# Russian Roulette-Epic Fail! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839 "2010-05-17T23:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/1 "2010-05-17T23:40:10Z")
[Link.](http://mediafetcher.com/article_full.php?id=114607) Did anybody else notice something right off the bat? And we used to be scared of the Russians. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/2 "2010-05-17T23:43:56Z")
If you’re referring to the tiny thumbnail image, then yes. I used to use that as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/3 "2010-05-18T01:26:02Z")
Yup. He’s not playing right. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/4 "2010-05-18T01:29:27Z")
Potential Darwin Award nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Beerman1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Beerman1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beerman1963)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/5 "2010-05-18T01:31:48Z")
Yes never wear a white shirt when playing 🙂 but really an automatic? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/6 "2010-05-18T01:37:32Z")
because you’re hoping for a miraculous dud. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/7 "2010-05-18T01:39:02Z")
Is the video real? Why did they hand a loaded gun to that guy? ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/8 "2010-05-18T07:46:39Z")
I don’t get it 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/9 "2010-05-18T08:55:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Link.](http://mediafetcher.com/article_full.php?id=114607) > > Did anybody else notice something right off the bat? Playing Russian Roulette with an automatic is idiotic? > [@silenus](#): > > And we used to be scared of the Russians. :smack: Clearly, it’s Russians who should be scared of Russians. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/10 "2010-05-18T09:04:05Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > I don’t get it 😕 It’s a pistol, not a revolver. There is only one chamber. Either you loaded the chamber, in which case you have a 99.99% chance of getting shot, or you didn’t, in which case you were never in danger. So it’s more a test of how good your memory of loading the chamber is. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/11 "2010-05-18T09:13:39Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > It’s a pistol, not a revolver. There is only one chamber. Either you loaded the chamber, in which case you have a 99.99% chance of getting shot, or you didn’t, in which case you were never in danger. So it’s more a test of how good your memory of loading the chamber is. OK. Thanks for fighting my ignorance there. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/12 "2010-05-18T09:36:20Z")
I was looking for something more subtle than the obvious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/13 "2010-05-18T14:20:13Z")
Sometimes the stupid is right out there for all to see. Even my wife (who knows almost nothing about guns) caught this one the second she saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/14 "2010-05-18T14:36:02Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Is the video real? > Why did they hand a loaded gun to that guy? Drunk Russians, helloooo McFly!? I don’t actually find the video funny, neither I feel much pity for the fool because he could had just as easily shoot someone else at the party. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/15 "2010-05-18T14:51:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sometimes the stupid is right out there for all to see. Even my wife (who knows almost nothing about guns) caught this one the second she saw it. Yeah, I don’t know much about guns, but I know you’re supposed to use a revolver for this stunt. When the first guy takes the gun away from his head, he does something to the gun before handing it over to the second guy - did that chamber a round? It almost looks like he figures the second guy just wants to hold the gun (and wouldn’t be stupid enough to try it), then tries to grab away the gun before the trigger is pulled. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/16 "2010-05-18T15:08:06Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > When the first guy takes the gun away from his head, he does something to the gun before handing it over to the second guy - did that chamber a round? He pulled the slide which cycled the gun. If there was a round in the magazine, the round was inserted into the chamber by his action. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/17 "2010-05-18T15:59:24Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Yeah, I don’t know much about guns, but I know you’re supposed to use a revolver for this stunt. I’d say you’re not supposed to use a revolver neither. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/18 "2010-05-18T16:12:50Z")
But doesn’t it look like the first guy faked racking the slide before he pulled trigger on himself? Almost seems he was trying to kill the other guy (if this is real). ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/19 "2010-05-18T16:19:24Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > But doesn’t it look like the first guy faked racking the slide before he pulled trigger on himself? Almost seems he was trying to kill the other guy (if this is real). It is real. It made the news back in March. The wedding guest was very seriously injured. It was supposed to be sort of like a magic trick, the other guy was not supposed to do anything with the gun. Here’s [one link](http://www.news.com.au/world/man-shot-in-head-as-game-of-russian-roulette-ends-badly-at-wedding/story-e6frfkyi-1225844371282), but I think there are others that are more detailed. ETA: The bullet was rubber, but it entered the victim’s skull and he has been paralysed, the guy who brought the gun for the trick was arrested. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839/20 "2010-05-18T16:22:06Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > It is real. It made the news back in March. The wedding guest was very seriously injured. It was supposed to be sort of like a magic trick, the other guy was not supposed to do anything with the gun. Wait, very seriously injured? So he survived? Kudos on an impressive trick. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-roulette-epic-fail/539839.md?page=2)