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In short, men just think differently than woman. Hormones, group theory, and so on. All of that play into how men and women think to a primal level. Men (myself included) think it would be a good idea to ride on top of a car because it would look cool. And there have been women who have done plenty of dumb, irrational things for their own reasons.
Even shorter, human beings are stupid.
This thread is a joke and the OP is a joke for making it.
Men predominantly do things that aren't safe or certain and such, that's true, but safety isn't what defines stupidity. Yes, doing things like those above is a sign of stupidity but still, that comes down to the individual, not the gender.
In other words, if doing the risky thing works, than that's amazing, if it backfires, then it's stupid. That's why the majority of people who end up on those videos and some in the morgue are men and also why the majority of inventors and discoverers are also men.
Smart men do the invention and discovery stuff, dumb men do the things seen in the above video. Each with his own mental capabilities.
In short, men just think differently than woman. Hormones, group theory, and so on. All of that play into how men and women think to a primal level. Men (myself included) think it would be a good idea to ride on top of a car because it would look cool. And there have been women who have done plenty of dumb, irrational things for their own reasons.
Even shorter, human beings are stupid.
Give it time, eventually women will be just as prone to taking video of their entry into consideration for the Darwin Awards as men do now.
No, there is noting special about men taking stupid risks with their lives all for a few laughs in a disproportionate way to women today. The further we go socially the more we see women in positions they have not been in before, what you cannot do is take today's social standards and go backwards to make a generalization on who is and is not more likely to harm themselves in a YouTube video. I'd offer a guess that in another 50 years there will be just as many women as men offered up each year for reward on removing themselves from the gene pool in spectacular manner. If for no other reason than there should be no real limitations on one's sex being a reason to act with a lesser degree of self preservation.
But the stupid things women do, are of a kind that does not have the risk of almost killing yourself in the process.
That is why the questions is not "Men are more stupid then women!" but the question is "are men more stupid than women when it comes to their own safety?".
And objective facts from the journal have found that a lot more men die in stupid stunts than women do. Maybe it is stupidity that makes men more likely to die doing a stupid stunt or maybe it is something different.
Stupidity over ones safety is totally separate from the intelligence issue. A man/woman can be quite intelligent and still totally stupid when it comes to their own safety in stupid stunts.
A study from the British Medical Journey suggests this. Especially when it comes to stupid actions perpetrated by one gender over the other, ending in death.
After studying the "winners" and nominees of the Darwin Awards, an award given out to people who died spectacular but also stupid deaths. Of the 318 nominees and winners of stupid fatal acts, 282 were perpetrated by men and 36 by women.
One of the dumbest is most certainly a terrorist who sent a letterbomb but forgot to put enough stamps on the parcel to get it delivered. Instead it was returned to him due to insufficient stamps on the parcel. The idiotic letterbomb sender forgot he had sent this bomb through the mail and when he got a package he opened his own bomb and blew himself to kingdom come.
So that would prove that men really do often miss the intelligence to see the error of their ways.
Like these people "playing" with fire
Loads of videos there, almost all of them (except one) were done by (often young) stupid males.
Or this "brilliant" man who tries to do a bit of manscaping himself
be careful with underage viewers, graphic images with a possible bit of man parts in the mix
A greater willingness to risk bodily harm is not (necessarily) stupidity.
You're mistakenly equating "stupidity" with "willingness to take on risk". They are not equivalent. It is true that someone may engage in risky behavior because he/she is stupid. But it is not necessarily so.
I said, more stupid (aka more irresponsible, aka more reckless with no regard for their own safety or the safety of others) when compared to women.
And of course it does not go for all men or women, but as a rule of thumb, men have been known to be more reckless. The study of the nominees for the Darwin Awards clearly show that a lot more men die doing stupid stunts killing them than women do stupid stunts killing them.
I also have not seen a woman who have set their pubic hairs on fire
And we tend not to light our farts either!!
But you do fart. Hmmmm. My ex-wife has explained to me several times that women absolutely don't fart. What we hear is simply a tear in the fabric of the universe. I've also discovered that yes, men are absolutely dumber than women and willing to do stupid stuff just to prove it. You should thank us.
Well..thanks..(I think!)..
I sometimes cringe at silverback males though..
And actually I don't fart..I'm English..
My grandparents were English - both sides of the family. As nearly a wet back, I've assumed American ways. Gassy beer is part of the culture, and we know where that leads.
No PK..we tend not to do that..what was more disturbing was the other men laughing..whilst one of them was obviously acquiring 3rd degree burns..
Yeah, that is what is bizarre too, men who could be seriously hurt and other men laughing their heads off (doubling over with laughing fits).
Schadenfreude..
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