I'm only going to speak in animated gifs in this thread. ;)

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-10-28T07:23:49.000Z

Seriously. If you have a video of someone getting seriously and perhaps permanently injured, post it somewhere else.

IainC · 2011-10-28T07:27:21.000Z

Cobra · 2011-10-28T07:30:06.000Z

Gotta love Bollywood

kerzain · 2011-10-28T07:40:10.000Z

Matt_Bowyer · 2011-10-28T07:45:40.000Z

IainC:

I want this to be Just Cause 3 so badly.

BrianRubin · 2011-10-28T08:24:18.000Z

MattKeil:

That kid would be in a world of shit if he was my kid and/or that was my cat. An endless world of shit.

Agreed wholeheartedly.

Jason Townsend:

Ah, jesus - guys, don’t we still have some kind of standard of not putting horrifying injurious-looking gifs up? That’s really gruesome looking.

It’s sort of a gentleman’s agreement, but yes, we do. That GIF was just awful.

Jason Townsend:

I’m sorry to threadcop and no moral opprobrium meant, there’s just something to be said for a nobody-gets-hurt-or-really-looks-like-it rule.

Exactly, well said.

IainC:

AMAZING! I too would love to see this in JC3.

Walter_Yarbrough · 2011-10-28T08:25:17.000Z

sinnick:

Whoever is holding that camera is a terrible parent.

For the age of the kid, yes - but, honestly, pets are great educators of young kids that the kid needs some empathy. At some point in time, you need to learn that the world doesn’t revolve around you.

I would post a gif of a parenting fail to follow my own policy of only speaking in animated gifs in this thread, but most parenting fails are them injuring their kids, so here’s a puppy running:

Marcus · 2011-10-28T08:39:15.000Z

IainC:

That my friends is fucking awesome.

TranquilityBase · 2011-10-28T08:45:52.000Z

Dave Perkins:

Probably filmed by a babysitter who thinks the kid is a little shit.

I was thinking older sibling. The camera follows him down to the floor as if to say BWAHAHAHA. That’s totally from the older brother playbook.

Jason Townsend:

Ah, jesus - guys, don’t we still have some kind of standard of not putting horrifying injurious-looking gifs up?

What about gifs that look like they should be painful, but apparently aren’t?

RobotPants · 2011-10-28T09:44:02.000Z

Such grace.

Bill_Dungsroman · 2011-10-28T10:00:49.000Z

I’m not really advocating for gifs of potentially harmful injuries but I seriously doubt that kid was paralyzed or anything like that from that fall. He’s only about 3 feet from the edge of the table base when he falls towards it. He’s young and it seems to hit him at an oblique angle, there’s plenty of muscle and fat and other cushioning between his spine and the table base. He likely isn’t moving because he’s embarrassed as fuck and doesn’t know what to do. A shot to the spine doesn’t make you ragdoll or fall unconscious, he’s be moving his upper limbs if he was in serious distress.

Anyway it doesn’t involve his nuts so I say nay.

Kalle · 2011-10-28T10:26:02.000Z

More likely, he’s not moving because though he’s probably not paralysed he’s in a world of hurt. He just landed his full body weight on that table foot. He’s likely letting out a cry of OHFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

jerri_blank · 2011-10-28T10:36:57.000Z

How about this for a rule of thumb: Before posting, ask yourself, “Will this make Jerri go ‘AY YI YI YI’ or squirm uncomfortably, as though the spinal injury is happening TO HER rather than to a stranger in a gif?”

It’s time we think of MY needs, people.

OOH! And we can get the medical types here to weigh in on each video that does get posted. “Nope, probably not paralyzed.” “Yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark.”

Blips · 2011-10-28T10:51:07.000Z

Good job cat, bad job camera man or woman for being a stupid dick.

I usually don’t care about GIFs where people get injured, but watching that guy land on his back like that… it literally made me cringe.

RichVR · 2011-10-28T10:55:44.000Z

So the Theismann leg break looped over and over is a bad idea?

ChristienMurawski · 2011-10-28T11:05:16.000Z

jerri blank:

How about this for a rule of thumb: Before posting, ask yourself, “Will this make Jerri go ‘AY YI YI YI’ or squirm uncomfortably, as though the spinal injury is happening TO HER rather than to a stranger in a gif?”

Wait. So after asking ourselves this question, do we post the gif if the answer is ‘yes’ or if the answer is ‘no’?

-xtien

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-10-28T12:56:41.000Z

Bill Dungsroman:

I’m not really advocating for gifs of potentially harmful injuries but I seriously doubt that kid was paralyzed or anything like that from that fall. He’s only about 3 feet from the edge of the table base when he falls towards it. He’s young and it seems to hit him at an oblique angle, there’s plenty of muscle and fat and other cushioning between his spine and the table base. He likely isn’t moving because he’s embarrassed as fuck and doesn’t know what to do. A shot to the spine doesn’t make you ragdoll or fall unconscious, he’s be moving his upper limbs if he was in serious distress.

Anyway it doesn’t involve his nuts so I say nay.

Having seen a serious wrestling or football injury or two I can say that is definitely not true in general. The worst injuries I’ve seen left people just lying there motionless waiting for a stretcher. One kid broke his neck wrestling, and he lay on the mat exactly like that. Well, minus the table. ;-)

jerri blank:

OOH! And we can get the medical types here to weigh in on each video that does get posted. “Nope, probably not paralyzed.” “Yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark.”

We in the Pedantic Pedantry Corps are happy to oblige! Well, except I’m just a random internets guy, and not a paramedical or anything. But hey, it’s the internet so taste my amateur opinion!

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-10-28T13:03:15.000Z

RichVR:

So the Theismann leg break looped over and over is a bad idea?

No no, that’s alright. Knee injuries are where I draw the line. ;-)

I had a buddy who’d somehow lost all the ligaments in one of his knees. He could stand on the other leg and swing it sideways like a pendulum. Terrifying.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-10-28T13:04:40.000Z

Blips:

Good job cat, bad job camera man or woman for being a stupid dick.

I usually don’t care about GIFs where people get injured, but watching that guy land on his back like that… it literally made me cringe.

That could have been nanny camera footage, right?

RichVR · 2011-10-28T13:22:14.000Z

Jasper Phillips:

No no, that’s alright. Knee injuries are where I draw the line. ;-)

I had a buddy who’d had somehow lost all the ligaments in one of his knees. He could stand on the other leg and swing it sideways like a pendulum. Terrifying.

Both of my knees are messed up to some degree. There are days when two canes are mandatory. That description reminds me that it’s Friday. Time for a few drinks.