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[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 226 points 1 month ago

I rented a small boat in Greece and the guy in the harbor showed me a map of the islands I could go to and there was a red line marking how far you were allowed to go. The guy put his hand on my shoulder and very seriously explained that the red like was not visible on the surface of the sea it was just for reference on the map. And told me about this British couple who got on the boat and drove straight on until the fuel ran out. They were lucky they still had phone signal and they called for the guy to come get them. When asked why they did that they said they couldn't see the red line so they thought it was ok...

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The Darwin award ladies and gentlemen

[-] foo@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

Definitely contenders, but they'd need to have killed themselves and/or their offspring in the process to win the prize (or caused their own infertility before having kids, but those are really rare).

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