This is the town of Pompeii. It's pretty famous.

In 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, killing the entire town.

However, its ash perfectly preserved victims' bodies in the very position that they were in, making the town a hugely popular tourist destination.

Most of the preserved bodies can be found crouching or lying down positions... except one very, very unfortunate man.

Masturbating man, Pompeii, 79 CE pic.twitter.com/EPA2b17Vmd

— Persian Rose (@PersianRose1) July 2, 2017

To be fair to the guy, he probably wasn't expecting a fatal volcano explosion and was probably enjoying the only peace and quiet he'd had all week.

Naturally, Twitter erupted (sorry) with a chorus of utterly brilliant responses:

He died holding his loved ones.

— Persian Rose (@PersianRose1) July 2, 2017

He held on till the very end......great man

— EfeTobore (@tobasamuels) July 2, 2017

He was an early socialist. He seized the means of production.

— Rev. Bob Hartley, BA (@FuturaStalkee) July 2, 2017

Seize the means of REproduction, perhaps?

*When she wanna evacuate but you tryna ejaculate*

— Yuki (@ShadeYuki) July 2, 2017

Talk about fiddlin while Rome burns.

— KClarkPhotography (@ClowerCottage) July 2, 2017

Death came faster than him.

— Sarcastic Frank™ (@franklinto) July 2, 2017

Poor guy. I guess you could say he had nuttin' to lose...