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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: kirath on July 12, 2001, 05:57:51 AM
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And now his parents are sueing because they say its Cokes fault and not their dumb ass kids fault for tipping the machine over..
Why won\'t people take responsiblity for their actions anymore... Just another example of people not taking responsibilty for what they do...
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010712/od/cocacola_dc_1.html
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Personally, I think its the PS2\'s fault. Its ability to work both standing up and on its side makes kids think everything can do that. Since it works better on its side, expect more vending machine tippings.
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Originally posted by Gohan
Personally, I think its the PS2\'s fault. Its ability to work both standing up and on its side makes kids think everything can do that. Since it works better on its side, expect more vending machine tippings.
LMAO!!!! Yeah, or that Nestle Crunch commercial where Shaq picks up the dang thing and shakes it until the candy comes out.
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Amen kirath!!
LOL Gohan:)
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I don\'t think it\'s a matter of people not taking responsibility. I think it\'s just a case of pure greed. Their ridiculous suit will be turned back by the jury (if it goes that far), but not before they waste a huge amount of their community\'s money on the court proceedings. This whole family should have coke machines dropped on them.
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Correction Coredweller: Fully Stocked coke machines:D
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This reminds me of so many other pointless, money-eating, stoopid, cases. Like when that lady spilled hot coffee on herself. They should have suicide type booths, that have a button that says, "DO NOT PUSH." Then, when the ignorant walk by, they push the button, and we get rid of \'em. Oh, and above it should be some sign that states something in the fact that if a person pushes the button no one can sue on the effects of the outcome.
Common sense people!
Here\'s something along those lines:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3628/fun_toy_banned.html
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Only in America/Canada..
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kids die ( xample ;school masacre ) - did he play videogames ? - sue videogamemakers ! - rich parents !
It\'s something like that I guess.
Knotter8
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Originally posted by Troglodyte
This reminds me of so many other pointless, money-eating, stoopid, cases. Like when that lady spilled hot coffee on herself. They should have suicide type booths, that have a button that says, "DO NOT PUSH." Then, when the ignorant walk by, they push the button, and we get rid of \'em. Oh, and above it should be some sign that states something in the fact that if a person pushes the button no one can sue on the effects of the outcome.
Common sense people!
Here\'s something along those lines:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3628/fun_toy_banned.html
COMMON SENSE - is becoming an oxymoron
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Originally posted by Coredweller
I don\'t think it\'s a matter of people not taking responsibility. I think it\'s just a case of pure greed. Their ridiculous suit will be turned back by the jury (if it goes that far), but not before they waste a huge amount of their community\'s money on the court proceedings. This whole family should have coke machines dropped on them.
I assume you didn\'t see the old lady who won tons of cash for spilling hot coffee on herself and saying it\'s McDonald\'s fault for not putting a warning on the cup.
You have to really try hard to pull a coke machine down. I mean Real hard. A snack machine maybe, but a coke machine is very heavy. The kid did it knowing what could happen.
This is just another example of God\'s way of weeding out the stupid people.
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Originally posted by juslight
COMMON SENSE - is becoming an oxymoron
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It\'s a sad, sad world in which people can do stooopid stuff and get payed/praised for it.
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That\'s a very sad story. How\'d he kncok the thing over anyway? Those things are very heavy. It\'s not Coke\'s fault the boy got killed, but maybe they\'ll make anti-tipping vending machines in the near future so this won\'t happen again. Imagine the fright on the kid\'s face...:( I bet he wouldn\'t have done it again if he had lived. He would be so frightened of vending machines. But he died, and that\'s very sad...doesn\'t mean he deserved to die, just because he was doing something stupid...
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what an idiot. I have never seen any form of vending machine, whether it be of coke, pepsi, candy, or condom, not have a warning that say DO NOT TIP, injury or death will occur!
While this kid obivously didn\'t deserve to die, he diddeserve to get a kneeap smashed or something. If the parents win, I am moving to Sweden, where at least the ignorant people there can\'t be sued.
Eric Jacob
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
That\'s a very sad story. How\'d he kncok the thing over anyway? Those things are very heavy. It\'s not Coke\'s fault the boy got killed, but maybe they\'ll make anti-tipping vending machines in the near future so this won\'t happen again. Imagine the fright on the kid\'s face...:( I bet he wouldn\'t have done it again if he had lived. He would be so frightened of vending machines. But he died, and that\'s very sad...doesn\'t mean he deserved to die, just because he was doing something stupid...
From what I understand is that he was on a drinking bindge and tipped the machine over when he was drunk.. I don\'t know why the parents dont sue the alcohol company too for getting their kid drunk.. people are truely retarded..
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because it was probably their alcohol that he got drunk on. :) Of course, they don\'t want to take ANY blame for the accident, so they look for the quickest target. These are the kind of people that don\'t vote and wonder why we get stuck with geniuses and philanderers in the office like Billy Clinton.
Eric Jacob
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It said that 35 people have died from vending machine accidents. So maybe there is some kind of problem. He was drunk though...binging, nonetheless.
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
It said that 35 people have died from vending machine accidents. So maybe there is some kind of problem. He was drunk though...binging, nonetheless.
How would a vending machine fall over, other than if pushed? Earthquake? I wouldn\'t blame a vending machine because of an earthquake! Is there any way that it would fall because of a design flaw?
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Originally posted by Troglodyte
How would a vending machine fall over, other than if pushed? Earthquake? I wouldn\'t blame a vending machine because of an earthquake! Is there any way that it would fall because of a design flaw?
A lot of junk builds up under the machines over time. It could end up getting more loose eventually. It would still require some major pushing and pulling.
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Do you guys realize when you see warnings like that, they wouldn\'t be there unless some moron had done it before.
There\'s a sign on the airplane door that says "DO NOT OPEN DURING FLIGHT". And the only reason it is there is because one time some dude said "honey, hold my beer, I\'ll be right back".
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i always liked pepsi better ne wayz
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Originally posted by TwIsTeD mEtAl
i always liked pepsi better ne wayz
I was about to laugh...but then it made me sad...:(
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
A lot of junk builds up under the machines over time. It could end up getting more loose eventually. It would still require some major pushing and pulling.
ITS A FRIGGIN BOX! Humans learn this stuff when they are less than one year old playing with wooden blocks... "TIP BOX... BOX FALL OVER" Why would they need some kind of warning for that? I don\'t care if it\'s happened to 35 people, I\'m sure that most of those situations were not due to some idiot pulling the machine over on himself.
"Honey, hold my beer.. I\'m going to see if I can pull this machine over..." :D
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Originally posted by Coredweller
ITS A FRIGGIN BOX! Humans learn this stuff when they are less than one year old playing with wooden blocks... "TIP BOX... BOX FALL OVER" Why would they need some kind of warning for that? I don\'t care if it\'s happened to 35 people, I\'m sure that most of those situations were not due to some idiot pulling the machine over on himself.
Calm down...:) If it accidentally fell on you (don\'t think about yelling at me), would you want people thinking that your death was caused by your complete lack of intelligence. Maybe some of them were. But maybe some were accidents also. I, for one, am still trying to figure out how you could make it topple down.
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I\'m calm, don\'t worry. :) I predict that if you look at those 35 cases, probably 5 of them were caused by complete idiots trying to jiggle the machine to get their coke can free. The other 30 were due to something else, like workmen pushing the machine around, and the feet getting stuck in a groove in the floor or whatever. Those were not the fault of the manufacturer of the coke machine. The workers were improperly trained, applied too much force, were unaware of the surface they were pushing the machine around... etc. When you think about how many of these machines there are in the US, I\'d say that 35 injuries is a very low number statistically.
What I\'m saying is that even the "accidents" were not due to a fault in the design of the machine. It\'s a big box, and I don\'t see how you could make it any safer. I also think that warning stickers are unnecessary. Humans should know "TIP BOX... BOX FALL OVER."
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EviscerationX,
No offense. But after reading some of your thoughts on certain threads lately, it seems to me that you are overly sensitive. Please correct me if I am wrong. It\'s great to have compassion towards others, but you can\'t sit in front of the TV crying about everything that happens to ppl on the news. (not that you do)
... I\'m sorry for those who don\'t have common sense, and while I\'m not \'glad\' the kid died, I don\'t care either. It\'s like crossing the street w/o looking both ways. I can understand if some 3 year old does it, but once you reach that point that you should have common sense, my sympathy goes down the drain. But hey, that\'s me.
I don\'t want to live in no freakin\' sugar-coated world. Bring the darkness, bring the reality, because that\'s what it is. The world is a big and scary place.
- dm
- the trick is to keep breathing.