# Darwin Awards Omnibus Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365 "2018-07-22T03:23:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365/1 "2018-07-22T03:23:48Z")

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I will start this off with an Iowan who went out with a bang instead of a whimper during Fourth of July celebrations:

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> An Eastern Iowa teenager gravely wounded over the weekend while shooting off fireworks with friends has become what authorities believe is the first person killed by the consumer explosives in the state since the Iowa Legislature legalized them last year.
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> Bremer County sheriff’s deputies said Coltin Carolus, 18, was injured Saturday while discharging fireworks in Waverly. Medics with Waverly Ambulance Service transported him to Waverly Hospital, but he was then transferred to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, where he was put on life support, according to the Sheriff’s Office. He was removed from life support at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, and his organs were donated, according to report.

> **[Iowa teenager dies from fireworks injuries](https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/iowa-teenager-dies-from-fireworks-injuries/)**
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> An Eastern Iowa teenager gravely wounded over the weekend while shooting off fireworks with friends has become what authorities believe …

None of the mass media go into any details of how the accident happened and you can reasonably say that accidents happen even when taking lots of precautions.

But I came across this in Reddit:

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> He duct taped a mortar launcher to the top of a football helmet and it didn’t eject from the tube properly. Shockwave scrambled his brain probably.
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> Now for the unpopular opinion: What an idiot. What a freaking Darwin.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/8y8q0u/18yearold\_taken\_off\_life\_support\_after\_fireworks/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/8y8q0u/18yearold_taken_off_life_support_after_fireworks/)

Other nominations?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365/2 "2018-07-25T01:43:32Z")

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How 'bout these TwatBristles?

> **[3 killed in Shannon Falls accident](https://trib.com/outdoors/bloggers-who-walked-on-yellowstone-hot-spring-die-after-falling/article_184b74ab-8348-5a3c-930a-72cfecc22ef2.html)**
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> OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Federal police in Canada say search and rescue teams in British Columbia have recovered the bodies of three people who went over Shannon Falls. Cpl. Sascha Banks of Canada's federal police service said Thursday the victims were...

Can’t feel too sorry for them. They seemed to elevate Douchery to an Art Form.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365/3 "2018-07-25T02:07:14Z")

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They earned it.