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Steve Irwin Dead
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ScuttleMonkey
on Mon Sep 04, 2006 01:37 AM
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mkosmo writes "News.com.au is reporting that Steve Irwin was killed in a freak accident while filming one of his well known documentaries. Surprisingly it wasn't a crocodile, it was a sting-ray."
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Honestly, this was a long time coming (Score:5, Insightful)
Thanks Steve (Score:5, Insightful)
Unfortunately, while he stood as a model environmentalist, he now stands as an example of the dangers of directly interacting with wild animals.
Jim
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Re:Thanks Steve (Score:5, Funny)
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why did it kill him? (Score:5, Interesting)
what did he do to cause a stingray to kill him? TFA says it was a freak accident. but was it really? what were the stingray's intentions?
Re:why did it kill him? (Score:5, Informative)
The same article goes on to say [potamotrygon.de]:
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R.I.P. Steve. (Score:5, Insightful)
I met him briefly once or twice - he was a friend of a friend - and while he used to ham it up for the cameras, he was a nice guy and very passionate about wildlife.
*sigh*
He will be missed.
Re:R.I.P. Steve. (Score:5, Funny)
If I die an early death, I hope it's due to a meteorite hitting me while sitting at my computer.
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Fastest Travellling News (Score:5, Interesting)
This is the fastest I've ever seen news hit the front page on slashdot.
In fact since this news broke an hour ago I've received 1 phone call, 4 SMS's and 6 e-mails about it. A coworker came running to tell me about it and 88+ news items about it have appeared so far on Google News. Just goes to show that people really care about Steve Irwin.
With that kind of influence it makes you wonder what he might have achieved if he hadn't died.
Re:Fastest Travellling News (Score:5, Funny)
Kid: 'What were you doing when Steve Irwin was killed, dad?'
Me: 'Reading Slashdot, son.'
Kid: 'What's Slashdot?'
Me: 'It was this magical place where all the news stories were posted two or three times each, where some people would charge in without even reading the story at all and we'd all get a chance to score each others posts, though that was a bit of contentious issue.'
Kid: 'Oh. Kinda like Digg?'
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The world is lessened (Score:5, Insightful)
I heard about this a couple of hours ago while talking online on a MUD I used to code for. The first thought I had was that the world was a lesser place without him, just like the world was reduced when Fred Rogers passed. This was a Grade-A human being, and in an odd way very important to me. Let's just say my dog's name is Bindi.
Good luck, Steve.
He was cringeworthy but... (Score:5, Informative)
Respect (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Respect (Score:5, Insightful)
My mother's in remission if anyone cares.
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Re:Respect (Score:5, Funny)
Ouch. I thought the state you want would be for the cancer to be in remission.
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Ignoring all the stupid crap (Score:5, Insightful)
*You* may have not liked the guy; maybe you hated him. His style, his 'in your face attitude' about "Outback" animals might have been a little bit too 'kooky' for what most mainstream Americans are used to. But anyway...
I met him once while on a flight out to LA (I think he was doing the Late Show /w Leno) and honestly I've never met anyone who had such a zest for life. Seriously, the guy was so upbeat about EVERYTHING, it was hard to ignore him.
People like him are so special. I'll never forget him, and I hope you all won't either.
Re:Ignoring all the stupid crap (Score:5, Funny)
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Doin What He Loved (Score:5, Insightful)
The real deal (Score:5, Informative)
link [theage.com.au]
My hat goes off to you Steve, and my condolences to your family.
I'm surprisingly upset (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:oblig (Score:5, Insightful)
It was funny. Dark and morbid, sure. But funny.
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Re:oblig (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:oblig (Score:5, Insightful)
It is damn funny. Irwin himself has probably play-acted a death like that a hundred times for the comedic effect.
Besides, all humor originates from the misfortune of others. Try to come up with something funnier than a knock-knock joke that isn't at the expense of someone - you'll be at it for quite a while.
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Re:oblig (Score:5, Insightful)
Your sentence does not parse. I suggest you stop frothing.
I'd like to go up to you now and stab a fucking stingray barb through your heart! THEN find it funny!
Actually, the irony of your statement is very funny. Here you are going on and on about how terrible it is to joke at death, and now you have gone waaaay beyond that and are making death threats. You are clearly unbalanced if you think you've got any moral high ground any more.
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Re:Invincible (Score:5, Funny)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Re:Now that's ironic (Score:5, Insightful)
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