Comments on: Spectator

By: All Failure

All Failure — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:56:18 +0000

NICE NICE NICE

By: TMSugarCCheese

TMSugarCCheese — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:27:28 +0000

Flying man!

By: Ryan Waxx

Ryan Waxx — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:37:08 +0000

Why does a picture magically transform from funny to not based on what the (non-obvious) result was?

What if some commenter early in the thread had posted a fake news article saying that the guy had been forced to dive out of the way, but was otherwise uninjured? Would you have even checked?

And then later on someone posts the real news story. Now the picture has gone from unfunny (when people weren’t sure) to funny (when people were deceived) and back to unfunny for those who believed the real report!

Isn’t it absurd from a logical point of view that a picture does not change but it magically bounces back from not funny to funny and back, based on facts you’ll never check and the fate of a person you’ll never meet?

By: d0b

d0b — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:36:07 +0000

The Photographer is dead.

By: goat milk soap

goat milk soap — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:21:19 +0000

blew him out of this pants…

By: RAWRanyCHEEZburger

RAWRanyCHEEZburger — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:50:02 +0000

It made my day XD

By: solo piano

solo piano — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:03:54 +0000

explosive fail?

By: solo piano

solo piano — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:02:04 +0000

yeh, but he sure got spit out!

By: chase

chase — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:27 +0000

typical black guy, he can jump higher than the car and do it in style. =D

By: Big Mac

Big Mac — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Driver- I believe i can fly!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:04:03 +0000

*because. I fail now.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:01:04 +0000

I guess you don’t really race then, becasue you wouldn’t think that as a true racer. I figure you race RC cars, or maybe even snails. You=fail.

By: mutherfarker

mutherfarker — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:00:22 +0000

haha man the guy on the right is still posing for the photo

By: scott

scott — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:11:21 +0000

I race and I think crashes are funny as hell so shut up

By: scott

scott — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:10:10 +0000

he didnt die

By: LolOtter

LolOtter — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:45:58 +0000

WE HAVE LIFTOFF

By: DubbaCTrumpetMSU

DubbaCTrumpetMSU — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:02:52 +0000

Then you might not want to be on a site like failblog, which posts pictures of accidents occasionally. I’m sorry, but if you’re where you are NOT permitted..FOR A REASON…with cars traveling at twice the highway speed…it’s your fault. Sure, I feel sorry for him and his family..but only to a point. Once you pass the line of where you shouldn’t be, your life is in your own hands.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:18:29 +0000

The brain can only take so many blows to the head….I won’t get into all that. NOT funny…sigh…people joke, there are times we should not, but know this, we lose people we love so others can get amused by it????…my 22 yr old son died in a car accident, he was thrown from the vehicle, a long ways…regardless of the type of accident…the outcome is not good in a situation like this…it is real, I can tell….I do not condone this, its not right for people like me to have to see this, even if its NOT MY SON…it makes me … relive it…its not right, don’t make fun of things like this. This is a Mothers CHILD!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:15:37 +0000

It’s fail to be able to fly!? I think that’s epic win for the dead guy!!

By: injured people are HILARIOUS

injured people are HILARIOUS — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:46:17 +0000

ya. they took their lives into their own hands when they got behind the wheel. with that in mind, its pretty funny

By: None

None — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:53:34 +0000

The guys is dead folks. It doesn’t matter if his hands were cut off or not (in fact they weren’t).

The person flying looks like some kind of dummy? Let a car going at 150miles/hour hit you. I bet you’re going to look awesome.

By: Toa McKai

Toa McKai — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:15:50 +0000

The person flying looks like some kind of dummy (not an idiot kind for the other idiots out there) but I could be wrong.

By: bootothat

bootothat — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:05:06 +0000

Oh, and also, even if wayyy slow of a response, Shawn’s posting says “Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.” Sorry, but when you go where you aren’t supposed to go, be wary of the consequences. Besides, this is more of a “holy sh*t” (yet still oddly amusing) picture than a lol picture…at least in my opinion.

By: Dr. Physics

Dr. Physics — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:46:25 +0000

Major physics fail! Cars crashing into things don’t produce a large enough “shock wave” to launch a grown man into the air.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:02:45 +0000

His hand isn’t missing idiot, it’s just a low quality photo. Or do you think he has a freakishly long forearm?

By: Kioshi

Kioshi — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:44:28 +0000

….Wouldn’t there be blood if his hand was missing? o.O

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:20:17 +0000

Yes, he’s dead…

Raphael Lima Pereira, a journalism student, was photographing the Brazilian Stock Cars V8 race when a car careened out of control and he was thrown from a bank of tires, where he was taking pictures, police said Monday.

He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.

This pic really is in bad taste, note the lack of right hand…

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:06:21 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A 19-year-old photographer died after he was struck by a stock car in a race on Sunday at the International Autodrome in Campo Grande, 1,200 kilometres west of Rio de Janeiro.

He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.

The car, driven by Gualter Salles, hit the track’s first curve following a crash involving several cars shortly after the race started. Salles was unhurt, and chose not to continue the race, which was restarted.

Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.

Pereira was the third death in the 25-year history of Brazilian stock car racing, and the first victim who was not a driver, according to O Globo newspaper.

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:09:45 +0000

Did anyone actually die? I’m pretty sure the guy is flying through the air because he was either sitting on or standing next to the thing that the car crashed into, and the shock wave launched him. The landing must’ve sucked, though.

By: tink

tink — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:43:01 +0000

I think the whole thing is funny. Sense of humor Fail.

By: RIP poor man

RIP poor man — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:08:55 +0000

Motorsport accidents aren’t funny, if someone was seriously injured or killed!

By: kjartan

kjartan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:17:21 +0000

That’s not funny, that’s f$%^d up . . .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:54:16 +0000

It’s sad, knowing that this man is actually dead.

You fail sir.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:52:05 +0000

thats not funny

By: pakito fails

pakito fails — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:58:53 +0000

@pakito: It’s 2003….you fail

By: pakito

pakito — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:47:59 +0000

this picture as campo grande-mato grosso do sul state -brazil stock car race 2005

the photographer is dead!! fail

By: Lindstrom

Lindstrom — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:06 +0000

NICE