# This has to be a Darwin Award winner. So incredibly stupid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019 "2013-11-04T01:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/41 "2013-11-05T18:50:20Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > The video is just ridiculous: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXr2Rvlcrg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXr2Rvlcrg) Then I ain’t clicking on it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/42 "2013-11-05T21:14:34Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > The video is just ridiculous: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXr2Rvlcrg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXr2Rvlcrg) Heh - I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking of the gas fight scene from “Zoolander.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/43 "2013-11-05T21:29:20Z")
Ah, the joys of web advertising. I think it’s hysterical that Chase has an ad running immediately before a clip of a guy setting his wife on fire. What association am I supposed to make between the bank and the flaming woman? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/44 "2013-11-06T00:27:43Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > No kidding. Judging from the video she would have been just fine if he hadn’t removed the nozzle from the car and _flung flaming gas directly at her!_ I’m certain at that point he was more concerned about his truck catching on fire than he was about his wife catching on fire. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/45 "2013-11-06T01:53:49Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The video makes no sense at all. Her body language suggests there’s a tiff going on between them and then he gets out a lighter. There is no sign of him trying to light a cigarette. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/46 "2013-11-06T14:06:07Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m certain at that point he was more concerned about his truck catching on fire than he was about his wife catching on fire. Sure. A good truck costs cash money. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/47 "2013-11-06T14:09:38Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Yes. The criteria is rendering oneself dead or sterile. [Cite.](http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/) I would say that we all are the winners of the Darwin Award when one of these idiots steps out of the breeding pool. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/48 "2013-11-06T14:28:46Z")
Yeah, looking at it again, it looks like attempted murder, not “playing.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/49 "2013-11-06T19:49:33Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Yeah, looking at it again, it looks like attempted murder, not “playing.” It really does. I can believe that he pulled the nozzle out of the tank to prevent his truck from going up in flames, but if you don’t want your truck to go up in flames, I have a suggestion - don’t fuck around with your lighter while filling up! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/50 "2013-11-07T01:46:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It really does. I can believe that he pulled the nozzle out of the tank to prevent his truck from going up in flames, but if you don’t want your truck to go up in flames, I have a suggestion - don’t fuck around with your lighter while filling up! Which goes back to the reason he did it in the first place. If I’m reading her body posture they are having an argument. He’s obviously not lighting a cigarette so the other possible reasons start with trying to light the gasoline and end with something stupid his lawyer thinks up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019.md?page=2)