Play stupid games, win stupid prizes - 2022

[Keith_Indy]

Rule #1033 - don't wander around a helicopter whose blades are spinning without paying attention.

REPORT: Man Dies After Walking Into Helicopter Blades

21-year-old Jack Fenton reportedly died instantly when he was hit by a helicopter's rear rotor while attempting to take a selfie Monday.

dailycaller.com

 

[BigRed]

Selfies seem to make people stupid.

 

[VostocK]

Selfies seem to make people stupid.

Which came first, the selfie or the stupidity ? One could argue that it's mostly stupid people that take selfies in the first place. It's one of the great mysteries of the universe.

 

[Keith_Indy]

Vermont McDonald’s Evacuated After Employee With Handgun Throws Live Ammo On Grill, Police Say

A Burlington, Vermont McDonald's was evacuated Sunday after an employee allegedly threw three rounds of live ammunition onto the grill, causing them to explode.

dailycaller.com

 

[Brad69]

I know that helicopter mechanics will not go very close to the rear rotor. It supposedly can be hard to judge distance when it’s spinning.

 

[PGRChaplain]

Hey Y'all, watch this!!!

 

[deo62]

We should ban all fully automatic helicopters. No civilian should be able to fly!

 

[Cameramonkey]

Rule #1033 - don't wander around a helicopter whose blades are spinning without paying attention.

REPORT: Man Dies After Walking Into Helicopter Blades

21-year-old Jack Fenton reportedly died instantly when he was hit by a helicopter's rear rotor while attempting to take a selfie Monday.

dailycaller.com

Yeah. When I shot freefall videos for skydiving, Sometimes I would get some "close up" (10' or so) shots of the spinning propellers and hubs. But I would always have a spotter behind me with his hand firmly on the yoke of my rig to make sure I didnt accidentally get too close. If I did misjudge while looking through the camera he would pull back on the harness to keep me from walking into it. (I never actually needed him)

 

[MRockwell]

 

[BigRed]

Yeah. When I shot freefall videos for skydiving, Sometimes I would get some "close up" (10' or so) shots of the spinning propellers and hubs. But I would always have a spotter behind me with his hand firmly on the yoke of my rig to make sure I didnt accidentally get too close. If I did misjudge while looking through the camera he would pull back on the harness to keep me from walking into it.

Chicken.

 

[patience0830]

Chicken.

Live Chicken

 

[tomcat13]

Rule #1033 - don't wander around a helicopter whose blades are spinning without paying attention.

REPORT: Man Dies After Walking Into Helicopter Blades

21-year-old Jack Fenton reportedly died instantly when he was hit by a helicopter's rear rotor while attempting to take a selfie Monday.

dailycaller.com

JMO, but Nature "thins out" Stupid Critters." 2-legged or 4-legged, doesn't matter!

 

[KLB]

But it isn't his fault. No one told them not to walk into the spinning blades!

Jack Stanton-Gleaves, a friend of Fenton’s who was in the helicopter, revealed “no instructions were given” as his friend disembarked from the helicopter.

 

[femurphy77]

But it isn't his fault. No one told them not to walk into the spinning blades!

He was a good kid (in your best Bobby Bowden voice)

 

[littletommy]

But it isn't his fault. No one told them not to walk into the spinning blades!

Exactly! Just the other day, I was rooting around in the silverware drawer and found a butter knife and of course, I jammed it in the wall outlet by the counter. My wife was standing RIGHT THERE, and didn’t tell me not to do it! How’s a person supposed to know these things?

 

[indykid]

Did the blades have the government mandated warning label "DO NOT READ THIS LABEL IF BLADES ARE ROTATING"?

 

[femurphy77]

Did the blades have the government mandated warning label "DO NOT READ THIS LABEL IF BLADES ARE ROTATING"?

No it had the other one; "If you get hit in the head while the blades are spinning it can kill you. If you don't believe us try it."

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

Obviously there should be a guard or covering to prevent accidental contact with the spinning blades. Then, the opening size needs to be regulated to prevent people form inserting small objects like fingers or tongues.

 

[Basher]

Obviously there should be a guard or covering to prevent accidental contact with the spinning blades. Then, the opening size needs to be regulated to prevent people form inserting small objects like fingers or tongues.

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Well, Airbus uses the Fenestron system quite a bit on their newer designs, and MD likes the NOTAR (though nobody else does, to include most pilots hahaha), so they ARE trying to preserve stupid a little bit…

The sad part is, you don’t have to be “stupid” for this to happen. Ignorance and complacency have taken the lives of plenty of people with regard to helicopter blades (and airplane props!) on the ground. If your hat blows off, what’s your natural reaction? To chase after it and save it. It only takes a momentary lapse of reason and then…

We brief passenger every time we fly that if they were to need to exit the helicopter while it’s running, they need to exit to the sides or toward the front but NEVER the rear. If somebody were to shoot toward the back and I didn’t have a ground crew to stop them, well, there wouldn’t be much at all that I could do when I’m strapped in and holding the controls.

So while I feel the pilot should be off the hook here the ground crew might need a little closer interviewing, but negligent homicide seems quite a bit much, IMO.

 

[phylodog]

Did the blades have the government mandated warning label "DO NOT READ THIS LABEL IF BLADES ARE ROTATING"?

I had the same thought but you beat me to it lol