# This is why there are darwin awards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-there-are-darwin-awards/531273>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 4, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-there-are-darwin-awards/531273 "2010-03-04T13:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-there-are-darwin-awards/531273/21 "2010-03-05T16:09:05Z")

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> [@bengangmo](#):
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> The Cheese one ROCKED!
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> May be my sense of humour, but I thought it was really quite clever.
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> I guess you probably don’t find [this\*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzi_8Rscfs) funny either
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> \*No cats were harmed in the making of this commercial, and Ford neither scripted it / created it nor authorised it for release.

I just can’t believe people were stupid enough to think a real mouse was hurt. Even if they were to have used a real mouse in the first segment, absolutely nothing happens to that mouse. The screen goes black and they make a whipping sound. Would these people think that real people die in plays where they do the same thing with a gun shot? Or, on old TV, did they really think the fade to black meant the actors really had sex.

Okay, so that last one isn’t quite as implausible, but you get the point. That cat video at least tried to really convince you that the cat was dead.

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**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:** [March 5, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-there-are-darwin-awards/531273/22 "2010-03-05T16:51:04Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Or, on old TV, did they really think the fade to black meant the actors really had sex.

Don’t they? ☹ So disillusioned now.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-there-are-darwin-awards/531273/23 "2010-03-05T17:18:38Z")

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> [@Zebra](#):
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> Now if he had screamed “The banana outfit, it does nothing!” I would secretly admire him.

This post has much win.

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