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Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet

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N_Lens3 hours ago

"What are you going to do, lob a stone at me from 300m away?" shouted the man on the parapet, moments before impact.

paxcoder2 hours ago

I hate this meme. Someone says "think about what you are doing prideful fool". And the other person still decides to use lethal force. That is diabolical, not funny.

WelkinFolk46 minutes ago

Diabolically funny, you mean.

bluefirebrand31 minutes ago

> Someone says "think about what you are doing prideful fool".

That strikes me as a wildly incorrect interpretation of the situation in the meme.

My reading is closer to a man on a parapet shouting "neener neener you can't touch me" moments before being touched by a rock at high velocity

lazide29 minutes ago

Yup, my favorite is the ‘what are you going to do, stab me? -stabbed man’ quote from the news interview hah.

cobbzilla38 minutes ago

But have they identified the trebuchet that killed him?

We can rule out Warwolf [1] my favorite trebuchet, which never killed anyone.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwolf

JoeAltmaier5 days ago

Interesting find! I wonder if the massive damage could also be explained by the falling wall (documented in the article).

hermitcrab5 days ago

Indeed, I am sure there are other mechanisms that could cause similar trauma.

Georgelemental1 hour ago
b3ing1 hour ago

Hope he died quickly, instead of having to deal with the pain of multiple bones crushing

kevin_thibedeau16 minutes ago

Instant unconsciousness. Hopefully he didn't wake up.

271833 hours ago

dude got absolutely rocked

xprnio2 hours ago

What do you expect - it came in like a wrecking ball

kouunji2 hours ago

Didn’t feel it though, cuz he was stoned.