Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/16/florida-man-dies-in-bedroom-fr.html
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Anyone know if there’s a record of a car crash that was caused by the car being so filled with vape smoke that the driver couldn’t see?
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Remember the good old days, when exploding cigarette loads were funny?
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A pacemaker is even closer, and has the same kind of battery.
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I am fairly certain the EXPLOSION didn’t burn 80% of his body, but the resulting fire did.
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We literally put laptops and cellphones on our genitals. Quit with the intentionally bad reporting.
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In terms of risk of death by fire, you’re probably still coming out way ahead when compared to lighting actual fires and inhaling the smoke. So I think vaping is going to win over cigarettes still there.
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Do we now? Explains the lack of resale value.
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A less than magnificent end for the World’s Worst Superhero.
Rest in peace, Florida Man.
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The report might be making a distinction between consumer products and more highly regulated medical devices, although had Florida Man lived long enough I have no doubt he would have eventually purchased a modded budget pacemaker manufactured in the Philippines and distributed by a company called “Heart-E Health.”
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Pretty sure this was actually a case of spontaneous human combustion with the wick effect causing the lithium battery in the vape to explode. The truth will come out eventually.
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It should be noted that these types of explosions occur frequently when an inexperienced user tries to use a Mechanical Mod.
These tube mods have no safety features unlike a Regulated Mod that will actively monitor voltage and cutoff the current once the battery hits a threshold preventing this kind of thing.
Mechanical Mods are “cool” though.
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As long as there are smokers there will be a subset of them vying for the group prize at the Darwin Awards.
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Nooooo, not Floridaman!
The worlds greatest Superhero/-villian.
This is sadder than the end of Infinity War.
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Florida Man could have been expected to go in a less than spectacular way, but I was hoping it would somehow involve an alligator. Luckily, Florida Man keeps regenerating and I don’t think we’ve seen or heard the last of him.
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Oh, wow, you don’t suppose he got cancer treatment the same place Deadpool did, do you?
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I’m not vaping right now.
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Cell phones often spend time pressed against ears, and plenty of people keep them in a pocket or a belt-clipped case, so I don’t know what the USFA is smoking. I don’t apply mine to my naughty bits, though.
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I hate vaping so much it really is hard for me to care about this.
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Show me on the doll where vaping touched you!
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