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HILARIOUS: Natural Selection Caught on Tape: Never smash a WD-40 Can

gizmodo.com — You've gotta love natural selection caught on video. Intelligent people know that it isn't a good idea to smash a can of WD-40, even if they're curious about what would happen if they did. Luckily, some mouthbreathers decided that they'd give it a whirl, showing us exactly why we're so smart to not have done such a thing.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 20, 2007

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  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+197well at least he passed 1st grade cuz he knew about stop drop and roll. the not playing with fire lesson was 2nd grade i guess.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+187It was already on fire. This jackass decided to hit a can of flammable liquid..while it was ON FIRE.

  • PATSCRU, on 10/11/2007, -4/+179ah, the second time in slow mo will never get old.
  • RogerStrong, on 10/11/2007, -81/+232Wow. It's like George Bush vs Iraq.
  • Kajman, on 10/11/2007, -12/+93You just had to bring that up didn't you... this is why we can't have nice things!
  • pr0t0, on 10/11/2007, -4/+70It kind of reminds me of that old joke...
    Q: What's the most common phrase uttered by rednecks just before they die?

    A: Hey y'all...watch this!
  • havesometea, on 10/11/2007, -2/+62You see...it is one thing to smash a can of WD-40 it is an entirely different thing to smash a can of WD-40 that is on FIRE!
  • LarryLacuna, on 10/11/2007, -6/+50He lost his small ability to reason previously in a freak gasoline fighting accident.
  • nymphetamine, on 10/11/2007, -3/+44http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/digg-spam-sucks-268472.php
  • manicjunkee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38This guy will probably have like 7 kids. Idiocracy anyone?
  • frigginchris, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34dugg for explosions
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+36Make sure that your speakers are on for this.
  • uptown, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27Nice to see his friend kept him in frame instead of running to help...
  • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27I'm impressed that they used a real audio filter on the slo-mo part so it doesn't sound like a growling bear.
  • MaxwellTD, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23Did you know, we have a video section!
    I don't care that it was on digg a few months ago but, at least put it in the right section.
  • resta6, on 01/12/2009, -3/+25if you look they had a fire next to it.

    By itself its fine, I personally dropped my car on some WD-40(can rolled under the tire while I was working on it), but I made the precaution of washing all that stuff off before turning the car on.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21Ohhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!
  • thecosmicpope, on 10/11/2007, -4/+22This is exactly why warning labels should be removed from everything, too many stupid people. If you need warnings that peanuts may contain nuts or your pizza topping is hot when cooked, then there's not much hope for you.
  • Four20, on 10/11/2007, -3/+19man that should be a commercial. i have thought about doing just that multiple times when I was younger. thank god I didn't
  • robotsongs, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17STOP DROP AND ROLL!!!!!!!!
  • bashar129, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I love how his buddies responded in utter shock. As if they didn't expect their friend to be engulfed in flames.
  • unknownsoldierX, on 10/11/2007, -10/+22Yep. Iraq is the WD-40 can and the American people are his eyebrows.
  • Travisx2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13WoW.. Now 1000 and 2 uses for WD40!
  • davehendrix, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Although it is definitely not a good idea to smash a can of WD-40, its smashing the flaming cans of WD-40 that'll really get ya.
  • krnldmp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10The raw stupidity in motivation it takes to do this makes it very surprising he actually had the coordination to pull it off on the first shot.
  • CaptainBlastoid, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12I have to agree.

    "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh ffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkk."
  • Gir53457, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10I'm a firm believer that you're a prick.
  • TehSwat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Reminds me of the two guys on riding mowers with a sword and a flail, with eyeball helmets.

    "Natural Selection, yes it does work"

    Link: http://imagechan.com/img/img.php?id=1975
  • MyDocuments, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8gotta love that 360 in mid-air. kinda impressive isn't it?
  • AeroZeppelin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I'm pretty sure this is the same guy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz0ADwkD-IA
  • blahtastic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9The best redneck idea that ever made the internet- http://youtube.com/watch?v=x-R7_Tt1wtc .

    I would actually consider trying this madness if I had enough of those and a spare fence door..
  • SgtSilverfish, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Video section?
    Also, very old video.
  • javip, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7if by cool you mean stupid, then yes
  • Scheissen, on 10/11/2007, -6/+13Not only is this not news, but it's an old video. Lame buried.
  • tweak13, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Agreed. Spray some WD-40 on the ground and try to light it. I'll guarantee it won't work.

    Yeah, I'm a pyro, so what?
  • upsilonh24, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10Why do I hate Gizmodo? Is it because of the weak web design, all the adds, the blatant opportunism or the fact they make stories up sometimes to attract attention, like a lonely child? Sorry, it just had to get out~
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -11/+17Except that this isn't natural selection in action unless there is a mutation that prevents you from dying from smashing cans of WD-40. And then have the entire population, or a large group of the population, smash the cans. Then only those with the mutation will survive. Otherwise, you don't know how evolution works, or you were just trying to be funny and I took this too seriously...
  • airquotes, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Its funny to read the comments on their page and then come here. All of their comments deal only with what is seen on the video. The dumb guy, why there was fire and his stop drop and roll technique..actually the comments got monotnous. Then I come here and well, you know the rest.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10So you think there are no city people that are this stupid?
  • cfd339, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes (beans). Many people are severely allergic nuts (tree nuts) and can die from eating one, but are not bothered by peanuts. My wife has had severe reactions from eating a brownie that had been on the same plate as other brownies that had nuts.

    That said, of course stupid warnings like "Caution, filling is hot" on a hot apple pie are idiotic.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7There _is_ a video section...
  • bicycleman, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8You know what is great about the Internet? In a few short years all the stupidity will be collected together in video form to teach younger generations not to be stupid. In a few short years will have the smartest most safe people ever on the planet.
  • pmagayon, on 10/11/2007, -21/+26And that's why everything in Bush's office is childproof, has big lettering, and brightly colored.
  • aliengoods, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Natural selection deals with taking yourself out of the gene pool. I'm guessing he burnt his face, horribly disfiguring him, assuring that no woman would want to ***** him.
  • theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -6/+11What the hell is wrong with you? Is it absolutely necessary to take every article and make it political? I don't care how stupid / ineffective / destructive / constructive / effective / smart the politician in question is, it should be possible to talk about an idiot blowing up an aerosol can without having to discuss Iraq, Bush, Clinton, Nixon, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington, Ted Kennedy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, or even freaking Paris Hilton's jail or lack thereof.
  • po43292, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Shoulda used a longer stick.
  • taurustiger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Yeah, because redneck kids and their injuries are what is bringing this country down. It wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the hundreds of billions of dollars we spend on war, the taxes that we pay to cover the interest on the money we loan from the Fed.

    Imagine a world where your head was removed from your ass.
  • joemono, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5So then... not really a likely contender, since he didn't remove him self from the gene pool, and there's no evidence that he's sterile. I love how you post the definition of what the Darwin Award is, yet still somehow manage to not understand it.
  • theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Why is that buried? I'm tired of seeing every stupid stunt described as "natural selection". Look, here's how natural selection works:

    Mutation or dumbassery prevents an individual from reproducing.

    So, when somebody has already had kids, it's not natural selection. When somebody doesn't die or at least become infertile, it's not natural selection.
  • narcosis219, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4"Oooh!!" "AW *****!!!"
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