Human mortality has caused us anguish as far back as we have written history. After all, the Epic of Gilgamesh is largely about dealing with the passing of Gilgamesh’s best buddy. But that doesn’t mean that humans treat danger as seriously as they should.
Someone asked the internet to share the dumbest stories of how someone passed and netizens did just that. Be warned, dumb can be funny, but a few of these tales are also pretty morbid. Otherwise, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own experiences below.
#61
Never slowed down in his speed boat no matter how choppy the water was. Took the wrong wave at 80+ MPH, was gone by the time the boat stopped rolling.
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3points
#62
They went river rafting in a flash flood zone. That ran in the middle of our school.
We found the raft with no one in it a few miles down river.
Bodies were recovered some time after:/ hardly knew the kids but they made it to the 7th grade.
We found the raft with no one in it a few miles down river.
Bodies were recovered some time after:/ hardly knew the kids but they made it to the 7th grade.
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#63
Tried to inhale helium off the tank at a 5 year olds birthday party so he could make funny voices. Exploded his lungs in front of twenty 5 year olds and d**d.
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#64
Complained of feeling really bad for several days but drank four pitchers of margaritas one night and was found d**d in his big rig fifty miles away the next day by the DPS (highway patrol).
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#65
The town pool where I grew up is built around a natural spring pond so even off season it is mostly full of water. A kid in my year in high school was goofing around with friends late one night in the middle of winter. He wanted to do something funny to impress the girls in the group. While wearing multiple heavy warm layers of clothing, he jumped into the deep end of the pond. He had no idea how to swim and promptly drowned.
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#66
By crawling under a house during a freeze to thaw what he thought was the water line with a blowtorch. It was the gas line.
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#67
Sat on a glass coffee table. Big shard of glass right up the wazoo, severing everything in its path. Multi-organ failure, massive bleed-out.
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#68
Huffing canned air in the parking lot of the store they stole/bought it from. I say stole/bought because she had a tendency to steal it and I don’t remember if she bought or stole this one.
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3points
#70
At a high school party this kid saw one of his friends leaving and thought he'd be funny to jump out in front of the vehicle to scare the driver. He got hit and d**d.
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2points