re: The Tiger King (Netflix Docuseries)

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I can’t believe how calm the woman was after getting her arm destroyed by the tiger.

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the whole show was so full of ridiculous moments that I had even completely forgotten about this scene by the end

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When he starts fricking playing the guitar and singing at his husband who blew his head offs funeral and people are clapping along.

It was like a spoof show I cannot believe these people exist

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"balls in my face" as the guys mom weeps

Monkey people are weird, but big cat people are frickin crazy....lmao

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the whole show was so full of ridiculous moments that I had even completely forgotten about this scene by the end

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Joe comes up to her as she’s laying there without an arm that was just ripped off by a tiger and he calmly says to her “are you okay?” great unintentional comedy

Exactly where I’m at.

This is incredible.

If this was a fictional movie, I don't think I'd enjoy it because of how far-fetched it is.

The wild shite just keeps on coming.

It felt like I was watching an episode of RENO 911 the whole time.

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So I didn’t quite get exactly what happened with Travis’ death. Was it a suicide on purpose or by accident? The build up before that scene seems to show Travis was very unstable and apparently methed the frick out all the time. Was he jokingly pointing the gun at his own head and accidentally pulled the trigger not thinking it would fire? Or did he know the gun would fire?

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He was a candidate for suicide, but it looked like an accident. What he did is, unfortunately, not uncommon.

He had a semi-auto pistol with a round in the chamber. He took the magazine out and told the campaign manager how it was a Ruger so it would not fire with the magazine out. (The Texas Monthly article said Travis had read this on the internet.)

Well, most semi-autos will fire even with the magazine removed. Some models have what is called a magazine disconnect safety that prevents firing without the magazine. But it is only recently--due to dumbasses like Travis--that more gun makers have started to include it.

Ruger does include the feature on some models, but there are zillions of Rugers out there without it. Many owners disable the feature, so you can't assume it works in a given gun you pick up. The feature is disliked by many. American Rifleman article on magazine disconnects

A girl was killed in north LA a few years ago because a guy thought a Glock had a magazine disconnect. He was going to scare her, so he took the magazine out, pointed the gun at her and pulled the trigger. Boom! She's dead.

They should do public service announcements on TV showing how many pistols will fire even with the magazine removed. Too many people shoot themselves and others because of ignorance on the issue.

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So I didn’t quite get exactly what happened with Travis’ death. Was it a suicide on purpose or by accident?

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I knew someone who died the exact same way. Pointed a gun at his head and said it wasn't loaded and blew his brains out. I always assumed it was essentially an accidental suicide, if that makes sense. Like the guy didn't care if it went off or not and was okay with either outcome. I got the same vibe from Travis.