Darwin award witnessed
humor
While I was in the army I
was stationed in Landstuhl Germany from 1998-2001, and while I was
there I had the morbid pleasure to witness the aftermath of a Darwin
Awardee. Below is the text from their website and they call it Mental
Eclipse. While it is tragic to see something like this happen, I was wondering if anyone else has a similar story.
(11 August 1999) A 42-year-old man killed himself
watching the eclipse while driving near Kaiserslautern, Germany. A
witness driving behind him stated that the man was weaving back and
forth as he concentrated on the partially occluded sun, when he
suddenly accelerated and hit the bridge pier. He had apparently just
donned his solar viewers, which are dark enough to totally obscure
everything except the sun.
Yes when I read this I can't help but to laugh.
The scene was hardly funny though. I think he was driving a VW Golf
but the car was so mangled it was almost impossible to determine. I
find it morbidly amusing the way we as humans can find humor in others
stupidity. I can't help but wonder, was this guy in that big of a
hurry that he couldn't stop for 2 minutes, and what was he thinking?
Was it something like, I don't need these eyes? I got it. He was
using his telepathic powers to guide his car but that pier just jumped
out in front of him. It's kinda like people talking on their cell
phones while driving but multiplied by a hundred. We're all guilty of
it. I guess that's the reason you can get a drivers license while
being deaf but can't if your blind.
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