Post-Jackass Culture

To me there are two distinct eras for the modern youth culture — pre and post Jackass. Maiming and deforming one’s self for the sake of a laugh has become de rigueur amongst the UFC loving Christian Audigier set.

I suppose before Jackass there was a tamer form of “shoe-to-the-nuts” humour in the form of Funniest Home Videos, but the difference is accidental versus deliberate maiming.

So in the spirit of a good bollocking, I’m going to give this guy his 5 seconds of internet fame as a send-up to our post-Jackass society.

I was floating down the channel in Penticton with friends, a common summer activity, when I see this guy go flying off of the dike into the water. At first I thought it was an accident, but he just kept going, at least 4 or 5 more times, repeating this moronic stunt for our entertainment.

Despite the fact that he could have bashed his head in, it was hilarious and had everyone in a roar of laughter. The fact that he repeated the stunt so many times was mildly disturbing, but here is his second attempt captured on my iPhone, which is now waterlogged and possibly not functional.

Cheers Jackass.