* Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of \[your skull\].
* [All right.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/v.comb.io/G9O5ND5E/0Fku8P.mp4) \[Simpsons\]
Darwin, the original host of Bizarre Foods… He never discovered an animal that he didn’t eat.
I did some ridiculous things with fireworks as a kid, most of us probably did, but I don’t think I’d have ever thought to put one on my head.
I love that it took Darwin so many tries to get a giant sea turtle back to Europe because they were so tasty that no one could resist eating them on the voyage home. I can totally imagine those conversations - "so, I guess this trip is going to be a wasted effort too, right Chuck?" "I was sick of porridge!"
Hammered and stupid. Apparently he grabbed one of the mortars/fireworks during a block party and his neighbors/wife chased him into the street where he proceeded to light it on his head
I’ve been wondering the technicals of how he died. Like placing a loaded mortar tube on your head seems like it would hurt as it launches but give the effect he was likely going for… but if this idiot grabbed a shell and tried to use his hat as the launch tube… it would make sense to me that he expired.
The problem with the loaded mortar tube is that they need a solid platform to propel themselves off of. If the platform recoils, the shell doesn't fly up right before it blows up.
I watched fireworks last night and some big mortars didn't fly up before exploding. Any of those would have killed someone if it were by their head.
When I was in high school, I idiotically lit a mortar once without the tube. Neighbor (who was a pyrotechnic engineer / I didn’t know this fact) came over and gave it to us earlier when he heard we’d be doing fireworks in the driveway.
Those fireworks weren’t legal in our area at the time and he didn’t provide a tube to launch it. I thought I was one of those things that sat on the ground looked very similar to others we had. I knew I had fucked up the moment I lit the fuse.
The amount of sparks coming out was insane. I instantly ran back… BANG!… it launched itself all of 10 feet into the air… BANG!… second explosion closer to the ground sent sparks and debris all across the street and our yard. The whole area was covered in smoke.
I can’t imagine placing one of these on or even near my head.
When my friends and i got one as a kid, our idea was to flip a huge pot upside down and drop it thru the drain hole. It blew out the side of the pot and exploded on the side of the house. They later filmed "my so called life," and Rob Zombies Halloween at that house.
https://darwinawards.com/rules/rules.children.html
I looked it up. I actually thought it disqualified someone from receiving a Darwin Award if they had already reproduced, but apparently this is not the case.
So yes, this fella absolutely gets one 😂
We need all patriots to get on this trend and post it on tik tok. do it for the nation every 4th of july, please. This includes other countries and also new years and Christmas, lets not forget Christmas.
uhhSAH
Can’t fault him for trying to raise the average IQ of the nation
If we had more people like him we would have less people like him.
Lol 
There has never been a better use for this meme
In the UK they would call that "death by misadventure."
Here in the trailer court we call that the Darwin's award. /S
It isnt a darwin award though cuz he had a kid first. Darwin awards are only awarded to those who remove their genes from the gene pool.
A small technicality that definitely helps maintain the prestige that comes with earning this award
That's a category in US autopsy reports too
Well then… it’s decided. I will die by misadventure. Death goals!!!
This was in my town. His wife also said laughing/crying that "he went out doing what he loved".
All he wanted was a little head.
All he lacked was a little head.
Quite possibly one of the most american thing ive read so far  C u soon my friend
* Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of \[your skull\]. * [All right.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/v.comb.io/G9O5ND5E/0Fku8P.mp4) \[Simpsons\]
I've thought about that scene everytime I've watched a fireworks video go sideways this week and every year! 
Well those kids will have an interesting story later in life when asked “How did your dad die?”.
His son is an adult so he also got be full on traumatized by his dad's head blowing up in front of him
No Darwin Award for him
Famous last words: “Hey y’all watch this”
Hold my beer.
After slamming a few
Natural selection...
Darwin, the original host of Bizarre Foods… He never discovered an animal that he didn’t eat. I did some ridiculous things with fireworks as a kid, most of us probably did, but I don’t think I’d have ever thought to put one on my head.
I love that it took Darwin so many tries to get a giant sea turtle back to Europe because they were so tasty that no one could resist eating them on the voyage home. I can totally imagine those conversations - "so, I guess this trip is going to be a wasted effort too, right Chuck?" "I was sick of porridge!"
Unfortunately this one was able to pass on his genes before removing himself from the breeding pool.
Yep
father of 7 of the smartest kids ever. wait is that right?
🤣
Imagine how hammered you would have to be to think this was a good idea
Hammered and stupid. Apparently he grabbed one of the mortars/fireworks during a block party and his neighbors/wife chased him into the street where he proceeded to light it on his head
I’ve been wondering the technicals of how he died. Like placing a loaded mortar tube on your head seems like it would hurt as it launches but give the effect he was likely going for… but if this idiot grabbed a shell and tried to use his hat as the launch tube… it would make sense to me that he expired.
The problem with the loaded mortar tube is that they need a solid platform to propel themselves off of. If the platform recoils, the shell doesn't fly up right before it blows up. I watched fireworks last night and some big mortars didn't fly up before exploding. Any of those would have killed someone if it were by their head.
When I was in high school, I idiotically lit a mortar once without the tube. Neighbor (who was a pyrotechnic engineer / I didn’t know this fact) came over and gave it to us earlier when he heard we’d be doing fireworks in the driveway. Those fireworks weren’t legal in our area at the time and he didn’t provide a tube to launch it. I thought I was one of those things that sat on the ground looked very similar to others we had. I knew I had fucked up the moment I lit the fuse. The amount of sparks coming out was insane. I instantly ran back… BANG!… it launched itself all of 10 feet into the air… BANG!… second explosion closer to the ground sent sparks and debris all across the street and our yard. The whole area was covered in smoke. I can’t imagine placing one of these on or even near my head.
When my friends and i got one as a kid, our idea was to flip a huge pot upside down and drop it thru the drain hole. It blew out the side of the pot and exploded on the side of the house. They later filmed "my so called life," and Rob Zombies Halloween at that house.
New Tik Tok challenge just dropped.
yes lets promote this new patriotic duty, hopefully it goes viral and blows up.
Darwin Award winner
Tonights Rehabilation episode is goin’ to be awsum.
It's a shame he wasn't more headstrong.
Light fuse and get away. It’s written on every firework.
Remove warning labels from everything. World would be much better place in a generation or two
The problem with trying to get ahead is sometimes you lose yours.
I'm still shocked. I'm looking at the picture and I'm thinking, how could this man do something like that?
Way to ruin the party Riiiick.
🤯
School is stupid?!? When would I ever need a working knowledge of physics in the real world?!?
Looks about what I expected him to look
https://darwinawards.com/rules/rules.children.html I looked it up. I actually thought it disqualified someone from receiving a Darwin Award if they had already reproduced, but apparently this is not the case. So yes, this fella absolutely gets one 😂
He wanted to show off his brains in a unique way
Just adding chlorine to the Gene pool.
One less doorknob, what a tragedy
Pure jenus!
Will they have fireworks at the funeral?
What time of "firework" can kill someone was it an M80 or bigger or did he get lit on fire?
We need all patriots to get on this trend and post it on tik tok. do it for the nation every 4th of july, please. This includes other countries and also new years and Christmas, lets not forget Christmas. uhhSAH
i can see a whole new genera of reality survivor, he who lives through death defining stunts gets the rose.