Planking death
May 15, 2011 4:45 PM Subscribe
A young man has died after falling from the seventh storey of a building while planking, an internet meme that involves lying face down in unusual public spaces and photographing it.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is really too thin to make a good post. -- restless_nomad
Does it mean I'm old if I've never heard of planking? I just turned 31. Is this how it starts?
posted by nathancaswell at 4:48 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by nathancaswell at 4:48 PM on May 15, 2011
He walked the plank.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:48 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:48 PM on May 15, 2011
Also, this post is pretty bad, no?
posted by nathancaswell at 4:49 PM on May 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by nathancaswell at 4:49 PM on May 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Haha, yeah this post is planking awful.
posted by ReeMonster at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by ReeMonster at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
seriously? this is where we are with memes? people are in Problems, man.
posted by entropone at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by entropone at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
Opposition police spokesman John-Paul Langbroek says the craze is dangerous.
I'm going to wait until the planking support police spokesman weighs in before I make up my mind on this.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
I'm going to wait until the planking support police spokesman weighs in before I make up my mind on this.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:52 PM on May 15, 2011
He was trying to start a new "pancaking" fad.
posted by notmtwain at 4:53 PM on May 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by notmtwain at 4:53 PM on May 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
I gonna make news posts of every other accident that's happened in the last week. That would be a great internet craze.
posted by smoke at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by smoke at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011
Cool, our next moral panic!
Just in time to distract us from Paul Ryan's assault on Social Security!
posted by orthogonality at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011
Just in time to distract us from Paul Ryan's assault on Social Security!
posted by orthogonality at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011
God damn you, Richard Dawkins. Every time I hear the term 'meme' I want to jump off a seven story building.
posted by Huck500 at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Huck500 at 4:54 PM on May 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
examples of morning chat show buffoons planking.
I mean, I feel sorry for the kid that died's family and friends, but c'mon. WTF happened to common sense?
posted by birdherder at 4:55 PM on May 15, 2011
I mean, I feel sorry for the kid that died's family and friends, but c'mon. WTF happened to common sense?
posted by birdherder at 4:55 PM on May 15, 2011
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