>> ^cracanata:

I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.


It's still a fail...

To me it looked like the wingsuit didn't give him the lift he was expecting and he pulled the chute too late to make much of a difference. I understand 900 feet is not a lot of room for error but still, there was time for a seasoned veteran (anyone wingsuiting from a bridge should have some logged hours flying the thing in a less dangerous environment, say 12,000 feet higher) to pull out of the stunt and admit defeat, sparing himself the injuries.

I lump this 'tradgedy' in with things like the death of Kurt Kobain, Bon Scott or Steve Irwin. Choosing to do something risky where it is foreseeable that you could die or be seriously damaged is exercising poor choices, not tragic.

But of course it's all in the eye of the beholder. I just tend to have a low opinion of things like this being talked up as tragic because, as packo noted, there are plenty of real tradgedies where the victims have absolutely no choice in their situation and still suffer horribly.

>> ^maatc:

Crikey! In the preview image he looks like Steve Irwin!


Definitely an Irwin Syndrome baby.

Crikey! In the preview image he looks like Steve Irwin!

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>> ^spoco2:

Did it really need the goofy fricken sound effects? BOING! CRASH! CLANG!


Whenever I hear the stupid sound effects they add to some TV shows it makes me think that the TV shows from Idiocracy could be here any day. Link, if you don't know what I'm talking about.

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I really do miss Steve Irwin, the enthusiasm that he brought to everything he did is a lesson we could all take with us.

>> ^westy:

CRIKY LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT STIGER!


I'm assuming you mean "stinger"? Tasteless joke fail.

That's an adorable girl and she seems to be having a great time. Still, seems like a bad idea to teach your kids to hassle wild animals for amusement. The world doesn't need more Steve Irwins. . . Well, I guess we have zero Steve Irwins presently, let's try to keep it that way.

^That dag looks like it could fuck up 10 Steve Irwins!


too meta?

Wow, that looks big enough to fuck up 10 Steve Irwins...


...too soon?

Off to the right is Steve Irwin's ghost, giving the finger.

has this guy not heard about what happened to steve irwin on the "their only dangerous if you dont know what your doing" principal ?

>> ^Stingray:
That sucks... I just heard the news. I've been watching Pitchmen on Discovery. He's a great guy. Really cares about the products he sells and his family.
He'll be missed!


Stingray, aren't you the guy that killed Steve Irwin? Fuck you, man!

He's merely trying to avenge Steve Irwin.