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Man decapitated while testing hovercraft

If it was a person i knew? Of course i would. If that person knew me, he would expect me to make fun of him, even in death.
 
Please, people. Would you make fun of it if it was a person you knew (a member of this board perhaps)?

I'd just like to say that if I die in such a memorable fashion, I want a 5000-post thread filled with memes making fun of it. You all have my permission. :techman:
 
Please, people. Would you make fun of it if it was a person you knew (a member of this board perhaps)?

What if a member of this board was gay and objected to you using the word "gay" as a pejorative? What if a mod in another forum politely asked you to stop using it in that fashion a month ago and in retaliation you added a video link in your sig using gay as a pejorative just to be irritating?

What if that made a mod think you don't really give a damn about respecting hypothetical decapitated hovercraft enthusiasts that are also members of TrekBBS (there has to be more of those than gay posters, right, since you care so much more about them?), and were just continuing to try and be difficult and irritating by getting their attention with another one of your nearly bi-weekly pointless notifications?
 
Please, people. Would you make fun of it if it was a person you knew (a member of this board perhaps)?

What if a member of this board was gay and objected to you using the word "gay" as a pejorative? What if a mod in another forum politely asked you to stop using it in that fashion a month ago and in retaliation you added a video link in your sig using gay as a pejorative just to be irritating?

What if that made a mod think you don't really give a damn about respecting hypothetical decapitated hovercraft enthusiasts that are also members of TrekBBS (there has to be more of those than gay posters, right, since you care so much more about them?), and were just continuing to try and be difficult and irritating by getting their attention with another one of your nearly bi-weekly pointless notifications?

:rolleyes:

I'm sorry, but that has got to be the greatest bullshit I have ever read from you.

But well, maybe I am indeed the only one here who's upset by people making fun of death. Maybe we can forward this thread to the family and see how funny they think it is.

Your lame attempt at trying to get back at me about the gay thing... dude, it's not even in the same ball park. "Queen is gay" is a common joke, as evident in the clip in my signature (which I also explained to the moderator who gave me an infraction, and I took his/her non reply AND non-reaction to my signature as agreement. I even posted it in the Funny Videos thread and received no objections). This thread is about a specific tragic event where someone got KILLED.
 
Just to make it perfectly clear for future reference, the notification button is for things that are violations of the board rules. It's not the "Things Jarod doesn't like" button.

We're not here to enforce your concern for the hurt feelings of an actor who's not a member because someone insulted them. We're not here to clamp down on people using a little dark humor in the wake of someone who's not a member dying in a ridiculous manner. If the members think it's inappropriate they're usually quite capable of voicing their opinion themselves without running to Mommy and Daddy about it.

Learn what is and isn't an actual violation of the rules and stop abusing the notification system with your petty reports. Everyone is getting pretty tired of it and there will be consequences if it continues.
 
But well, maybe I am indeed the only one here who's upset by people making fun of death.
Not a big fan of M*A*S*H, I take it.

Yes, it is possible to feel bad for this guy and his family and also acknowledge the cosmic slapstick that sealed his doom.
 
Please, people. Would you make fun of it if it was a person you knew (a member of this board perhaps)?

I don't think people would have the same attitude if it was a member of the board. I wasn't a fan of the joking either, but I don't think people would be intentionally cruel.
 
Like my friend J., I feel terribly sorry for the man's family. How horrible that it happened it front of them. :(


But yet, I'm not totally averse to some of the joking going on. And yes, I am a huge M*A*S*H* fan.
 
It's been downgraded from 'decapitated' to 'head injuries'.

At least it's not as bad as the retraction printed in the paper that apologised for 'stolen groceries' and should have actually read 'homicide'.
 
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