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Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 12:55 AM Apr 2017

I thought idiots doing dangerous stuff just to get a photo for facebook was a generational thing

that forebodes the kind of generation we are to become. But no, fortunately humans have always been fucking idiots. Found this article about 19th-20th century dumbasses taking meme pics.



The irony is that the lens of history generally looks upon these people favorably as fearless rogues. Meanwhile I seldom imagine that many grandparents will earn the respect of their grandchildren after showing them a photo like this:

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