked so willingly from the gene pool.

I can't lie, if that was *me* on the bike, I'd have been laughing my BUTT off when he hit the car... The kid was an idiot, along with all his idiot friends, and he *deserved* to get hurt.

Your thoughts?

Crimson Ghost · 10-30-2008, 03:32 AM

Darwin strikes again.

glatt · 10-30-2008, 08:25 AM

I haven't seen the video, and I don't plan to, but I know from experience that when you get a group of teenage boys together with no supervision or structure, the median IQ of the group drops by about 40 points. This phenomenon becomes more apparent the greater the interval between times of supervision.

The boy who opened the door was probably a decent kid when left to his own devices.

Treasenuak · 10-30-2008, 08:32 AM

Peer pressure. It does horrible things to decent kids everywhere. And while the kid DYING might be a bit extreme, I do think it's "turn about's fair play" when he thwacks his head on the car. Karma can be a reeeaaalll bitch!

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2008, 08:37 AM

I was riding my bike home from the pool when I was probably about 14. Some jokester leaned out of the passenger seat of the car he was in and slapped me on the ass as they drove by.

I was pissed! I couldn't do much, because even the Temper of Shawnee could not propel that bike as fast as the car could go.

They could have hurt me, run over me, knocked me over for the next car to run over me...

But I didn't want to see the kid get his head smashed and die.

Kids do stupid things all the time.

SquidGirl · 10-30-2008, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The boy who opened the door was probably a decent kid when left to his own devices.

So sad...but yet so true....I will admit, I did check out the link and OH MY.....yes, you can tell his friends were totally into it, too.

classicman · 10-30-2008, 09:45 AM

wafflepirate - That is sad - I see no humor in either his intent nor the outcome. The kid was doing something incredibly stupid and payed what appears to be the ultimate price for it. Glad you found it so funny? WTF is funny about that?

HungLikeJesus · 10-30-2008, 10:21 AM

Where did wp say it was funny?

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Where did wp say it was funny?

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Originally Posted by wafflepirate

[i]~snipI can only imagine that at his funeral his friends and family remembered him as "A great guy who was always ready for a laugh" instead of a thoughtless jerk he undoubtedly was, when he was plucked so willingly from the gene pool.

I can't lie, if that was *me* on the bike, I'd have been laughing my BUTT off when he hit the car... The kid was an idiot, along with all his idiot friends, and he *deserved* to get hurt.

~snip

Um, right there...

Pico and ME · 10-30-2008, 10:51 AM

This is such an extreme example, but I'm sure what he is enjoying is that perpetrator of 'meanness and cruelty for the sake of entertainment' got his comeuppance. Not that it is funny like a joke or something.

HungLikeJesus · 10-30-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Um, right there...

Yeah, but that was conditional funny, not actual funny.

classicman · 10-30-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by wafflepirate

I can't lie, if that was *me* on the bike, I'd have been laughing my BUTT off when he hit the car... The kid was an idiot, along with all his idiot friends, and he *deserved* to get hurt.

Your thoughts?

Right here - I assume you would be "laughing my BUTT off" because you thought it was funny. No?

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

This is such an extreme example, but I'm sure what he is enjoying is that perpetrator of 'meanness and cruelty for the sake of entertainment' got his comeuppance. Not that it is funny like a joke or something.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Yeah, but that was conditional funny, not actual funny.

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Originally Posted by classicman

Right here - I assume you would be "laughing my BUTT off" because you thought it was funny. No?

The guy's head was smashed into tiny bits, presumably. Now, how is that funny under any condition? Who doesn't like to see the perpetrator of poor actions step in dog poo or something, but to say you would laugh your head off (was pun intended?) because someone who did something stupid got their head smashed to bits and probably died at a very young age is, to me, more "meanness and cruelty" than a stupid kid prank gone awry.

Pico and ME · 10-30-2008, 11:35 AM

No, its not funny. But neither would it have been had the biker been seriously injured or killed either. It is altogether unfortunate all the way around.

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2008, 11:37 AM

I agree, the prank wasn't funny. I don't think the kid dying is funny either, and I think that is just the point c-man was trying to make.

I'm glad none of us ever did stupid things when we were young. Think how empty the Cellar would be, since apparently the cost of the stupidity of youth is instant death in which you can't even have a decent open-casket funeral.

This seems to be waffle's wish, anyway.

Will you be my waffle-headed wife? lol

10-30-2008, 03:05 AM	#1
wafflepirate Eavesdropper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 24	Instant Karma Ok let me ruin any suprises for anyone who hasn't seen this... In the following video, a group of teenage boys in a car are video taping one boy opening the car door to kit a cyclist they are passing. The boy holding the door swings out of the car by mistake after hitting the cyclist, and hits a parked car head first. (No blood, or spattered brains or anything) Instant Karma The friend who showed me this clip assured me that the boy in the video was dead (she heard it... somewhere) I can only imagine that at his funeral his friends and family remembered him as "A great guy who was always ready for a laugh" instead of a thoughtless jerk he undoubtedly was, when he was plucked so willingly from the gene pool. I can't lie, if that was me on the bike, I'd have been laughing my BUTT off when he hit the car... The kid was an idiot, along with all his idiot friends, and he deserved to get hurt. Your thoughts?

10-30-2008, 03:32 AM	#2
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Darwin strikes again. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

10-30-2008, 08:37 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I was riding my bike home from the pool when I was probably about 14. Some jokester leaned out of the passenger seat of the car he was in and slapped me on the ass as they drove by. I was pissed! I couldn't do much, because even the Temper of Shawnee could not propel that bike as fast as the car could go. They could have hurt me, run over me, knocked me over for the next car to run over me... But I didn't want to see the kid get his head smashed and die. Kids do stupid things all the time. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-30-2008, 09:45 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	wafflepirate - That is sad - I see no humor in either his intent nor the outcome. The kid was doing something incredibly stupid and payed what appears to be the ultimate price for it. Glad you found it so funny? WTF is funny about that? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-30-2008, 10:21 AM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Where did wp say it was funny? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-30-2008, 08:25 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I haven't seen the video, and I don't plan to, but I know from experience that when you get a group of teenage boys together with no supervision or structure, the median IQ of the group drops by about 40 points. This phenomenon becomes more apparent the greater the interval between times of supervision. The boy who opened the door was probably a decent kid when left to his own devices.

10-30-2008, 08:32 AM	#4
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	Peer pressure. It does horrible things to decent kids everywhere. And while the kid DYING might be a bit extreme, I do think it's "turn about's fair play" when he thwacks his head on the car. Karma can be a reeeaaalll bitch!

10-30-2008, 10:51 AM	#10
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	This is such an extreme example, but I'm sure what he is enjoying is that perpetrator of 'meanness and cruelty for the sake of entertainment' got his comeuppance. Not that it is funny like a joke or something.

10-30-2008, 11:35 AM	#14
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	No, its not funny. But neither would it have been had the biker been seriously injured or killed either. It is altogether unfortunate all the way around.

10-30-2008, 11:37 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I agree, the prank wasn't funny. I don't think the kid dying is funny either, and I think that is just the point c-man was trying to make. I'm glad none of us ever did stupid things when we were young. Think how empty the Cellar would be, since apparently the cost of the stupidity of youth is instant death in which you can't even have a decent open-casket funeral. This seems to be waffle's wish, anyway. Will you be my waffle-headed wife? lol __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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