# From Clickhole: runner puts injured competitor out of her misery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970 "2016-02-02T18:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/1 "2016-02-02T18:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > As Jessica Haney rounded the corner during the final leg of the NCAA West Preliminary’s 10,000-meter event this weekend, Nicole Price’s lead must have looked insurmountable. But when an exhausted Nicole suddenly collapsed within 200 feet of the finish line, most onlookers expected Jessica to capitalize on the injury and secure herself a first-place finish. > > Instead, Jessica taught us all that some things are more important than winning, as she stopped short of the finish line, pulled out a pistol, and put the injured runner out of her misery once and for all. [http://www.clickhole.com/article/inspiring-runner-stopped-just-yards-finish-put-col-3845](http://www.clickhole.com/article/inspiring-runner-stopped-just-yards-finish-put-col-3845) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/2 "2016-02-02T18:24:57Z")
New meaning to the term “gun lap”. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/3 "2016-02-02T18:26:22Z")
I’ve heard of using guns to _start_ a race… ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/4 "2016-02-02T18:26:48Z")
That’s awful, there should be laws against this sort of thing. [frowny face] ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/5 "2016-02-02T18:29:34Z")
Okay, now we have reached Onion territory? Is the real or not? Ever since the diaper wearing astronaut killer story I don’t know what to believe anymore. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/6 "2016-02-02T18:30:39Z")
I’m wondering if the weight penalty is worth carrying over long distances. Besides, what about the chafing issues with the holster? ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/7 "2016-02-02T18:32:06Z")
Parody: [Clickhole Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClickHole) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/8 "2016-02-02T18:35:14Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I’m wondering if the weight penalty is worth carrying over long distances. Besides, what about the chafing issues with the holster? Absolutely not. A runner loses (appx) 2 seconds per lb. per mile. A knife is better plus easier to conceal. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/9 "2016-02-02T18:49:22Z")
I admire that girl. Stopping to shoot her competitor could have allowed another runner to win. It was a selfless act that we don’t see enough of in sports anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/10 "2016-02-02T18:58:21Z")
Number one with a bullet? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/11 "2016-02-02T19:05:23Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I admire that girl. Stopping to shoot her competitor could have allowed another runner to win. It was a selfless act that we don’t see enough of in sports anymore. She did give up the win to deliver the final act of kindness. > [@](#): > > For a few riveting moments, the attention of the crowd was focused squarely on the beautiful act of human kindness playing out before them. **While the rest of the field passed by without helping** , all eyes remained on Jessica as she bent over the downed runner and offered a few words of comfort before delivering a single shot to her head. It was a simple, poignant gesture that moved fans and athletes alike. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/12 "2016-02-02T19:12:30Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Okay, now we have reached Onion territory? > > Is the real or not? > > Ever since the diaper wearing astronaut killer story I don’t know what to believe anymore. Literally The Onion. It’s their parody of Buzzfeed and Huffpo and other clickbait listicle nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/13 "2016-02-02T19:14:25Z")
Sportsmanship. Pass it on. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/14 "2016-02-02T19:16:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She did give up the win to deliver the final act of kindness. I missed that. Now I’m on the verge of tears. There just is no compassion in this world anymore. While I was starting to really think Bernie Sanders was a guy who did belief in social justice instead of just another politician pandering to the communist voting bloc I now realize if he was really the kind of guy I could vote for he would have pulled out one of the guns he fought so hard to protect and put a bullet in Martin O’Malley’s head before the poor guy had to humiliate himself by pulling out of the race. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/15 "2016-02-02T20:26:09Z")
Sounds like a ripoff of this Onion story: [Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking Leg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMsLg4jqlJw) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/16 "2016-02-02T20:30:30Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Sounds like a ripoff of this Onion story: > > [Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking Leg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMsLg4jqlJw) Clickhole is an _Onion_ site. Specifically satirizing clickbait sites. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/17 "2016-02-02T20:34:29Z")
The Onion should do a story riffing on this. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/18 "2016-02-02T20:51:13Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Number one with a bullet? You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-clickhole-runner-puts-injured-competitor-out-of-her-misery/744970/19 "2016-02-02T21:30:27Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > The Onion should do a story riffing on this. Clickhole should do a list of Onion stories that would make good Clickhole stories.