Who says the last inventor was Thomas Edison? We as a species have always been inventors. It's in our blood- or at least in a couple of us, like Zuckerberg. But I am not talking of dating inventions that went out of control here. I am talking of new ways to die.
In the good old days (just a turn of phrase, can't guarantee they were ACTUALLY good), we could only get a good old heart attack (by whatever name called), or drown in a river.
Gradually, we invented car crashes (after cars were invented, of course), air crashes (likewise), and a sundry collection of such methods. Some went so far as to crash a Space Shuttle too, but that was rare.
Now, since 9/11, we have turned our attention to the dying process, and have turned innovative. Some top favourites are-
A selfie on the edge of a cliff- talk about LIVING on the edge!
The doctor leaving his scissors in your tummy. A scissarian section?
Driving while you text. What, you say it's too graphic? Text can't be, it's two different things..
Suicide (that's an old one) because of a breakup over FB Messenger (that's the twist).
Honour killing (old one) for even more trivial things (new reasons)- just watch any Hindi movie that is trying to unite two souls in love, and you'll have the annoyed parent pick up a gun and threaten to (or actually) kill his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or all of the afore-mentioned. Sons are excluded, because they are needed to kill the next generation.
Trying to buy a first day ticket for a Rajnikanth film. Kabali, da..
In the good old days (just a turn of phrase, can't guarantee they were ACTUALLY good), we could only get a good old heart attack (by whatever name called), or drown in a river.
Gradually, we invented car crashes (after cars were invented, of course), air crashes (likewise), and a sundry collection of such methods. Some went so far as to crash a Space Shuttle too, but that was rare.
Now, since 9/11, we have turned our attention to the dying process, and have turned innovative. Some top favourites are-
A selfie on the edge of a cliff- talk about LIVING on the edge!
The doctor leaving his scissors in your tummy. A scissarian section?
Driving while you text. What, you say it's too graphic? Text can't be, it's two different things..
Suicide (that's an old one) because of a breakup over FB Messenger (that's the twist).
Honour killing (old one) for even more trivial things (new reasons)- just watch any Hindi movie that is trying to unite two souls in love, and you'll have the annoyed parent pick up a gun and threaten to (or actually) kill his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or all of the afore-mentioned. Sons are excluded, because they are needed to kill the next generation.
Trying to buy a first day ticket for a Rajnikanth film. Kabali, da..
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so Hindi movie has Die logs?
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