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Horrible Or Hilarious: The 2 Sides Of Any Accident

Dominic Medford
2 min readMay 15, 2024

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I saw a woman fall over her own feet this morning. I had to look away because I was grinning from ear to ear.

Does that make me a bad person or just human?

To the few of you concerned about this young lady's condition, she is fine besides being very embarrassed and maybe with a slightly sore behind in the morning.

How is it that we as people have so many different reactions to these types of events?

I have been a long time supporter of comedians Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky and in particular their podcast ‘Your Moms House’.

It is an all round silly show that provides a fixture of comic relief in my life.

One segment which I am a keen viewer of throughout the 700+ episodes is ‘Horrible or Hilarious’.

Exclusively a segment perpetrated by Tom, it follows a set of clips that show people falling from roofs, getting hit by cars or having their genitals injured.

What makes this segment so fascinating to me it the 2 distinct reactions that the clips receive from viewers.

Either laughter or shock horror.

Dominic Medford
Dominic Medford

Written by Dominic Medford

Law and Political Sciences student in Australia who dabbles in writing about his thought processes in his spare time with the hope that it can be insightful.

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