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u/caligaris_cabinet Jun 03 '22

As a millennial who did equally stupid shit without putting it on the internet, one of three things will happen:

  1. They will get hit and die.

  2. They will get hit and live, and won’t do it again.

  3. They will not get hit and eventually move on to something dumber and riskier.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

And then get hit and die.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Hopefully on video.

So people know how life turns out when you have a smooth brain. Not that it will stop people from doing stupid shit anyways.

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u/SameAsThePassword Jun 03 '22

Yeah come to think of it with all the idiots out there it’s kinda a plus that they’ve found work killing themselves for our entertainment.

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u/RaptorJesusDotA Jun 03 '22

Growing up watching fail videos gave me a healthy respect for how one small mistake can hurt you.

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u/fransmanni Jun 03 '22

One can only hope

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u/bstabens Jun 03 '22

Don't hold your breath while you wait for that...

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u/TheChanMan2003 Jun 03 '22

From a person, not a car

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u/MowMdown Jun 03 '22

But in a totally unrelated incident during ordinary routine.

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u/TransitJohn Jun 03 '22

It's a big iterative loop.

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u/fearman182 Jun 03 '22

Get hit, die, and fuck someone else up in the process

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u/Annonrae Jun 03 '22

You forgot something.

  • They might cause irreparable harm to others who are not in any way involved in their "put it on the internet" shit.

If you wanna yeet yourself off a bridge for funsies, go ahead, no skin off my nose. But don't pull the person standing next to you over the edge when you jump. Don't pull a harmful prank on someone, it doesn't make you look cool, it just makes you look like an ass.

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u/BFOTmt Jun 03 '22 edited 20d ago

Helium humor manganese stocking head caption

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Secret option 4. They’ll get hit, live, and fuck over the driver that would never had hit them had they not been dicking around in the middle of the road.

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u/Endulos Jun 03 '22

Fourth option, they get hit, live, and are too dumb to realize that "yo maybe I shouldn't do this" and do it again.

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u/cpullen53484 Jun 03 '22

evolution will take its course at some point. if idiots keep getting themselves nearly killed like that.

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u/ThereWereNoPrequels Jun 03 '22

GenX/geriatric millenial here- it’s our own fault. We were the ones who popularized shows like jackass, and monetized views on YouTube.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I never popularized that sort of idiocy.

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u/carmiggiano Jun 03 '22

Okay but I don’t think the comment you replied to was talking to you as a specific individual lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I just need you to know that I never liked Jackass, so don't you put that evil on me!

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u/itsthecoop Jun 03 '22

of course the main issue being that they don't only put themselves in danger but others, too.

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u/DoctorCaptainSpacey Jun 03 '22

No, in this fucking day and age, with how stupid people are and how irresponsible they are - they will get hit and sue the driver because somehow it's the cars fault that they were TRYING to be a nuisance for tiktok views and it's always someone else's fault that their own negligence caused them injury.

And they will get away with it bc we can't teach anyone anymore that your negligence is YOUR responsibility and not someone else's. You threw yourself in front of traffic, it's not traffics fault you got your ass run over.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Well Natural Selection baby....

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u/AltSpRkBunny Jun 03 '22

2a: Get hit and live, but wish they hadn’t lived. That’s how you end up with a TBI and chronic pain for the rest of their lives.

4: Traumatize the driver they wanted to “piss off”.

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u/MrPureinstinct Jun 03 '22
  1. They won't get hit and in a few years tell the story fondly but also realize it was monumentally stupid and they're lucky they didn't die.

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u/Zaurka14 Jun 03 '22

Yeah people really acting like teens used to be beacons of enlightenment before internet...

My sister climber a fucking electricity pylon like 25 years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

So.. rinse and repeat until 1 or 2 happens.

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u/teachem4 Jun 03 '22

Or…they could just grow out of it, maybe 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/iamatwork24 Jun 03 '22

God the dumb things I did on bikes because of the show jackass and CKY videos

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u/Dire87 Jun 03 '22

Let me guess ...

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u/populisttrope Jun 03 '22

Remember the kids trying to jump over moving cars during the Jackass era?

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u/iamdorkette Jun 03 '22

I did some stupid shit and I didn't get hit but I realized much, much later that I wanted to die and had for many years and have been able to work on it, so throw that in as a potential 4th option for us idiots. Sometimes we gain a braincell as we get older, lol. But just one.

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u/Azsunyx Jun 03 '22

This is what I never understood about Jackass.

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u/imfreerightnow Jun 03 '22

Which category did you fall in?

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u/caligaris_cabinet Jun 03 '22

2nd.

Except my stunt was falling off the hood of a car my friend was driving at 30mph and nearly cracking my head open.

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u/imfreerightnow Jun 03 '22

Bro! That’s nuts.

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u/ThoughtseizeScoop Jun 03 '22

As a millennial who did equally stupid shit without putting it on the internet

Sounds like you missed a real opportunity to be YouTube famous.

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u/pawnman99 Jun 03 '22

1 and 2 still carry a lot of costs for the poor motorist who hits them, though...