How Did You Think This Would End

In the world of YouTube, Tosh.O, Ridiculousness, AFV and other video evidence of the Empirical Wisdom of Darwinism I pose the following musing. If we can watch a plethora of bad decisions being made in Ultra High Definition, why oh why am I STILL going to people that continue to make really bad decisions. It makes me ponder the future of the human race and the question of whether or not evolution is dead.

These stories are not all witnessed directly by me, but need mention to back the question of "How did you think that would end?" I'll start with easy ones and work up to the Grand Finale of bad decisions, a call I alas was not present on but is the number one winner in bad decisions that had a dire consequence.

Let's start simple with a call I remember vividly as a thank goodness we got there when we did. The story starts with a girl on her 18th birthday, she goes out, she drinks far far more than she should.  When 911 is called we find her in a house... There are at least 6 men in the house and this one girl! I was so thankful she had made the call before anything more happened but the potential end result was obvious! This young girl was extremely lucky, and the advice to offer is simple. When you are going out for your 18th birthday, make smart decisions! Go with friends you trust, always guard your drink and try to maintain some self control to make the right decision to stay with your friends!

This next event was also a young man who managed to be extremely lucky! Picture yourself out in the open air, wind in your face,  and your riding! You decide to take the ride off the path and into the trails. More jumps,  More turns,  more fun right? This is a great plan and can lead to a great time and a great work out! Unfortunately this young man had done that and had forgotten to wear his helmet!  Well one wrong lean and a he wiped out. He knocked himself clean out and risked an incredibly serious head injury! On arrival to the patient we found him still extremely groggy and confused! Fortunately after we immobilized him, and oxygenated him he started to have a clearer head and managed to make a full recovery but he does wear a helmet all the time now.

It was a dark and quiet night in the country as we responded lights and sirens, breaking the night air with flashing lights and occasional siren blasts. As we rolled up to the scene our eyes were shocked.. What we saw was a car, but it wasn't where we suspected it should be. Our eyes were drawn up, into the tree! About 4 feet off the ground there it was. Wedged like a door stop between two trees. As we approached the car we suspected the worst. I looked in the driver window and was surprised to see a gentleman, awake(sort of), and you could smell the alcohol coming from his breath. For his trouble the gentleman got himself a hospital visit for minor injuries, but for driving wreckless and drunk he was subsequently arrested and charged with a long long list of vehicular and environmental infractions.

Before you read this final story I must warn you, it has some graphic content of a sexual nature. If you are easily offended or squeemish I encourage you to skip this paragraph.  I also will admit that I was not on this call but know the details. A young man and his girlfriend had decided they wanted a method to help him stay erect longer during intercourse. Instead, however, they did not go to a sex store and pick up any of the miriad of products that can help with this they thought they would be creative. Their thought was to place a small piece of copper pipe over his pens before it was erect. A lesson in blood flow had apparently not made it to his memory from high school biology.. Unfortunately this young man paid a dear price for his ignorance. The young man had to have his penis amputated and now can no longer have sex. 

These stories and many many more like them are a result of bad decisions. Every day we meet people that only come up with half a plan or half an idea. When you fail to think of the end consequence or fail to ask yourself... How do I think this will end? If the answer is anything other than positive, it might be a good idea to reconsider your decision.  

Am I saying you shouldn't take risks? Of course not! I'm saying calculate them, plan them and execute them safely. In other words, ideas that start with "Here, hold my drink...." should really warrant a second thought, and friend that let friends drink and do dumb shit are not very good friends! Take a moment before your next bad decision and think, is the price worth the reward, or is there a reward? 

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