Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlex Honnold climbing a mountain without ropes.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageAlex Honnold climbing a mountain without ropes.files.catbox.moeBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGot to wonder, how much of the “thrill” of doing these kinds of high-risk things comes from society’s continued glorification of them? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wu-yongning-climber-dies-stunt-on-skyscraper-changsha-china/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50592646 https://nypost.com/2023/07/30/daredevil-known-for-high-rise-stunts-dead-after-falling-from-68th-floor/ This is a stupid thing to do. These people shouldn’t be glorified, they should be held up as examples of poor decision-making, and regarded as imposing a cost on the rest of humanity for the sake of self-aggrandizement.
Got to wonder, how much of the “thrill” of doing these kinds of high-risk things comes from society’s continued glorification of them?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wu-yongning-climber-dies-stunt-on-skyscraper-changsha-china/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50592646
https://nypost.com/2023/07/30/daredevil-known-for-high-rise-stunts-dead-after-falling-from-68th-floor/
This is a stupid thing to do. These people shouldn’t be glorified, they should be held up as examples of poor decision-making, and regarded as imposing a cost on the rest of humanity for the sake of self-aggrandizement.