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The "Darwin Awards" once had an unnerving degree of pop culture acceptance. [edit] They might still.
by ogogmad 5y ago
The "Darwin Awards" once had an unnerving degree of pop culture acceptance.
[edit] They might still.
- InvaderFizz 5y agoIIRC, Darwin Awards were always targeted at singular instances of actions that could be charitably described as unwise. What is happening today is just the use of anything for the advancement of tribal signaling and catharsis derived from the suffering of the "other." It exists on every side, acceptability of these behaviors depends largely on in-group vs out-group status of the perpetrator.
- ogogmad 5y agoI might be sentimental in thinking that you shouldn't kick someone when they're down. Dying for your mistakes is one way to be "down", and mocking someone is a great way of "kicking" them. Goes beyond tribalism.
- ogogmad 5y agoOn the subject of Darwin Awards, that website didn't have a very good rationalisation for celebrating those people's deaths, except for some social Darwinian bullshit. At least here, they sort of seem to have one.