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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

30. The latter.

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #28)

Sun Mar 10, 2019, 03:52 PM

Mar 2019

I remember growing up hearing an adult admit now and then, "Well, I shouldn't have done that." or "That was stupid of me. I made a stupid mistake." It wasn't considered shameful to admit a mistake.

Now it's rare to hear anyone say that.

This woman's attitude is more likely to be, "They should have had better protections against stupid people like me! So it's THEIR fault! How was I, a stupid idiot, to know that a jaguar would be dangerous if I got too close?"

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A woman was trying to take a selfie with a jaguar when it attacked her, authorities say [View all] Kali Mar 2019 OP

Under the heading of Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #1

I did the same thing. Nothing happened to me! Beakybird Mar 2019 #2

Argh. DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #16

Double argh! oldsoftie Mar 2019 #19

Hahaha! Thanks for the chuckle, Arizona! nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #21

Fortunately... Cirque du So-What Mar 2019 #3

Thank goodness! littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #25

Here she is... CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #4

That's gotta' be from Pulp Fiction red dog 1 Mar 2019 #22

Good for the Jaguar. bitterross Mar 2019 #5

Darwin awards. muntrv Mar 2019 #6

Zoos with big cats & other intelligent are evil. JoeOtterbein Mar 2019 #7

Well, yes, but once they're in the wild then jerks like Donny Junior calimary Mar 2019 #9

Or maybe one JoeOtterbein Mar 2019 #14

One badass cat keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #8

Badass is right ... Auggie Mar 2019 #12

Your comments are spot on! Karadeniz Mar 2019 #10

Well, she's now in the clutches of vile Rural Metro not fooled Mar 2019 #11

Schadenfreude! Though I'll wager she'll sue the zoo to cover those expenses. Auggie Mar 2019 #15

I bet she was wearing a MAGA hat too ToxMarz Mar 2019 #13

I wasn't going to say it so thanks for saying it! nt DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #18

... Major Nikon Mar 2019 #17

HA! oldsoftie Mar 2019 #20

What an idiot! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #23

Every year some idiot does something like that. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #24

Does anyone who does stupid things like this ever defacto7 Mar 2019 #28

The latter. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #30

Does anyone have the selfie pic? IronLionZion Mar 2019 #26

They are subject to the natural consequences of their actions, gtar100 Mar 2019 #27

In 1994, an Australian woman climbed over two fences to get to the polar bear's enclosure LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #29

Remember the "frolicking with the sharks" post a few weeks back? Hekate Mar 2019 #31

update Kali Mar 2019 #32