I apologise if my attitude toward this story is a bit flippant. I know men seem to have a need to prove themselves one better than anyone else. But this tory, from Finland has to stand as a testament to utter male stupidity.

QuoteThe annual World Sauna Championships in Finland have ended in tragedy with the death of one of the finalists.

Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky and his Finnish rival, Timo Kaukonen, collapsed after suffering severe burns. Mr Ladyzhensky later died in hospital.

The event requires participants to withstand 110C (230F) for as long as possible. The men managed six minutes before judges noticed something amiss.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10904691

I mean, water boils at 100C

The Fins are actually pretty good sports generally, as this shows: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8211856.stm

I heard about this on the news this morning.  How stupid do men have to be?

Darwin award nominees?

Quote from: Fencesitter on August 08, 2010, 11:27:40 AM
Darwin award nominees?

Agreed.
What the hell?

Wow. Idiots.

Trust me.  The real 'top guy' doesn't need to prove it to anyone.  Everyone already knows.

I don't understand... Who was the "bottom" and who was the "top" and why did they cook these guys?

If you want to get all hot and bothered... just go to a crowded night club with a small dance floor

Awe hell, if that's what gets them off, just toss some gas on them and throw them a BIC.

Quote from: tekla on August 08, 2010, 11:38:36 PM
Awe hell, if that's what gets them off, just toss some gas on them and throw them a BIC.

I wonder how long it would take the judges to notice something amiss in that case?

Ashes tell very few tales.

I had a friend named Ash who told plenty of tales

VM, you got to spark them up in a high wind.

Only slightly less dumb that Bart Simpson and his mate putting buckets on their heads and butting into each other!

It's times like these I  am glad I don't want to be mistaken for a man any more. LMAO 

Wait till you see your good girl pals debauch and demean themselves to keep a guy.  Makes men look sane.

Netball team trips are apparently not much different from Football team end-of-season trips from what I have heard!

Quote from: tekla on August 09, 2010, 12:33:18 AM
Wait till you see your good girl pals debauch and demean themselves to keep a guy.  Makes men look sane.

i'd say it's about even with guys doing moronic things like THIS and girls acting like they're braindead shells to get the "perfect"(read:->-bleeped-<-) boy

I never could get into some of the posturing & "who is the toughest" stuff with other males when I was living as male. Not that girls don't do the same ->-bleeped-<-, but they seem to do it less.

It made me think of this spider fight video. First fight is between males. Second is between females.

Jumping Spiders Fighting

Quote from: spacial on August 08, 2010, 09:45:20 AM
I apologise if my attitude toward this story is a bit flippant. I know men seem to have a need to prove themselves one better than anyone else. But this tory, from Finland has to stand as a testament to utter male stupidity.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10904691

I mean, water boils at 100C

The Fins are actually pretty good sports generally, as this shows: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8211856.stm

Well you know this made Spike channels 1000 ways to die....

but ya competition is a sometimes fatal flaw in men.  You might think its a man's dream to have his woman be as good as him in a sport and or video game, thats where i say yeah, but the second she beats him... its a nightmare...

It was fun playing games with my fiance ( i was going easy on him), but he was trash talking a bit and giving me tips on playing, so i decided ok... time to open the can of woop ass.   No more easy mode.  lets just say he doesnt wanna play anymore and I made him rage quit, his epeen shrunk a bit that day.  Sure their are games hes better then me in but now he in general prefers not to play me and instead play coop.  So guys like competition its in their nature because the best get selected for sex right? lol at least they think they do~

What a lightweight.

I can stand at least 55°C (115°F) for at least half as long.

Probably 

OMG this is awful x_x . i hope the other guy is ok and recovering

but anyway , although this was unbelievably stupid , i have seen guys do a lot of stupid things like (true story) slapping each other so hard until one of them loses by saying "ouch" . girls too do some pretty stupid things in competition with other girls (although a lot less dangerous ) . it doesn't necessarily involve other people's admiration , it's just in human nature , the animal desire to feel superior to peers