Comments for "If you are afraid to fly.. Don't watch this!" Video at VideoSift.com

By steroidg

steroidg (http://www.videosift.com/member/steroidg) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:25:46 -0700

Just curious, didn't people die in some of these accidents? If so, wouldn't this be considered snuff?

By Januari

Januari (http://www.videosift.com/member/Januari) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:57:39 -0700

I had the same thought... kind of classless to call them dimwits... at the very least in some cases it seems clear that mechanical issues were at least partly to blame...

By pipp3355

pipp3355 (http://www.videosift.com/member/pipp3355) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:53:07 -0700

*discuss

cuz people die in it.. but we've had other videos in the past where people die and they were allowed.. i think the most recent example was a huge explosion in canada..

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:53:07 -0700

This video is being sent to Sift Talk for discussion - discuss requested by pipp3355.

By thegrimsleeper

thegrimsleeper (http://www.videosift.com/member/thegrimsleeper) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:26:09 -0700

The first 3 minutes seem to be ok but the last minute is in my opinion snuff.

By mintbbb

mintbbb (http://www.videosift.com/member/mintbbb) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:19 -0700

Fine, I'll *discard, so nobody will be scarred for life

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:19 -0700

Discarding this post - discard requested by original submitter mintbbb.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:37:47 -0700

What?! Discard?! Snuff is snuff, but this is newsworthy footage in my opinion, so it doesn't deserve to be discarded. I agree the tongue-in-cheek nature of the title is a bit appalling, and the Top Gun soundtrack doesn't help to make it not feel atrociously macabre. But, I don't think this isn't Siftworthy.

Mintbbb, I think you made a mistake for discarding this video.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:16:54 -0700

*promote this back into mintbbb's queue.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:16:54 -0700

Only published, queued, or discarded videos, published Sift Talk posts, and published blog posts may be promoted - ignoring promote request by blankfist.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:17:45 -0700

Um, hey Siftie, if you haven't noticed this is a discarded video, so please *promote it. Much appreciated, you worthless bucket.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:17:45 -0700

Only published, queued, or discarded videos, published Sift Talk posts, and published blog posts may be promoted - ignoring promote request by blankfist.

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:21:37 -0700

*return

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:21:37 -0700

Returning this video from Sift Talk - return requested by lucky760.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:36:49 -0700

*promote...

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:36:51 -0700

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Friday, October 10th, 2008 2:21pm PDT - promote requested by blankfist.

By mintbbb

mintbbb (http://www.videosift.com/member/mintbbb) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:43:06 -0700

Thanks =) Modified the title to to something more suitable!

By Napalm

Napalm (http://www.videosift.com/member/Napalm) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:38:39 -0700

HAHAHA! Maybe people got hurt! Hehe.

(Please note I didn't vote for this video.)

By shuac

shuac (http://www.videosift.com/member/shuac) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:04:57 -0700

mint, you've been on fire yourself lately with these submissions of yours! Great sntuff!

By Trancecoach

Trancecoach (http://www.videosift.com/member/Trancecoach) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:48:57 -0700

I'll upvote any video with John McCain in it. I think he piloted at least a few of these!

Oh yeah.. and happy fleet week, SF.

By Fade

Fade (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fade) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:49:49 -0700

It isn't snuff if you can't see people dying.

By alizarin

alizarin (http://www.videosift.com/member/alizarin) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:09:04 -0700

I thought it was good until the last minute too.

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:19:48 -0700

I'm a pilot and I'm novoting this -- the tone is too smarmy for me. These are people falling to earth and getting maimed or killed (usually not even doing particularly Darwinesque things).

I won't give my opinion on all of the clips (unless you're really interested) but I will say that the second one appears to be a not-uncommon approach and landing on the incredibly challenging Runway 13 at the now-defunct Kai Tak airport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak#Runway_13_approach

The last one, though, unlike the others, *is* a total Darwin award; the asshole Air Force pilot had a reputation for being a cowboy and had long sworn that he would manage to roll a B-52 heavy bomber before he retired. Unfortunately he took his crew with him when he augered in.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982358-1,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base_B-52_crash