Thread: Stupid teen puts his Xbox 360 power supply in a...

omg wow.

Sorry but there's nothing funny about the 14 year old kid, especially since he was following instructions found online. That's just extremely worrying, as I'm sure there is a plethora of misinformation online, and probably alot that could be harmful.

The second one...I gotta just shake my head at. But it's nothing to laugh about when people die.

I'm not laughing at the death but at the absurdity of these things. Of course it's funny. Imagine that crazy dude going back and forth over a freaking rocket, that's hilarious - it could be straight from a movie. It's not worrying that the internet says to dump a power supply in water, it's worrying that someone would be dumb enough to do it. People should learn that you shouldn't play engineer if you don't know what the hell you're doing. Especially if you have a fartbrain anyway. That's why there's customer support, to protect you from your own stupidity.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Sorry but there's nothing funny about the 14 year old kid, especially since he was following instructions found online. That's just extremely worrying, as I'm sure there is a plethora of misinformation online, and probably alot that could be harmful.

This is the type of philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from ever going on the internet. It's not the internet's fault at all, that kid was just a goddamn dumbass.

And finally, a round of applause for the Brazilian who "tried to disassemble a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over it with a car". The citation continues: "This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked - in a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and the repair shop wherein the efforts took place."

This can't be true.

Originally Posted by wasup

This is the type of philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from ever going on the internet. It's not the internet's fault at all, that kid was just a goddamn dumbass.

Yeah, seriously you are stupid if you put a friggen power supply of ANYTHING let alone a 360 in a bowl of water.

And Aquanina, I didn't try to make it sound like I thought it was funny that he died, I think it is funny the kid got electrocuted by the power supply but I wouldn't have if he had died. He deserves a shock for doing that. I didn't say I think the RPG one is funny, it's just dumb.

EDIT: Why not, Mark?

Hold on guys my Internet is a bit dodgy, I'll post in a minute, first I'm going to put my router in a bucket of water to cool it down.

lolz

Originally Posted by psychology student

Hold on guys my Internet is a bit dodgy, I'll post in a minute, first I'm going to put my router in a bucket of water to cool it down.

ROFL.

Originally Posted by wasup

This is the type of philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from ever going on the internet. It's not the internet's fault at all, that kid was just a goddamn dumbass.

I'll have to agree. Since he wasn't seriously injured I think he actaully got a good lesson in the art of common sense. Something that seems to go unpracticed lately.

The dude running over the grenade though... I will admit I laughed pretty good after reading that, for good reason. Though i'm not some heartless bastard, I can't believe he decided hitting it with a sledgehammer would be a good idea, no humor there, just the sad truth of how ignorant (stupid, insane, many other words fit there as well) some people are.

Originally Posted by wasup

This is the type of philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from ever going on the internet. It's not the internet's fault at all, that kid was just a goddamn dumbass.

It would be the philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from the types of sites they go to. I would imagine that that kid wanted to see if he could do it himself (experimentation) and figured that if he wrapped it up well enough in plastic that it could work. The theory is sound, but "theory" doesn't always work for a 14 year-old.

I bet if he'd asked his mom or dad what to do in that situation (which theoretically could have taken less time than going online), "wrap in plastic; put in water" would not have been on the list of things they'd suggest.

$10 says that kid's back on the 360 next week (or the week after he left the hospital) with a brand new power supply.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Sorry but there's nothing funny about the 14 year old kid, especially since he was following instructions found online. That's just extremely worrying, as I'm sure there is a plethora of misinformation online, and probably alot that could be harmful.

The second one...I gotta just shake my head at. But it's nothing to laugh about when people die.

Originally Posted by Grexxis

The dude running over the grenade though... I will admit I laughed pretty good after reading that, for good reason.

Indeed. Apparently our genius here didn't realize that they're usually impact detonated.

Originally Posted by Amethyst Star

It would be the philosophy that has parents restricting their kids from the types of sites they go to. I would imagine that that kid wanted to see if he could do it himself (experimentation) and figured that if he wrapped it up well enough in plastic that it could work. The theory is sound, but "theory" doesn't always work for a 14 year-old.

I bet if he'd asked his mom or dad what to do in that situation (which theoretically could have taken less time than going online), "wrap in plastic; put in water" would not have been on the list of things they'd suggest.

$10 says that kid's back on the 360 next week (or the week after he left the hospital) with a brand new power supply.

I dunno about you, but one of the first things I ever learned was electricity + water = bad. Yes, this has to do with good parenting, but restricting the internet is not good parenting. For one, how would they be able to specifically restrict sites like that (there is no "restrict all retarded sites" filter) without restricting a ton of more very helpful things. The good parenting here is about giving their son some common fucking sense. Lack of education is not solved by keeping their kid from going on the internet. If a kid doesn't know not to put plugged in appliances in a bucket of water by age 14, restricting the internet is not going to help him from being retarded. Obviously his parents did something wrong (or probably didn't do anything at all).

if he'd been told this verbally
would he be banned from socialising with people....

anyway,
goes to show you how crappy their trip circuit is
any electrical short should be nipped in the bud by a decent, working electrical trip

This world has failed me

Hmmm *examines posts, and what the morons did*.....what a losers.

Ahh Darwin Award winners, with an honorable mention for the good try with the XBox power supply.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Sorry but there's nothing funny about the 14 year old kid, especially since he was following instructions found online. That's just extremely worrying, as I'm sure there is a plethora of misinformation online, and probably alot that could be harmful.

The second one...I gotta just shake my head at. But it's nothing to laugh about when people die.

your right its not funny its hilarious.

Originally Posted by wasup

Obviously his parents did something wrong (or probably didn't do anything at all).

I didn't mean "restrict" internet sites, but rather have an idea of what their kids are doing. You don't have play watchdog, but just see what they're doing from time to time (such as not talking with men twice your age and agreeing to meet up with them... unless you're 48, which in that case it's a fairly safe bed that they're not going to jump you, but who knows?).

It could have just been a bad case of stupid. Who knows?

yeah what a dumb kid...anyways the real reason i posted in this thread was to say Soldier your sig is crackin me up.

Originally Posted by Croneus

Ahh Darwin Award winners, with an honorable mention for the good try with the XBox power supply.

Haha agreed

Originally Posted by Ickarus

yeah what a dumb kid...anyways the real reason i posted in this thread was to say Soldier your sig is crackin me up.

thanks I laughed pretty hard too when I saw it.