Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

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Originally Posted by CNN

A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca -- has killed more than 700 people and injured 800 others in Saudi Arabia. The stampede occurred Thursday morning during the ritual known as "stoning the devil" in the tent city of Mina, about 2 miles from Mecca, Islam's holiest city.

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Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.

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Originally Posted by Fallen

Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.

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They were probably asking for it.

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Originally Posted by Fallen

Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.

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Yeah. That's a lot of people going to hell at the same time. Bet there was a wait.

Apparently stampedes like that happen every few years over there. 700 is the worst that I've heard about though.

Nm 1400+ died in one in 1990.

Blood for the blood god!

Skulls for the skull throne!

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Originally Posted by Fallen

Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.

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Maybe not so sad, about 700 less potential terrorists in the world.

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Originally Posted by Atlanteax

Maybe not so sad, about 700 less potential terrorists in the world.

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http://i.imgur.com/SrLBxN8.jpg

Yeah, not enough facepalm exists for that one.

Paper got rejected, fuck you very much Journal of Bacteriology.

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Originally Posted by darkcipher

Paper got rejected, fuck you very much Journal of Bacteriology.

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Ha ha. Don't you hate that shit?