Darwin Awards Speech

1. The Darwin Awards
By Chessa Emerson

2. What is it?

3. What is it?
 Awards given to those who remove
themselves from the gene pool in
humorous and idiotic fashions

4. What is it?
 Awards given to those who remove
themselves from the gene pool in
humorous and idiotic fashions
 Named after Charles Darwin

5. What is it?
 Awards given to those who remove
themselves from the gene pool in
humorous and idiotic fashions
 Named after Charles Darwin
 “Trust me” “Light that fuse” “I saw
it in a movie”

6. Requirements

7. Requirements
 Inability to Reproduce

8. Requirements
 Inability to Reproduce
 Excellence

9. Requirements
 Inability to Reproduce
 Excellence
 Self-selection

10. Requirements
 Inability to Reproduce
 Excellence
 Self-selection
 Maturity

11. Requirements
 Inability to Reproduce
 Excellence
 Self-selection
 Maturity
 Veracity

12. Examples

13. Examples
 Juggling active hand grenades

14. Examples
 Juggling active hand grenades
 Jumping out of a plane to film
skydivers without a parachute

15. Examples
 Juggling active hand grenades
 Jumping out of a plane to film
skydivers without a parachute
 Using a lighter to illuminate a fuel
tank to make sure it contains
nothing flammable

16. Examples
 Juggling active hand grenades
 Jumping out of a plane to film skydivers
without a parachute
 Using a lighter to illuminate a fuel tank
to make sure it contains nothing
flammable
 Attempting to play Russian roulette with
a semi-automatic pistol that
automatically reloads the next round into
the chamber