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by gspetr 3158 days ago
IIRC it's based on upvotes. And the most upvoted ones are also about criminals meeting prompt demise: http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1993-06.html
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Top in 2017 -

Petty criminal, probable drunkard.

Workplace accident, I wouldn't say criminal.

Probable drunkard, not criminal (I also once made a ethernet ladder, yes it does not work well, no I didnt use it at a deadly height)

Not criminal, a bit silly. Funny because racism. I'd guess alcohol related.

Not criminal, probably alcohol involved, just a vehicular accident.

1 and 3 I'd also say involved mental illness. True if you want to be harsh we don't want the mentally ill or those susceptible to drug abuse to breed. I kinda think killing them off is not great why not just sterilize them?

Larry Walters who this story would have been inspired by (Not sure why people are saying the movie Up) also got a honorary Darwin award. He killed himself eventually. So he had issues I guess. But he was a legend as far as I'm concerned I'd prefer a world full of him over people making fun over people dying.

I still very much enjoy this one about Ronald Opus: http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-16.html