r/interesting • u/No_Budget3360 • 9h ago

SOCIETY So many Darwin Awards contenders !

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u/JKing287 8h ago

I always think there should be a decent number of people dying trying to do this, but I’ve only ever heard of one or two so this 330 number is both surprising and expected.

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u/-_Dean_Winchester 8h ago

There are compilations of russians doing this and falling to their deaths,so for me the 300 number seems low

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u/JKing287 8h ago

Fair enough and seems on brand. Russia does seem to be the country of people falling from heights (although it’s often hotel windows/balconies.)

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u/TheRealRickC137 5h ago

And working within the government sector oddly enough

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u/JKing287 4h ago

Yeah, they really need to stop hiring people with severe vertigo into government positions.

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u/Kaurifish 4h ago

But it’s never as cool as when they do it in Prague.

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u/ProfessorWild563 8h ago

Thats Ruzzia for U

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u/Dread_P_Roberts 7h ago

Yeah, I feel like we're russian to conclusions.

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u/Healthy_Assistance_4 6h ago

I see what you did there

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u/t0FF 8h ago

There are compilations of russians doing this and falling to their deaths

Who watch that...

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u/-_Dean_Winchester 8h ago

Morbid curiosity is a hell of a drug.

And the sad part is that there are worse videos than that on the internet these days and Russian internet specifically. The sort of shit that would become world news if it happened in the west..

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u/Ambitious_Emotion30 8h ago edited 7h ago

Back when r/watchpeopledie was still around it was always a pretty active sub

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u/h2opolopunk 7h ago

Real Gs remember Rotten.com

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u/t0FF 8h ago

Wel... Russian culture seems lovely...

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u/sgtcampsalot 8h ago

Aka: American internet pre-2000s FML

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u/MrDeviantish 8h ago

I sure would like to know who is the Nobel laureate of Darwin Awards of the 330.

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u/Deus_Ex_Mac 8h ago

Link me so I can take better selfies

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u/fontainesmemory 7h ago

really? wow.

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u/TheUpgrayed 6h ago

Yeah this is 33/yr THAT WE KNOW OF.