Bob wrote:The saddest part is that I'll bet they did this with the express intent of it ending with rescue by professionals, I'll also bet they have footage of the whole event from start to finish and it will end up on youtube and gain many views.
It's quite well thought out.....those who actualy equate such crap with humour will click as will those who are disgusted by such, who will do so from bewilderment that there actually people that dumb
They all need a good kicking for wasting the emergency services time and a few hundred hours community service scrubbing Prisons toilets (a fine is no good as their feckless parents will pay and they'll think they have got away with it.)
Not so much a knobhead as a microwave head!
Bob was right about the popularity of this fool's video but the good news is that he won't make any money out of it!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... tube-stuntA YouTube prankster who required more than an hour of help from firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave has said he “doesn’t care” about the criticism, but has offered to pay emergency services for their time.
On Friday, West Midlands fire service said they would not charge the 22-year-old the £650 service fee for the callout as his life was in danger, but the prankster has since offered to make a voluntary contribution.
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to criticise the vlogger Jay Swingler for wasting the time and resources of the emergency services, calling the man “stupid” and “immature”.
Speaking to BBC News about the incident, the prankster said: “The idea behind this video was to create this reaction. And, mission success, man. There is no such thing as bad publicity in my opinion.”
The video of the man cementing his head inside the microwave has been viewed more than 1m times and has attracted more than 14,000 comments on the platform.
Despite having gone viral, the recording has been demonetised by YouTube, meaning Swingler will not earn any direct revenue from it.
Station commander Simon Woodward of the fire service, said: “We pride ourselves on our five minutes’ attendance standard. That means that if we have an instant where there’s life at risk, our appliances will be there within five minutes, and that gives us our best chance to save that life.
“If we are attending incidents that are YouTube videos where we have people who have been irresponsible, those crews are unable to attend those life risk incidents. The service charge for that would be £650. We are not going to charge because his life was in danger. What I’d like to do is remind everybody not to put their lives at risk for the sake of other people’s entertainment.”
The YouTuber in question has not responded to the Guardian’s request for comment.
Caco