Dumb Ways To Die

I recently found out about this song and video called Dumb ways to die, and I thought I'd share.

I thought about posting this in the Media forum, but then I figured, why limit the conversation to the awesomeness of this video and why not take the discussion further and mention other dumb ways to die.

The first one I can think of that's not in this video is the cinnamon challenge, where you put a whole tablespoon of pure cinnamon powder in your mouth and try to swallow. I imagine people may have choked to death trying this.

I love that video! I saw it at the weekend, it's incredibly catchy yet also pretty educational with the last three (although they should be common knowledge a lot of people chance their luck and lose). It's definitely an advertising win by Metro Australia :)

I didn't think you could choke doing the cinnamon challenge since you can't actually swallow it? :/

Well, the people who have attempted the challenge are choking/coughing because the cinnamon is such a thin powder that it can slip into your trachea and ultimately can be life threatening. That's why cinnamon is dangerous to swallow dry for it can scar your lungs pretty badly.

I found this one:

Stepping on your own ridiculously long beard

In 1567, an Austrian who was famous for his four and a half foot long beard became alarmed upon discovering his town was on fire, and started to flee the scene. Unfortunately, he stepped on his beard, twisted his head and fell, breaking his neck.

It's more.. sad.. than dumb.

Aw I didn't know the cinnamon challenge was that dangerous D;

Aw, what a shame. After all that work to get his perfect beard it was his downfall :c

Just watch 1000 Ways to Die on Spike. 1KWtD seriously has the stupidest deaths. Suffocating to death from being burried by bags of money that fall on you during an earthquake. Sticking stuff up your bum and having them break and you bleed out. Taking drugs and due to hallucinations driving into an empty pool. Giving a dead racoon mouth to mouth and getting hit by a car. Electricution due to dancing in the rain during a storm and wearing a bra with metal bits.

People are just stupid.

Wow Codette.... those are some very bizarre ways to die..

I wonder if you could sit on someone and kill them that way xD

I watched a TV show about curious deaths..... one guy drowned in only an inch of water...

with your dick out. i dont have any examples though.

Originally Posted by JChanOfTheCan

with your dick out. i dont have any examples though.

what?!?! How is that possible!?

dying with your dick out or not having any examples? xD

Dying with your dick! xD

oh. xD well uhm, if you were taking a leak, or playing with yourself?

I don't know how that would cause death xP

if you get too excited i guess?

ahaha, still not sure how it would happen xD

heart attack? idk man, be creative!

Erotic asphyxiation would be an example of that I guess.

hahahaha. i can always count on you to come up with something hilarious!

ohhh.... that makes sense... I was thinking a heart attack but I couldn't think of how it could happen :/

Older gentlemen are known to have heart attacks during sex. It's usually if they have a younger trophy wife though because they tend to get tuckered out

I found some more. :D

Stuffing tampons up your nose to stop your snoring, and having it work, permanently
A 26-year old British man in with a severe sinus problem tried a radical method to stop his horrible snoring, and shoved two tampons into his nostrils before going to sleep. He had also had some wine and sleeping pills, and when his girlfriend found him the next day, he had died of suffocation.

Killed by your fighting cock
After a rooster wearing razor sharp blades on it's feet emerged victorious from a cock fight in India, it's owner attempted to force it right back into the ring. The bird wasn't having it though, and instead turned on its master, using the blades to slash his jugular vein, killing him.

Being killed by a cactus after shooting it
In 1982, two roommates entered the desert north of Arizona, and began shooting their guns at a 26-foot tall Saguaro cactus. After the young men started blasting away at the 100 year old plant, a large spiny arm was jarred loose and fell, crushing one of the shooters to death.

At least he stopped snoring xD

that cock one was fucking nasty.

That cactus one is horrible :/

Oh wow, the ways of dying that people are finding are quite bizarre!