Might this have macro economic overtones, and not be OT?
UBI/UHI… SNAP… n such give lots of “sit around”.
The Smithsonian might run out of space.
ralph
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This is one of the most famous “Darwin Award” cases.
Wendy
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First thing I thought, was already posted in the remarks 2 days ago
He spent $110 in 1982 on a lawn chair from Sears, now that’s CRAZY.
Second thing I thought I posted right here a few weeks ago:
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Fortunately this was a benign example
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To get a Darwin Award, you actually have to die. He didn’t. He was arrested and fined.
Looked him up. He committed suicide at age 45. Wasn’t able to hold a job, and his girlfriend left.
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Imagine he slipped and dropped the pellet gun. If he hadn’t, he would have perished that day.
How long can you go a 16,000 ft without bring-your-own-oxygen?
It wasn’t smart. I think there is a category below “Darwin Award” where the person could have died, but didn’t. He would qualify for that. 
At 16K feet, given he was just sitting, he could survive (and did). People climb mountains that high. By the time you’re climbing Everest, you generally need O2 (though I don’t think Hilary had it). Everest is 29K feet (8800 meters).
I’ve trekked in Nepal as high as 19,000 feet without oxygen. There’s enough O2 to be fine. Although you run the risk of altitude sickness by ascending that high that quickly.
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