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Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby jdege on Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:14 pm

Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his YouTube prank goes wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Egme-1W70

A whole new kind of stupid...
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:19 pm

Nature weeding out the stupid. :roll:
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby jdege on Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:23 pm

Rip Van Winkle wrote:Nature weeding out the stupid. :roll:

Assuming he hadn't been shot.

What do you call it, when you threaten someone with a knife?

Assault.
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:13 pm

jdege wrote:
Rip Van Winkle wrote:Nature weeding out the stupid. :roll:

Assuming he hadn't been shot.

What do you call it, when you threaten someone with a knife?

Assault.

Playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby Bearcatrp on Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:10 pm

Can't fix STUPID!
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby LarryFlew on Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:18 pm

Bearcatrp wrote:Can't fix STUPID!


Oh but they fixed it permanently
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby yukonjasper on Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:57 am

I don't think this will go well for the citizen who interceded. I don't believe there was a direct threat to his life and I believe in yelling at the perpetrator to drop the knife. If it were a gun, maybe a different story since that deadly force can be projected at distance and quickly. I see a knife 30 feet away and I am drawing and shouting. Pulls attention from the immediate victims, so they can escape (maybe) but let's perpetrator know the game just changed and knife wielding is trumped by gun pointed.

Still a very stupid and naive game to play in public, but prosecution will say, not stupid enough to die over.....

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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby LarryFlew on Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:40 pm

Takes less than 3 seconds to cover 30 feet, how fast do you draw? That's barely draw and shoot time let alone time to shout.
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby jdege on Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:46 pm

LarryFlew wrote:Takes less than 3 seconds to cover 30 feet, how fast do you draw? That's barely draw and shoot time let alone time to shout.


While I agree with you, I have little confidence that any random prosecutor would.
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby yukonjasper on Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:47 pm

LarryFlew wrote:Takes less than 3 seconds to cover 30 feet, how fast do you draw? That's barely draw and shoot time let alone time to shout.

That's probably correct if you are the target. However, if you are not the original target, you could already have drawn and be ready to raise your weapon if the assailant turns to engage you. You have the element of "surprise " by choosing to insert yourself into the situation.
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby armedwalleye on Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:54 am

Perhaps prison will hold it's own pranks in store....
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Re: Youtuber Timothy wilks killed when his prank goes wrong

Postby Holland&Holland on Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:26 pm

armedwalleye wrote:Perhaps prison will hold it's own pranks in store....

??? The prankster is not alive so I doubt he will be doing any time.
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