“PLANKING,” THE DARWIN AWARD, AND DARWINISM
25th May 2011
Behavior meriting the Darwin Award usually occurs in isolated incidents. But in The Australian we learn of an entire organized movement that deserves the Darwin Award: “planking,” described as “the internet-driven phenomenon whereby people lie plank-like in unusual locations and take photos of themselves, often posting them on social media websites.” In the last few days in Australia, one 20-year-old man fell to his death from a seventh-floor balcony railing where he was “planking,” and another 20-year-old man is in a coma after falling from a moving car on which he was “planking.”