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Mar 15 2006, 04:01
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I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS
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QUOTE Miss Deaf Texas struck by train, killedAUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died after being struck by a train, officials said. Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking Monday near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred. McAvoy, who had been deaf since birth, won the state title in June and represented the state "with dignity and pride," state pageant director Laura Loeb-Hill told The Associated Press via e-mail Monday night. McAvoy was to represent Texas at the Miss Deaf America pageant this summer, Loeb-Hill said. McAvoy graduated last year from the Texas School for the Deaf, attended Austin Community College and then started at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in January, but had returned to Texas, Loeb-Hill said. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/beauty.qu...h.ap/index.html Terrible that someone died, but I can't say that I didn't chuckle at the irony of it. I guess that's a form of schadenfreude, huh?
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Post #2
Mar 15 2006, 04:04
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I guess that's a form of schadenfreude, huh?
schadenfreude = Sour Grapes, definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sour+grapes&db=*So no it's not sour grapes.
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Post #3
Mar 15 2006, 04:07
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Post #4
Mar 15 2006, 04:08
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That doesn't make sense... Anybody who's been anywhere near enough to a train to get hurt by it knows that it rattles the earth under you quite a bit. Even if you're deaf, you should be able to notice that rather easily... Just seems a bit weird to me. 
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Post #5
Mar 15 2006, 04:11
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totally wAcKed
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 Hearing or not -- it's just good sense to think about the possibility of a train coming along at any time. She must have known.
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Post #6
Mar 15 2006, 04:15
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walking near railroad tracks, i can kind of understand, but i sure would be looking around... and trains cause quite a rumble, i can't believe she didn't feel something coming...
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Post #7
Mar 15 2006, 04:19
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QUOTE(beardedwonder @ Mar 14 2006, 23:04) [snapback]587309358[/snapback] schadenfreude = Sour Grapes, definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sour+grapes&db=*So no it's not sour grapes.  where the hell?
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Post #8
Mar 15 2006, 04:22
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i feel like a bad person. I laughed my ass off. Still a sad story though. If it was someone i knew it would be no laughing matter though.
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Post #9
Mar 15 2006, 04:24
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Heh, I feel kind of bad, but I did chuckle when I read that.
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Post #10
Mar 15 2006, 04:33
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I think Im missing something... how is this ironic?
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Post #11
Mar 15 2006, 04:36
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QUOTE(disturb3d @ Mar 14 2006, 20:33) [snapback]587309451[/snapback]
I think Im missing something... how is this ironic?
She's deaf and she got killed by something that regular people usually hear (literally) a mile away, or more. ...get it?
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Post #12
Mar 15 2006, 04:41
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Maybe she was suicidal...
Like others have said a train would make the ground rumble, seems like she would be able to feel that.
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Post #13
Mar 15 2006, 04:55
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QUOTE(beardedwonder @ Mar 14 2006, 20:04) [snapback]587309358[/snapback] schadenfreude = Sour Grapes, definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sour+grapes&db=*So no it's not sour grapes. According to Babelfish, it's "harming joy"  Anyways, I must admit- I laughed when I read that 
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Post #14
Mar 15 2006, 05:30
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QUOTE(Fedorpheux @ Mar 14 2006, 20:36) [snapback]587309459[/snapback]
She's deaf and she got killed by something that regular people usually hear (literally) a mile away, or more.
...get it? Umm, it's not ironic. Not even in the slightest. And it's not funny either. It's tragic. End of story.
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Post #15
Mar 15 2006, 06:06
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QUOTE(Brandon Live @ Mar 15 2006, 05:30) [snapback]587309606[/snapback]
Umm, it's not ironic. Not even in the slightest. And it's not funny either.
I know....wtf...
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