Accidents, aren't

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I see the word accident used everywhere

from automobile accidents,
to plane accidents,
to environmental accidents,
to I accidentally fucked your sister

Now our trusty dictionary defines an accident as the following:

1.
A) An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm: car accidents on icy roads.
B) An unforeseen incident: A series of happy accidents led to his promotion.
C) An instance of involuntary urination or defecation in one's clothing.
2. Lack of intention; chance: ran into an old friend by accident.
3. A circumstance or attribute that is not essential to the nature of something.


Each of these definitions, describes something unforeseen, or involuntary

but in most usage is really used to disguise negligence

A car "accident" is no accident
it is the result of one or possibly more drivers negligence
a failure to drive safely and consciously with respect to road conditions

When a child defecates in it's pants
it is no accident
the child either doesn't know better
or was negligent in observing the warning signs
that an avalanche of shit was impending

When an adult defecates in his/her pants
it is also no accident
it is either a perversion, a medical condition
or a serious case of stu-fucking-pidity

In almost every case, usage of "Accident" to describe unfortunate incidents
is merely an attempt to cover up ours or someone else's negligence

Where accident is used to describe chance of lack of intention, happenstance would perhaps be a better choice of word.

People seem to invoke the word accident, like it was a "Get out of Jail free" card

If I only had a dollar for every time I have heard

"It was an accident, I'm sorry, but what do you want me to do"

I would have enough money to pay Bill Gates to scrub my toilets

It wasn't an accident, and I wont excuse it
"Sorry" doesn't make it better, just fix the freaking problem

It was negligence, and as such inexcusable but usually repairable

People love the word accident
because it excuses them of responsibility

I accidentally fucked your sister, so it isn't really my fault
I accidentally ran into your car, so it isn't really my fault, even though I wasn't looking

As if the intention magically solves the freaking problem

That I had no intention of fucking your sister doesn't really make it any better that I did
That I had no intention of crashing my car into yours doesn't do much for you

but we still cling to this idea
this fallacy

When instead of excusing negligence and unintentional consequences
which are entirely foreseeable by the laws of reality

we should encouraging ourselves and our youth
to act deliberately
and with intention

to be conscious of their movements and behaviours

because accidents, aren't

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By the way, heart attacks don't always strike down fat-bastard lazyasses. They also happen to cokeheads.

good point

guess it really could happen to anyone