David Incorporated Esq.
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Farenheit. 200 celsius water is steam.
Freak accident in that he wandered off the safe area past the DANGER signs and stood close enough to a pit of boiling, acidic water that slipping and falling was a risk, yes.
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More bad behavior at Yellowstone - man walks off boardwalk and dies in hot spring
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Farenheit. 200 celsius water is steam.
Freak accident in that he wandered off the safe area past the DANGER signs and stood close enough to a pit of boiling, acidic water that slipping and falling was a risk, yes.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Not really. Someone jumping in a hot spring to get a dog shows lack of good judgment under pressure. "Darwin Award Material" too, maybe more so since they knowingly did it instead of accidentally doing it. But people have an easier time showing empathy for a pet story. They're both tragic, someone showing bad judgement before they died doesn't change that. Maybe he was retrieving his sister's hat like the story the other poster told about their mom? Does that make it less tragic or more tragic? Maybe he was just being bold. Still tragic either way.
Hovering over people and saying that there death is less tragic because people deem themselves intellectually superior is a dangerous road to go down. You could play that game all day. Someone dies of a heart attack, well they shouldn't have eaten like shit all those years.
Fat_Caddis
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Many posters were quick to call for the Cincinnati Zoo to get sued when the 4 year old child decided to jump into a gorilla pit after climbing over the fence. The obvious sentiment in this thread is that the guy was a complete idiot and should be laughed at for his stupidity. Here's a question: if a 4 year old boy had jumped the fence and died in the springs as a result, should the park be liable for his death? Should there be more effective barriers?
I think there are just some situations where dumb, reckless, or mentally-impaired people are going to end up dying, and we shouldn't encase the world in plexiglass to cater to them. Thoughts?
I think there are just some situations where dumb, reckless, or mentally-impaired people are going to end up dying, and we shouldn't encase the world in plexiglass to cater to them. Thoughts?
David Incorporated Esq.
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This is a different situation from a zoo as it's a natural formation that you are viewing, not a manufactured facility.
Imagine the Grand Canyon being completely surrounded with guard rail.
radios shipping overview
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Darwin Award finalist?
The man had adrenaline pumping through his system as he saw his dog literally being burned alive. People do stupid things for their animals and view their pets as companions. I personally wouldn't have done it but I know people who in the heat of the moment would have said "Fuck it" and tried.
Here you have a dumbass who for no seemingly good reason other than to show off, did something profoundly stupid. He has zero reason to be messing around that far from the boardwalk.
When I went to Yellowstone a couple years ago, it was hard to miss the literal signs and warnings all over the hot springs areas, stating they are scalding hot vats of acid and to stay on the boadwalks for safety.
He was an adult, and did something not only stupid, but flagrantly dangerous. It's like jogging through lanes of rush hour traffic on a dare levels of dumb.
FreeMufasa
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Man.....neogaf is a scary place sometimes.
"That guy deserved to die"
....Jesus
"That guy deserved to die"
....Jesus
It's because people assume animals are pure and innocent, and humans not so much.
vainglorious
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You know I wonder how many of the people from that gorilla zoo thread claiming that they would save their dogs over people would've done something so similarly as short sighted as this guy.
arts&crafts
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I still do not understand why they euthanized the baby bison (old story) instead of sending it to the rescue farms people have for animals. I bet you $1000 someone would have gladly rescued it if they put up an ad for it.
metalslimer
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I feel horrible for his family, but it's just hard to feel sympathy for complete and utter stupidity deaths. And I'd say he is a piece of shit for putting his sister through this to go and do something so stupid
Guy was a fucking idiot him and his sister. People like this end up ruining places for everyone else. I'm glad rangers called off recovery attempts. No need for rangers to risk their own lives for someone who didn't care about their own. I have zero sympathy for people like him and his sister. Sucks for his mom and dad tho.
whitemex88
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Now just think, he probably panicked and had his mouth open and swallowed 200 degree acidic water.
Ray Wonder
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I wouldn't say that. It's stupid, but people do exactly what he did (minus slipping in) and end up fine.
Maybe he saw the youtube video of 6 dudes walking around off the path and thought it would be alright. Dude made a dumb mistake, and paid the ultimate price for it.
I wouldn't call it a mistake. He was nearly 2 football fields off the boardwalk.
Well you can also run through traffic and come out fine just saying ;D
Horsemama1956
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Probably best to melt in the springs than be "rescued" and lay in a bed for a day or 2 with burns over 100% of your body.
Ya, I imagine feeling the water cook and eat through your mouth, esophagus, then lungs, before finally leaking into your diaphragm wouldn't have been fun.
User Name Here
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Oh wow... ok, so not exactly a freak accident, but a really, really, stupid decision.
Powdered Egg
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What a terrible way to die. Dude got Dark Soul'd.
Months, many painful months
Much worse, lobsters don't have a comparable Endocrine system as far as I know, not to mention the water's much hotter and not acidic when we cook them. His adrenaline from panicking probably kept him alive and conscious for a relativly long time, while a lobster would die nearly instantly.
n00bsauce87
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I wish it was a joke. Accidents happen like in your scenario. People end up with bad luck with having bad genes. You can't avoid inheritable diseases.
But this idiot decided to not obey the rules and there were consequences. He walked over two football fields of land away from the boardwalk with signs saying you shouldn't do it.
I don't have sympathy. I feel sorry for his sister for witnessing that, but at what time did someone try to stop him or him realizing it's not a good idea? Was it when he first took a step off the board walk?
10 yards?
25 yards?
50 yards?
a football field away? No, he kept going you say?
150 yards?
200 yards?
He went beyond that way from the boardwalk AND then he decided to turn back.
If you do something intentional that may result in your own loss of life and end up with your own loss of life, you didn't care much for it.
Horsemama1956
Member
You'd be dead within days with 100% body coverage of 3rd and 4th degree burns and any internal burning.
That's true. Horrible.
Fuck me. Just reading that story made my limbs go weak.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Hm. Not sure how to respond to this. There are varying degrees of severity when it comes to mistakes. I wouldn't know what else to call it if it's not classified as a mistake.
The perceived danger is the difference. You also can come out just fine by lighting a house on fire and locking the doors, but the chances are slim.
arts&crafts
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Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Fuuuuuuck
As others have mentioned, they're all over the place.
Even without the signs, the water is steaming, boiling, and smells acidic. I don't think it's a disgustingly imperialistic assumption to say that walking out into those areas is a monumentally, historically stupid decision.
I think that was the point of the original comment was making or at least how I read it. Both are incredibly stupid, dangerous things that common sense alone should have warned you away from and this guy paid the price as he was not lucky enough to get away from the foolishness unharmed. The situation is terrible but he made a really really bone headed decisions and kept pushing his luck by going out farther and farther and taking his sister with him? We're lucky it wasnt two people sucked in.
PulseONE
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If it helps, whilst awake, its likely his nerves burned out pretty fast
It's pretty terrible to say, but the best thing we can hope for is that he didn't know how to swim and drowned relatively quickly
EDIT:
You ever broken a tooth or bone, or had anything that permanently affects your body negatively? You know that sinking feeling you get, that "well, this happened" state of mind? Imagine how intense it must be when you catch a glimpse of your hand beneath the crystal clear geyser water, and it's pure muscle, no skin left. When you find the reason you're starting to sink beneath the water is because your legs have stopped working. When you realize the sharp-pain-into-growing-dullness in your chest is all the water you've swallowed and inhaled, literally cooking you from the inside out. And that's after the 3 minutes of excruciating, mind numbing, inescapable pain he'd have experienced when he first fell in.
This is probably, bar none, the worst way to go.
Willfull endangerment. He consciously ignored the warning signs, left the safety of the path, and walked a sizable distance away from safe ground.
No, I don't think he deserved to die. But it is hard to feel full empathy for the guy when he choose to do something so stupid. The guy who went in after his dog- yeah I feel bad for him and the dog. That was a split second decision to save a companions life in-spite of the known danger. Not wise, but it was a heroic effort.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Fuck man. I know it was his fault but still. That's still terrible.
whitemex88
Member
I imagine it feels like this
I'm sure it would be excruciating.
On the positive side, with enough trauma your body goes into shock and your brain shuts down. So you wouldn't be conscious much beyond the initial damage.
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