Darwin Waits Patiently

1. eh
   January 8th, 2008 at 5:41 am

   wow... WOW.

2. tim
   January 8th, 2008 at 6:07 am

   that's really dumb, if real. Title is awesome though

3. Frank
   January 8th, 2008 at 6:11 am

   This is a joke I think. The only good thing about this picture is, that you can see how to do some serious relaxing...

4. Pasi
   January 8th, 2008 at 6:56 am

   AFAIK the electric current would not gain ground because they are in a plastic tub. Additionally, the cord seems to be grounded version, so they would probably just burn a fuse. It's totally different from doing the same thing in a metallic or otherwise grounded situation.

   So... it's just fancy looking but maybe not so deadly after all.

5. kilkenny
   January 8th, 2008 at 8:14 am

   I won't try it though....

6. blakeyrat
   January 8th, 2008 at 8:38 am

   It's amazing that on a site where you see staged or Photoshopped pictures constantly, people seeing stuff like this instantly believe it. Your lives on the Internet will be easier is you always assume it's a joke first.

7. Miss Cellania
   January 8th, 2008 at 9:52 am

   Sure, its a joke. BUT, they better had made sure that the end of that extension cord was a LONG way from any outlets, or some unsuspecting person could've walked by and assumed that it had come unplugged accidently...

8. Louise
   January 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am

   I'm not so sure it's a joke. Here's the rest of the gallery:

   http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/nwl7/

   There was a great deal of Krombacher being consumed at the Northwoods-LAN 2007.

9. fluff
   January 8th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

   Playing with electricity is dangerous. What these guys are doing (if for real) is really seriously dangerous.
   But if the ground on this line is working the phase would arc to it and the first breaker (if working) would burn or trip. If there was no working ground it would short to the neutral and the first breaker (if working) would burn or trip. If the first breaker (5-10 Amps normally; needing about 50 Amps peak for a burner to burn, less for a tripper and a lot less for an FI to switch) however does not work, there is the next breaker in the cirquit which could be a 40 Amps one. If you're near that construction it would probably arc to you. Resulting in burned balls or probably death...

   Don't play with electricity boys...

10. ryan
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Darwin is dead. He is not God. No one thinks he is a god. He is not waiting, patiently or otherwise. P.S. These guys are most likely stupid.

11. Dave
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    That title is the greatest (and yes, ryan; we know. It's just a joke). And surprisingly darwinwaitspatiently.com hasn't been nabbed yet. Yet.

12. Wincey
    January 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    I'm so stunned by this -- I feel as though, if I keep looking at this picture for a few more seconds, I'll actually be able to see these people turn into Crispy Critters before my very eyes.

    If it's Photoshopped, it's effective! If it's for real, are these people still alive?

13. Christophe
    January 8th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I don't see anything plugged : cords or brains.

14. Sid Morrison
    January 8th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    nobody offers the possibility that everything is real, EXCEPT the final connection isn't made to the wall outlet. So quickly people scream "photoshopped!", when there could be a much simpler explanation -- they staged the pic as a joke and didn't plug the cord in.

15. Ron
    January 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    Here are some other pictures near the one in the post:

    http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/nwl7/DSCN7821.JPG
    http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/nwl7/DSCN7822.JPG
    http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/nwl7/DSCN7824.JPG
    http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/nwl7/DSCN7825.JPG

16. c-dub
    January 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Except, Sid, that no one screamed "photoshopped!"

17. Miss Cellania
    January 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Sid, does nobody include me? See comment #7.

18. Persephone
    January 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Would it really hurt to thin the herd?

19. Persephone
    January 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Maybe a better title would be: The Darwin Awards Wait Patiently.

20. aware
    January 8th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    darwin waits patiently... for humans to evolve beyond these blokes. (they are blokes, right? they have that pasty english glow...)

21. Sid Morrison
    January 9th, 2008 at 12:40 am

    oops, yes, I missed Miss Cellania's comment... mea culpe!

22. Moodindigo
    January 9th, 2008 at 4:48 am

    "pasty english glow" or not, they aren't Brits; wrong kind of outlet as far as I can tell.

    Assuming they aren't on holiday somewhere I guess. Actually, yes that's a far more likely situation. Bad tan lines on the guy on the left, a selection of different local beers that I don't recognise, the flip flops holding the extension cord. This just has to be Brits abroad. Tenerife is my guess.

23. Fran
    January 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Surely no one is this stupid. It has to be fake...plug probably not plugged into the wall.

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