# Thank god for Jackass! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219 "2002-11-22T20:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/1 "2002-11-22T20:13:15Z")
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=519&e=8&u=/ap/20021122/ap\_on\_re\_us/student\_death\_jackass](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=519&e=8&u=/ap/20021122/ap_on_re_us/student_death_jackass) The Darwin effect appears to be working. Another one bites the dust, apparantly imitating another Jackass stunt. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/2 "2002-11-22T20:20:48Z")
Possibly?! The reporter might want to be more accurate, less sensational. Other than that… _shrug_ I hope traffic didn’t get too backed up. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/3 "2002-11-22T20:21:23Z")
I can’t say that I’m happy parents lost their child because he was too dumb to realize, oh, I don’t know, that might be a _bit_ dangerous. It’s sad he had to die. Will the others involved in the “stunt” be charged with any crime? ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/4 "2002-11-22T21:01:07Z")
Wait…they set a _chair_ on fire, and then _threw it out of a truck_? This was no Jackass-inspired stunt. It was something much more… sinister… DAMN YOU, MODERN ART! DAMN YOU **TO HELL**! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/5 "2002-11-22T21:03:44Z")
Good, keep 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/6 "2002-11-22T21:28:57Z")
To quote **Larry Niven** : > [@](#): > > Think of it as Evolution in action. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/7 "2002-11-22T21:35:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Good, keep 'em coming. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/8 "2002-11-22T22:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bubba Ray \* > > * * * I concur. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-for-jackass/138219/9 "2002-11-22T23:06:58Z")
Yes, because Jackass is the only place in the history of media in which someone jumps from a moving vehicle. _coughSpeed_ _coughIndianaJones_ _coughTerminator2_ _coughMinorityReport_ This post is also just going to ignore the fact that throwing chair != jumping.