Teenager burned trying to kill head lice

[Hector]

My first reaction to "Natural selection at its finest" was "what an a$$hole." Who knows what led the girl to use gasoline. Maybe she was just desperate to get the lice out of her hair. Many people have underestimated the dangers of fumes, and doing so doesn't mean they deserve to suffer so horribly or be removed from the gene pool. I've never met this girl, but I am comfortable saying there are plenty of geniuses in the world who deserve to suffer before her.

Exchanges like this make me realize that the world is full of judgmental pr!cks, and sadly I am one of them sometimes.

I apologize...I didn't mean to say natural selection at its finest...I meant to say natural selection at its most spectacular.

[EMCE Hammer]

I often feel this, especially in the last few months or so, but I end up restraining myself from commenting.

But I gotta say. It amazes and saddens me the lack of compassion I see here sometimes. This is a fellow human being who has badly injured herself. It was not an act of malice towards another. It was not done for any other reason than to solve a problem she was having.

Was it misguided? Of course. Foolish even? Sure. What does that matter? People make mistakes and do foolish things at times. Especially young people. Maybe someone had told her that doing what she did was a viable solution.

The bottom line is the lack of empathy towards another human being who is obviously suffering is sickening. Because these stories are distant or they don't know the individuals people seem to be very removed from the horror of it. What if this was your sister or your daughter?

This is not the first time I have witnessed this here and I think it is awful.

My first reaction to "Natural selection at its finest" was "what an a$$hole." Who knows what led the girl to use gasoline. Maybe she was just desperate to get the lice out of her hair. Many people have underestimated the dangers of fumes, and doing so doesn't mean they deserve to suffer so horribly or be removed from the gene pool. I've never met this girl, but I am comfortable saying there are plenty of geniuses in the world who deserve to suffer before her.

Exchanges like this make me realize that the world is full of judgmental pr!cks, and sadly I am one of them sometimes.

[goldenryan]

I would wash my hands in gas to get grease or paint of them sometimes...

i've done that before, it does remove grease.

[Johnny]

I often feel this, especially in the last few months or so, but I end up restraining myself from commenting.

But I gotta say. It amazes and saddens me the lack of compassion I see here sometimes. This is a fellow human being who has badly injured herself. It was not an act of malice towards another. It was not done for any other reason than to solve a problem she was having.

Was it misguided? Of course. Foolish even? Sure. What does that matter? People make mistakes and do foolish things at times. Especially young people. Maybe someone had told her that doing what she did was a viable solution.

The bottom line is the lack of empathy towards another human being who is obviously suffering is sickening. Because these stories are distant or they don't know the individuals people seem to be very removed from the horror of it. What if this was your sister or your daughter?

This is not the first time I have witnessed this here and I think it is awful.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Ooo. That's awful.

[huedell]

What struck me the most about bgrimm's original post was the phrase
"Some things never surprise me..." an interesting spin on
the ol' "Never cease(s) to amaze me..." standard???

[HermitBoy]

Well I would think that she won't have to ever worry about getting lice again. Saying is I don't think she would be able to grow any back depending on how bad her head was burnt.

[Meule]

I feel sorry for her, but what did she expect? Gas + fire = disaster

[Hector]

Natural selection at its finest.

[stuart]

I teach in an elementary school, and I have seen some nasty cases of lice. Shampoos make the most sense, but some of those little buggers are resistant to the medicine found in them. I have heard of people using mayonaise, but never gasoline.

Oh man my head is itching just thinking about it.

[EmergencyIan]

It's a true story. You can Google it and find the legit news reports. She is from Evel KMego and my hometown (Evansville, Indiana). I realize that it was a stupid thing to do, but it's surely shattered her life.

- Ian

[4NDR01D]

Is this a true story or an internet wise tale?

I remember about a month ago, a story about a man burning his 5 year old by soaking her hair in gasoline in the kitchen sink and a pilot light on the stove did the same thing.

I never saw the actual story, just some one posting about it.

Here's a story from 2005, same thing, but a 4 year old girl.

[theantiquetiger]

Is this a true story or an internet wise tale?

I remember about a month ago, a story about a man burning his 5 year old by soaking her hair in gasoline in the kitchen sink and a pilot light on the stove did the same thing.

I never saw the actual story, just some one posting about it.

[cjefferys]

I always hate hearing stories like this, so sad. There are always people out there that you think are old enough to know better that do stupid things that completely go against common sense sometimes. She paid a hell of a price though, I feel sad for her.

It reminds me a story I heard a couple years ago. A teenager had some friends over when his parents were out. He decided to start a fire in their fireplace using one of those "artificial logs". He thought he was supposed to remove all the outer paper (which is covered in highly flamable material) so he did so, inadvertantly getting that chemical all over his hands and clothes. And then when he lit a match, you can guess the rest. He ended up with severe burns over most of his body. When my sister took my nephew to a hospital to get burns on his hands treated, she saw that boy get treated and heard the story. She said it wasn't a pretty sight, and hearing him screaming that he just wanted to die made it even worse.

[supercrazy]

It is very sad. She does deserve compassion. But it also makes you wonder how bad it was that gas was her last resort. Where do people learn these things. Well anyway you can't change what is done but hopefully she will make a full recovery and will learn from this tragic mistake.