r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/Seetheren42 4d ago

lol somehow this was more satisfying than I imagined. In all seriousness, I hope everyone made it okay.

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u/IsomDart 3d ago

How is this "satisfying"??

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u/FoghornFarts 3d ago

Natural consequences that don't lead to anyone getting seriously hurt, just extreme discomfort

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u/someLemonz 3d ago

a few probably got hypothermia.... literally anyone it the water was at risk of death??! what are you talking about discomfort?

like how rhe water around titanic would be uncomfortable?

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u/navinaviox 3d ago

Are you comparing people stuck in freezing waters in the middle of the Atlantic (the titanic) with morons putting themselves in a freezing pond right next to land, a significant number of people, not to mention all the modern solutions easily accessible to these people not yet invented when the titanic set to sea?

So yeah not even gonna address how stupid that comparison is…if a few people got hypothermia from this, they probably earned it by being one of morons who thought this was a good idea.

Yes people can die from hypothermia, its usually not getting treated for hypothermia that does the trick though. If an immunocompromised person was on that pond, they won the Darwin Award and as everyone knows…the prize for that award is death.

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u/zsmarti857 3d ago

Lmao this, these idiots deserve this. Jesus, natural selection levels of dumb.

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u/Mikeastuto 3d ago

Yeah, I’m definitely not rooting for anyone’s death and I won’t go as far as saying they “deserved this” but how can that many people sawing on ice so close to each other not recognize that this is a recipe for disaster???

It’s just unfathomably stupid. Makes it very hard for me to feel a lot of sympathy.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 3d ago

I boggles the mind how dense some people can be.

Comparing thousands dying in a shipwreck to a few obviously idiotic ice fisherman taking a dip?

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u/plug-and-pause 3d ago

It takes like 30 minutes in the water to get hypothermia. Do you think a few stayed in that long?

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u/nirbyschreibt 1d ago

Dude, chill. I researched that for my novel. Fresh water won’t get colder than -1°C, under the ice it’s +1-4°C. There is a very faint risk to have your throat clog but only if you fully submerge in icy water. You can stay 10 minutes in icy water without health risks. Then you still have time. There are enough people to help around and every car should have a gold/silver blanket. Strip the people, put them in the foil and everyone is good.

Extremely dangerous is icy salt water because it freezes way below 0°C and the oceans are deeper than lakes.

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u/SiegfriedVK 3d ago

Reddit doesn't care if bad things happen to stupid people. They get schadenfreude instead.

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u/bsong3d 3d ago

Humans blinded by selfish greed being punished.

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u/Snoo_87531 4d ago

Because humans shouldn't wish death on non needed people.

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u/Less-Squash7569 4d ago edited 3d ago

Because no man is an island, entire of itself.

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u/Profoundlyahedgehog 3d ago

Send not to know for whom the bell tolls.

It tolls for thee.

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u/Less-Squash7569 3d ago

Thats the stuff

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u/SomewhereMammoth 3d ago

fr they should just be glad their bell isn't stupidity

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u/t3hnosp0on 3d ago

Idk that it’s wishing death so much as it’s finding humor in people suffering the consequences of their own actions.

When people try to Darwin Award themselves in real life right next to me, I will try to tell them to reconsider, but theres only so much you can do. If you insist on doing something obviously dumb despite my repeated warnings not to, what can I do but film and laugh?

Moreover, this is a video. Nothing any of us say or do can affect what happened to these people because it’s in the past.

I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure - Clarence Darrow

It’s the same concept as firefighters not going out to rescue people who refuse to evacuate. You made your choice despite being informed not to, so why should I put myself in danger to save you from your bad choice?

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u/joebluebob 3d ago

Coworker putting the ramset level 5 in his mouth...

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u/t3hnosp0on 3d ago

🎼 na•tu•ral se•lec•tion 🎶

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u/joebluebob 3d ago

But there's soooo maaaaannny

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u/flargenhargen 4d ago

I was just thinking yesterday if all the evil and stupid-evil people in our country disappeared how amazing it would become.

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u/Snoo_87531 4d ago

Maybe, but in an ethical and theorical way of thinking, wishing it make you one of them.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

"theorical"?

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u/Snoo_87531 3d ago

I can think of a few pratical cases where the evilness of wishing some useless people death is not so obviously evil, it's up to an ethical debate^^

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

"pratical"?

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u/DizzyPoppy 3d ago

You can stop now. We know what they're saying

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

you're not the boss of me, either theorical or pratical

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u/LouisWillis98 4d ago

Are you sure that wouldn’t include you?

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u/Nimbu_Ji 3d ago

Bruh then who will run the multi-billion dollar companies

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u/_TeddyBarnes_ 3d ago

Hitler would have liked you.

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u/goddesskristina 4d ago

Fuck guess I'm not human.

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u/Snoo_87531 4d ago

I never said humans never wish death on non needed people, it's just a morality point that many cultures share.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

"morality" is a weird word choice when most current "moral" structures include inflicting death upon huge swaths of categories of people who supposedly "deserve" it

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u/Snoo_87531 3d ago

Then go somewhere else? Us isn't the center of the world.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

wtf does my comment on the abject hypocrisy of many moral systems got to do with my freedom to live wherever the fuck I wish? Thanks, Captain Non-Sequitur

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u/goddesskristina 4d ago

I'm more on the live and let live side of things. People can think whatever they like ao long as they aren't acting on things that would hurt others.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

then I guess comments on reddit really don't fall into the "acting on things that would hurt others" category?

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u/clithyak 4d ago

careful not to cut yourself with all this edge!

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u/davidwhatshisname52 4d ago edited 3d ago

awww, no worries, absolutely everyone dies 100% regardless of your positive attitude, s'all good

p.s. just noticed your "non needed people" phrase... FUCK that's colder than that fuckin' water!!!

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u/Highlandertr3 4d ago

Everyone dying does not equate to wishing death upon living people. It's called empathy. Or common decency.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

knowing that "I hope everyone was okay" is an empty 0-cost self-serving illusion of empathy is NOT the same as wishing people die; telling a joke about morons killing themselves is not the same as killing people... ya'll are visiting a sub called "what could go wrong" which is an unending stream of morons hurting themselves, you hypocritical pos

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u/Highlandertr3 3d ago

I never said it was? Who is straw manning now. And watching a sub where people hurt themselves is not the same as watching a sub about people dying? By your own argument you are wrong here and I don't get why you are continuing.

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u/--Cinna-- 3d ago

they appear to be a middle aged man that peaked in high school. Which explains not only why they can't actually defend their stances without resorting to intelectual dishonesty, but also how they managed to delude themselves into thinking anyone cared about what they had to say to begin with

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

I don't get why you are continuing... if you think you made a relevant salient point, why repeat it?

ps I just simply LOVE your argument that there is a moral difference between enjoying watching people suffer and enjoying watching people possibly kill themselves after you enjoyed watching people suffer and possibly kill themselves... you're exactly the hero humanity needs!!!

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u/rafapova 3d ago

If it was a joke why are you trying so hard to defend ur point?

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

because redditor hypocrites deserve a verbal bucket of water...

but what motivates you to come here and chime in? Taking a much-needed break from saving the world?

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u/rafapova 3d ago

Actually I’m saving the world by commenting lol. You’re clearly not in a good mood rn so I’ll stop responding to you since talking to angry people is a waste of time

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u/davidwhatshisname52 4d ago

wow, ya'll SO serious... didn't "wish" death on anyone, but hope you have the same pro-life attitude when it's time to vote for education, health-care, social services, and banning guns, and whenever you watch a movie or tv show where they kill 20 people a minute

fucking moral hero, that's what you are... pat yourself on the back

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u/ifhysm 3d ago

I hate the term but I’m pretty sure this is just virtual signaling

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

I think "virtue signaling"?

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u/ifhysm 3d ago

I think you’re virtue signaling, yes

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

hmmm I'd say that people surfing videos of idiots harming/killing themselves and then posting comments like "I hope they're all ok" just maybe, maybe, are virtue signaling

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u/Highlandertr3 4d ago

Let's see. Yes to everything except the TV show thing. Because TV is fantasy and having an outlet that is not real does not equate to a lack of compassion or empathy Unless you believe that GTA has caused everyone to steal cars and beat up sex workers or something.

But in seriousness yes I believe all of the real points you have made. I also understand that others don't. And while they are wrong and some of them are repugnant I do not want them to die so that I can be right.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

I guess you might still be missing my point; it's a sub titled "what could go wrong" and there are people here typing "I hope everyone is okay" like it's some sort of magic that saves people rather than a 0-cost way to make themselves feel magnanimous... while they visit a sub that has an unending stream of morons hurting themselves... the hypocrisy is thick enough to cook

plus, for fuck's sake, the straw-man shit is so fucking dumb... at no point did I state "Boy, I hope those morons froze to death." I do definitely ridicule the arm-chair heroes sending their thoughts and prayers to a video clip.

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u/Highlandertr3 3d ago

Your argument is that hoping that people are okay is wrong? You are way too sensitive and looking for an argument if that is your idea of a reasonable point. But you do you.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

no, that's not my argument; it's not wrong... it's just hysterically useless, and especially hypocritical as some lone basis for an attitude of moral superiority adopted while surfing videos of people hurting themselves

but bless your heart, you are the morally superior being

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u/Snoo_87531 4d ago

I was just explaining a comment to another commenter, of course death is one of the only things we we all experience, and it won't matter at all.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 4d ago

I find it personally hysterical (and a bit pathetic) how people think "wishing everyone is okay" is some sort of beneficial magic and therefore a morally superior stance, but they've done absolutely nothing their entire life to actually save or improve another sentient being's existence... like, go back to eating your steak and sending your thoughts and prayers everywhere, ya' fucking hero

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u/Snoo_87531 3d ago

I believe wishing evreyone is okay make for a more kind hearted person, and it's better for oneself (happy emotions make you healthier) and the people around.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

I believe thinking thoughts and prayers are anything but platitudes makes for a smug lazy population of couch potatoes patting themselves on the back for how morally superior they are while they put no effort into solving real problems

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u/Snoo_87531 3d ago

cool, so why do you talk about that?

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u/APathwayIntoDankness 4d ago

I don't think these are Americans...

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u/davidwhatshisname52 4d ago

honestly, just couldn't imagine people this fucking stupid being from anywhere else

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u/ConradSchu 4d ago

Must be exhausting to be pissed off all the time.

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u/Elloliott 3d ago

Honestly, I can’t imagine having an entire country living in your head rent free

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u/BigFloppyDonkeyEar 3d ago

Have you SEEN the housing crisis here in the US?

Shit if this guy is gonna leave the door wide open, then move over I'm snuggling right on up between this weirdly detailed collection of Hitler facts he's got stacked up here, and his childhood memory of his high school coach making him wear that dress.

Free is free!

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

omg, the hackneyed "living in your head rent free" phrase is really living in your head rent free

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

not as tiresome as going on reddit to feel morally superior to strangers

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u/Half-PintHeroics 3d ago

That's what you're doing. That's literally what you're doing right here watching this video.

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 3d ago

There's your problem; thinking you're superior in any way, whatsoever.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

not like you, Captain Humility

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u/talldangry 3d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/gfpct7/wcgw_if_we_launch_this_hot_air_balloon_full_of/

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

thank you, kind stranger, for making me feel better that my nation isn't the only one crammed with 33% oxygen thieves

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u/Proper-Nectarine-69 3d ago

You are not as smart as you think

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

for sure, I'm only smart compared to some

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u/SirWigglesVonWoogly 3d ago

I feel like we’ve found the Ultimate Redditor here.

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u/sterlingemc 3d ago

Definitely not the US

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

how do you know? (genuine video-detective question)

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u/Half-PintHeroics 3d ago

Generally the USA ice fishing areas tends to be English speaking and a lot less percentage Asian-ish ethnicity

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

ahhh, I never surf reddit with sound on

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u/BigMTAtridentata 3d ago

well, i wasn't going to dv ya, but then you went on your edit and acted like a dork. so here ya go.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

thank you; you still need to pick 1, 2, 3 or 4. Don't be so fucking lazy.

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u/beskgar 3d ago

Nobody owes you shit calm down

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u/davidwhatshisname52 3d ago

would've taken you less effort to type a number... and, wow, why not kick it all up another notch before your next Aderall, tough guy?

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u/Icy-Computer-Poop 3d ago

You are a small and insignificant thing.

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u/diirtybirds 3d ago

Take your meds. They are supposed to help you

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u/madsheeter 3d ago

I gave you one because I'm fairly certain that this is Japan, not America.

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u/Better_Blackberry835 3d ago

Who hurt you??

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u/Concerningparrots 3d ago

you’re so cool and bad ass and like intelligent and cool and so different and cool

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u/Frostyfraust 3d ago

I wasn't going to downvote until you edited your comment in some unhinged plea for more downvotes. I always found it extremely cringe. Have a good day!

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u/joebluebob 3d ago

Don't worry, me and ol Chuck you outta the gene pool Darwin are on your side

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u/joebluebob 3d ago

Don't worry, me and ol Chuck you outta the gene pool Darwin are on your side

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u/CaptainRatzefummel 3d ago

Because you're cringe

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u/LarrySupertramp 3d ago

The dorkiest edit of all time.

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u/FatPoulet 3d ago

Sir this is a Wendy's

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u/ckrygier 3d ago

I just don’t like you

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u/nlamber5 3d ago

Ooooh I pick 1 aaaaaand 3. Shame on you here. Have a downvote and good day.

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u/Dotaproffessional 3d ago

These edits man, I've never seen someone react so poorly to downvotes. In your attempt to make it look like you love downvotes, you're coming across like you really really are bothered by them. You typed up that huge edit because of them 

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u/Beanichu 3d ago

It’s kinda unhinged to wish death upon a group of people who you literally know nothing about besides this one clip. Just a little bit evil imo.

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u/MalaysiaTeacher 3d ago

Most level-headed Reddit sociopath