Death of an Innocent Infant? [Archive]

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 9:13 PM

Yesterday my World Regions teacher, Underwood, got a call from his wife. The message said to call him back immediately. Being the fun guy he is, he joked around a bit before finally taking out his cell phone, walking out of the room, and calling her. A few minutes later he comes running back in with a white face, grabs his keys, and runs back out. At that point, I think he only knew something was wrong with Connor.

He was less than a year old. He died extraordinarily suddenly at his daycare. Underwood has requested that no one try to contact his family in any way (and if anyone dared try, they deserve to be shot, in my opinion).

Although I've no relationship with the family or child, I couldn't even begin to imagine how hard it must be on Connor's father. In light of this event, I was just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced anything like this?

Relaps

08-29-2007, 9:17 PM

SIDS, maybe? I feel really bad for him.

I have no experience in child fatalities, but I did almost kill myself a few times when I was a toddler.

ACCIDENTALLY. :indiff:

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 9:19 PM

Haha, if it weren't for my father and his friends, I would've been dead several times older.

I've pulled dressers, televisions, and hot skillets down on myself. Luckily they were caught each time.

Although I don't imagine the guy who caught the skillet was too pleased.

Whitegrass

08-29-2007, 9:20 PM

As much as I personally feel terrible (day ruiner), Explosm is not the right place for sympathy. I believe we know why. But maybe children are different.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 9:21 PM

Explosmateers are just as capable of showing a little sympathy as anyone else.

Mr Anorexia

08-29-2007, 9:27 PM

As much as I personally feel terrible (day ruiner), Explosm is not the right place for sympathy. I believe we know why. But maybe children are different.
No, the Spame forum isn't any place for a thread like this.

That is horrible, though.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 9:31 PM

I wasn't even aware the Spame forum still existed.

InTransit

08-29-2007, 9:39 PM

That's horrible. In related news there was a 2-week old kid near where I live that was mauled to death by the family's dog. That one was really tragic because it was avoidable.

junglebunny

08-29-2007, 9:40 PM

Did you make a dead baby joke?

EDIT because that'd be terrible.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 9:53 PM

That's horrible. In related news there was a 2-week old kid near where I live that was mauled to death by the family's dog. That one was really tragic because it was avoidable.

I have a feeling that dog didn't live very long afterwards.

green rubber bands

08-29-2007, 9:54 PM

Man, that kinda puts things into perspective (for a while atleast).

BAN ME PLEASE

08-29-2007, 9:55 PM

He probably died because he was less than one and at a daycare.

hardcoresk8r69

08-29-2007, 10:02 PM

What is really bad is that we'll never know what was capable of that life.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 10:06 PM

What is really bad is that we'll never know what was capable of that life.

True. That's what always gets me about the death of people that haven't blossomed yet. Who's to say they wouldn't be the next Ghandi, or Pope?

And if you think you'd like to reply saying you don't like Ghandi or the Pope, then keep it to yourself. I was only using examples.

gtrst7711

08-29-2007, 10:09 PM

Ahh, I had an experience way too similar to this.

I was at work when my dad got a call (I work for my parents) saying that there were ambulances and firetrucks outside of the house of one of the kids who works for them. They are also really close family friends.

My dad and I rushed over there to see what was up. What happened was that my friend was backing out of his driveway when his 13 month old niece climbed under the tire when he stopped to get something from his brother. I got there about 15 minutes after this happened, and it was the most horrific scene imaginable, I wouldn't know how to describe it.

I don't know which was harder: being at the scene, the calling hours, or the funeral when my friend, his brothers, and their mom spoke. I couldn't sleep for a few nights.

This all happened about a month ago, by the way.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 10:20 PM

Ahh, I had an experience way too similar to this.

I was at work when my dad got a call (I work for my parents) saying that there were ambulances and firetrucks outside of the house of one of the kids who works for them. They are also really close family friends...

This all happened about a month ago, by the way.

Like I said, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it must be like. Just to think of how it made you feel, and it wasn't even your son, let alone your family. Something like that could destroy a person's life easily.

Goblin Boy

08-29-2007, 10:28 PM

Seriously whats the big deal? Just make another one. It's not like he was really contributing to society in any way at that point.

The kid would've probably been the next Hitler anyway.

KillCodyDead

08-29-2007, 10:29 PM

BAN ME PLEASE

08-29-2007, 10:31 PM

Goblin Boy I completely agree.

mikhial66

08-29-2007, 10:52 PM

I'll leave the flames to everyone else.

You don't know explosm well enough

Matterialize

08-29-2007, 10:56 PM

Eh, babies die all the time. Where do you think all the jokes come from?

I hate calling it "sudden infant death syndrome". That just means the kid died and they have no clue why.

BKS

08-29-2007, 10:57 PM

What is really bad is that we'll never know what was capable of that life.

Coulda cured cancer or some shit like that. It's too bad. I mean, I want to make a joke, but Jesus, that's just cruel.

ArKaiN

08-29-2007, 11:14 PM

My neighbors had something almost exactly like this happen to them. They left their son on the crib, and he and a slight fever. The mom goes to check if he's ok half an our later, and he'd turned around and vomited, then choked on his own vomit to death. Turns out what he had was a form of pneumonia that has almost no symptoms.
It was the first time I actually saw someone in shock. They didn't cry for days, they just sat around like zombies. Then about a week later we heard this wail, man. It was like a scream of physical pain.
It's fucking horrible when children die.

alrightDARLING

08-30-2007, 12:14 AM

That's so depressing. I hate hearing stories about children dying. Adults dying on the other hand...

I'm just kidding. It's just more depressing to hear that it's an infant who's died because they're so innocent. They haven't even had eonugh time to screw up too badly.

Oberlin

08-30-2007, 5:54 AM

John Travolta

08-30-2007, 6:02 AM

You'd think we would all feel bad but most of us don't.

gimp

08-30-2007, 8:25 AM

Oh noes, whatever shall we do? I know, let's post about it on explosm. Don't know the guy, don't care, not too many others do either. Pop out another screamer in nine months if it's a big deal.

Cristo

08-30-2007, 8:31 AM

True. That's what always gets me about the death of people that haven't blossomed yet. Who's to say they wouldn't be the next Ghandi, or Pope?

And if you think you'd like to reply saying you don't like Ghandi or the Pope, then keep it to yourself. I was only using examples.

Or he may have been the next Hitler or Mao? Who the fuck knows, and what does it matter?

"What if's" are irrelevant and useless at times like these.

I feel sorry for the parents, I can't imagine losing something that dear to you. It must suck a lot.

Oh and I've almost killed myself a couple of times as well.

4 times, 5 if you include sicknesses.

sarathy

08-30-2007, 8:32 AM

Aren't the day care centre people responsible for it? They must have been more careful with the child.

Tyler_Legrand

08-30-2007, 9:15 AM

I bet the infant wasn't so innocent after all

Assassin

08-30-2007, 10:06 AM

Seriously whats the big deal? Just make another one. It's not like he was really contributing to society in any way at that point.

The kid would've probably been the next Hitler anyway.

You are a horrible person and should die for saying such terrible things. You can't know if it would be a second Hitler, he could have become a great person. Don't you have any sympathy for the parents :mad:

Jiggz

08-30-2007, 10:15 AM

My question is where do you find guilty infants? Iraq?

gimp

08-30-2007, 10:17 AM

The ones who steal from the cookie jar are the guilty ones.

Spastic

08-30-2007, 12:00 PM

He probably died because he was less than one and at a daycare.

I was thinking the exact same thing, if you can't watch your kid for the first year at least then maybe you shouldn't have him in the first place.

Chardon07

08-30-2007, 12:10 PM

I shouldnt have read this thread, now im sad

Evil Kiwi

08-30-2007, 12:19 PM

Hmm... closest thing I've had is an infant dying of leukemia... we didn't really know the family though, just that it was going on.

Chardon07

08-30-2007, 12:20 PM

Dont get me wrong,i feel bad for the baby but i had to... how do you keep a baby from drowning

Goblin Boy

08-30-2007, 12:22 PM

Dont get me wrong,i feel bad for the baby but i had to... how do you keep a baby from drowning

The real question is why would you want to keep a baby from drowning?

Spastic

08-30-2007, 12:23 PM

Dead baby jokes are unfunny and just plain horrible, i don't see how anyone finds a remote bit of humor in them.

Chardon07

08-30-2007, 12:25 PM

take your foot off its head. :wail: D:D:D:

Evil Kiwi

08-30-2007, 12:33 PM

take your foot off its head. :wail: D:D:D:
Yep.... horrid. :/

Cristo

08-30-2007, 12:36 PM

Dead baby jokes are unfunny and just plain horrible, i don't see how anyone finds a remote bit of humor in them.

Jimmy Carr said:

What do you get when you put a baby in a microwave and put it on highest?

An erection. :indiff:

Bwahahaha.

Spastic

08-30-2007, 12:38 PM

Jimmy Carr said:

What do you get when you put a baby in a microwave and put it on highest?

An erection. :indiff:

Bwahahaha.

Nice try, but they don't offend me in any way, i just don't see how anyone can find one funny, well i could see why you would find them funny.

Evil Kiwi

08-30-2007, 12:46 PM

It's pretty much highly refined trolling.

Beefynick

08-30-2007, 2:04 PM

I am pretty much an uncaring stone of a man, but so a baby died. It happens a lot. Basically it is just one less person taking up the world's resources.

KillCodyDead

08-30-2007, 4:02 PM

I'm not asking you to feel sorry for anyone. But I think many of your opinions would change if you all had children yourselves.

Rampant-Goldfish

08-30-2007, 4:22 PM

I dunno how to quote on this forum, but whoever it is that said "meh babies die all the time where do you think all the jokes come from" i aren't gonna say i don't laugh at dead baby jokes, however, there is certainly a time and place for the mentioning of dead baby jokes, and this is not it!

Beefynick

08-30-2007, 4:29 PM

My opinion would not change if I had children. I am not fond of children and I see them as anyone else, another strain on the world's resources.

Also the reason I will never have kids.

Lag

08-30-2007, 4:32 PM

There was this one time when I was three, this uncle (Whom I still haven't met since) gave me a cigarette. When I started coughing, he gave me vodka to "wash it down."
:indiff:

Cristo

08-30-2007, 4:34 PM

however, there is certainly a time and place for the mentioning of dead baby jokes, and this is not it!

The Explosm Forums are always the time and the place.