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Idiot kills himself taking a selfie
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wants to fuck an Asian grill.
There's no question the premise for the type of picture in question was dumb in the first place. Certainly unadvisable. But if someone not bent on suicide was gonna do it anyway because they were a dumb young person (as many of us were), it would be ideal to unload the weapon.
Guest12345678
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What if it was a cry for help?
I don't see how the number of people on Earth matter. The guy died doing something very stupid. I guess I get nothing out of getting into a group and conversing about how undeserving of sympathy he is. To be honest, I feel like a lot of people do it because it makes them feel a little better about themselves.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
After
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this was bound to happen.
Waste of life.
Dude was so lucky he only got a kick.
Something is very wrong if you're standing at kicking distance from a moving train.
If you ever find yourself doing something like this for a selfie:
Then you need to re-examine your priorities.
To be fair, he doesn't have any fingers anywhere near the trigger.
Freaky Fred
Banned
maybe he was suicidal and wanted everyone to see a picture right as he killed himself
then we'd have people calling a suicidal kid an idiot
that thread was a trainwreck
then we'd have people calling a suicidal kid an idiot
After
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this was bound to happen.
Waste of life.
that thread was a trainwreck
...Why?
Yeah, I think selfie's are dumb, but one of the worst things ever?
terrisus
Member
finger doesn't need to be in trigger well for a firearm to discharge. you don't want sneeze while you've got a barrel pointed at yourself
safety be damned
Triggers don't pull themselves. I agree that it was still incredibly stupid. Just saying he atleast had the sense to not have his finger on the trigger.
PirateKing
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Shitty title bro
Rip to the guy.
Rip to the guy.
terrisus
Member
"It wasn't on the trigger" is definitely different than "he doesn't have any fingers anywhere near the trigger."
Messofanego
Banned
It's a touchy thing. Like, if mental checks were once a year for gun owners, maybe they'd feel discriminated that they're thought of being a hair trigger away from losing it. You can't control what a person does a decade away, so it's still best to be safe and have mental health check-ups.
Bill Squabber
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Wait, why can't we feel bad for idiocy/poor decision making? Thread title is very insensitive.
Deaf Spacker
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Well that's gotta suck for his family, knowing that he died doing an incredibly stupid thing all because he wanted a selfie.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
because it is dumb as fuck and serves no other purpose than fro attention whores and narcissistic people to go "FUCKING LOOK AT ME DO THING AND GIVE ME ATTENTION" and then people go out and get kicked for being too close to trains or kill themselves trying to take pictures of themselves
Those poor gun owners. Can't hurt their feelings to make sure they don't snap with an actual weapon.
man please
saying the narcisstic culture irritates you (that is NOT new at all btw) is one thing but attaching it to people injured/dying while doing it is just flatout stupid. what do you think the selfie:injury ratio is? i bet its staggering
So what you are saying is that it is one of the worst things because people are taking photographs of themselves and sharing it with other people with the goal to spread more attention directed towards them? That doesn't really seem like anything that terrible or new even. Hell, people used to pay fortunes to have themselves painted while sitting days in front of an expensive artist to craft their selfie.
lmao, yeah it was.
I wonder what happened in the aftermath, I just recall that a lot of people thought that the guy saved his life by 'kicking' him.
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Well I think there's a difference between extreme radical "look at me while I am doing risky stupid shit" selfie culture and regular "hey look at me" selfie culture.
By enacting an annual mental health checkup policy, one would probably incite a civil war lol. Gun owner culture would not have any of that. That definitely goes beyond better initial background checks.
Messofanego
Banned
The dude Jared didn't believe the conductor was saving him because it was a drag rather than a push, he felt it was about just punishing him for being close to the train.
http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/update-train-kick-selfie-kid-says-his-viral-video-no-hoax
Gordon Shumway
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¡Estúpido!
InfiniteBento
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If you ever find yourself doing something like this for a selfie:
Then you need to re-examine your priorities.
Messofanego
Banned
Isn't it presumptuous to think gun owners are that short-tempered to start a civil war over some check-ups? I'm sure they have good emotional regulation or they shouldn't be owning a gun in the first place. We are not poking around their head, just some questionnaires and tests for mental aptitude. Owning a gun should be a big life decision, it's to be taken seriously like many things (home owning, car owning, marriage, will, etc).
smokeandmirrors
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No shit? Well damn here I thought I stumbled on something new to be irritable about and now you tell me it's not a new thing.
And it doesn't mean I can't get annoyed or not feel sympathy for people doing stupid shit. And why can't I attach it to people killing themselves? If they were trying to get a "cool" picture of them doing something stupid and SURPRISE they kill or injure themselves in the process, then yes, I consider that apart of the stupid "selfie-culture".
Yes but we never got 103808348x portraits of person doing x every goddamned day.
There is but one is a direct result of the other so...
Broder Salsa
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CountAntonius
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You may get shot in the back with an airsoft gun.
I wouldn't call him an idiot, because it's disrespectful, but why would you not put the safety on or take out the bullets out (depending on the type of gun).
If you don't know about safety locks, you shouldn't be holding a gun.
If you don't know about safety locks, you shouldn't be holding a gun.
It's like he went from 2D to 3D.
Freaky Fred
Banned
this picture is awesome though
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wants to fuck an Asian grill.
If there's a Republican president at the time, it could possibly be smoothed over. There would be backlash. Maybe it could work though. A Democrat trying to do that? Hillary in particular? Welp...at that point you're dealing with years of pent up repugnance. Maybe not a full blown civil war but some people would be killed.
I think you just can't take selfies on it.
XT Vengeance
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It may be harsh, but I agree with this statement.
I think it's more presumptuous to assume all gun owners act the same as if they all share the same mind and behave alike. Personally, I am naturally skeptical of another group of humans that actively work to remove my basic tool of self defense. You should be too, because that same group may give you a test one day to assess your aptitude to vote, get married, be a father, ect, ect, ect. Like you said, these are all major life decisions- do you not have the ability to assess yourself?
Simply Sami
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This reminds me of the episode of homicide hunter, I was watching. Two brothers going around shooting signs in a car. One of them said there were no bullets left in the gun and the other one after that jokingly pretended to pull the trigger at him. But sadly there was a bullet and the brother died instantly
So yeah don't play with guns.
So yeah don't play with guns.
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wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Nice catch, but think it was an honest typo...
WesternHeretic
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BUT FIRST LET ME TAKE A
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Sigh... feel bad for the guy's family, but damn he kind of did himself in so can't really.
Terrible way to go. 
Fun fact - the very first photographic portrait ever taken (from 1839) was in fact...a selfie.
Fun fact - the very first photographic portrait ever taken (from 1839) was in fact...a selfie.
Messofanego
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