According to the link in the OP, his “serious burns” are only first degree- nothing life threatening or even disfiguring. It is totally appropriate to laugh at this moron’s lack of judgement.
It depends, now doesn’t it? We aren’t talking about just anyone here, nor are we speaking of some innocent who has had an unfortunate accident. We are speaking specifically about some dumb-ass that intentionally set himself on fire as a gag. I see nothing wrong with wishing him great success in his misadventure and breaking out the s’mores.
oh god, kelvin is gonna get a drivers license soon, god please save my soul because my ass is in jeopardy!
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I don’t think ridiculing him is cruel at all. Anways gobear summed it up quite nicely.
I bet he’ll be staying away from barbecues for awhile, hehe.
Sorry for the “me too” post, but I fully agree with Mr Visible.
There’s nothing to laugh about in this story. At worst one could think about the stupidity of people in general and teens in particular, and sigh, but it’s definitely not fun. The boy is in pain on a hospital bed, and either you guy lack empathy, either you don’t fully realize the situation.
In this case, I certainly wouldn’t be very sympathetic, especially since I’m particulary irritated by reckless drivers. But it still wouldn’t be fun in any way…
I suppose “If a kid does something stupid and gets hurt, adults will make fun of him” is a natural law, too.
The kid did something stupid, and the playground bullies stand around and mock, and tell themselves it’s part of the social order, or the way the universe works. When in fact, it can be directly attributed to being a jerk.
What’s funny is the fact that everybody is saying the kid’s blaming someone else for his actions, when he’s not. But nobody here is gonna come out and say “I like making fun of stupid children who hurt themselves because I’m an asshole.” Instead, you’re all blaming something else, and justifying your actions by saying that what the kid did was really dumb, so you have a right to wish death on him.
I’ll pick stupid people over cruel ones, any day.
I always found cruel people more interesting than dullards.
I’d just like to point out again that this moron only got first-degree burns:
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Hospital bed? Pain and suffering? Permanent disfigurement? Not even close to a Darwin award. The ER probably just gave him some lotion and sent him packing.
“Setting myself on fire with rubbing alcohol was cool! For my next trick, I’ll use gasoline!”
I don’t wish death on him, nor am I laughing at him, nor do I care if he does or doesn’t sue Jackass.
All I know, is that when I was 5 years old (maybe even 3 years old), I knew fire=burn=owwee.
This kid is 15 (as if we all don’t know that already).
I don’t have much sympathy for the kid.
Mr Visible:
How can I put this…yes.
No, the kid did not do ‘something stupid’. He Set Himself on FIRE!! Not only did he set himself on fire, he set himself on fire apparently because of what he thought might be in a TV show he liked. Screw the playground bullies man, I’m sure the worm eatin’ circus geeks used to snicker behind that kids back in high school too. Hell, if we can’t laugh at this dude, who the hell can we laugh at? No-one? Fuck that, dude, life’s too grim as it is.
A-hem. I like making fun of stupid adolescents who should have known better before they graduated kindergarten when they injure themselves in pursuits so moronic they give those of us who do know better migraines from laughing so damn hard at their ridiculous antics.
Fair enough, but don’t complain next time you have one over for dinner and your house burns down 'cos he tried to test the mains socket out with his tongue and his flaming coiffure caught the drapes. 
For the record: I like making fun of stupid children who hurt themselves because I’m an asshole. Actually, I like making fun of stupid people of all ages, regardless of the consequences. The hurting-themselves is just the universe laughing with me. And yes, I’m an asshole.
Well, when I was a kid, I used to light alcohol on my hands pretty regularly, because that sort of thing seems pretty amusing when you’re in your early teens. Used to imitate “fire-breathers” with varying degrees of success, which is probably stupider.
I don’t understand why people are so quick to blame “Jackass!” lately. It’s not like they called the program “Really cool guy who you should emulate, if possible!”
It never occurred to me to blame “That’s Incredible!” after I had that horrible fiasco with the “Beard of Bees” – after all, they warned me not to try it at home…
Yup.
when I was around 7 or 8 two kids across the street decided to “catch a car”. They tied a rope around their waists and each stood on one side of the street.
The car pulled one kid two blocks before the old woman in the car knew what was going on.
But, because this was 1976 (or around there) every one just summed it up to stupid kids and not to a movie or cartoon.
Psssst…
Larry, gasoline is a better accelerant. 
Personally, I feel anyone trying to immitate a show named “JACKASS” deserves to be hurt and ridiculed.
Here’s a more horrible scenario…
What if he next copies the Jackass sperm bank donation skit?
I wouldn’t say what he did was stupid, it goes way beyond that. Somehow the act of videotaping it, seems to knock it up several notches on my imbecile gauge.
Stupid Jackass, taking all the credit. Rammstein was setting themselves on fire LONG before Johnny Knoxville ever did it.
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