Atlanta it is because it makes us laugh. We view events in their long-term context. It could have the long-term ramification of improving the race. I had an archive of Pink Floyd lyrics, I had a group of Wendy Stories on the Internet, and I had the Darwin Awards. The thing just snowballed.
All people have their own sets of the misadventure-inclined.
The South is no more ludicrous than YOUR backyard. Yes indeedy, I certaiinly would. And other people do to. Like the fellow whose grandmother was too old to drive, so he took her to a testing facility to get her driving checked. He stood behind the car and his incompetent driver mother stepped on Reverse and ran him down.