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Why is this celebrated? The man could die. Is it for our amusement? You take someone, you give him sponsors, you make him think risking his life to make a li

Why is this celebrated? The man could die. Is it for our amusement? You take someone, you give him sponsors, you make him think risking his life to make a living this way is his own choice? Between fame and money, and a life working as a clerk in some office ... what choice could there be. I imagine it's like the choice for slaves in ancient Rome between being a house slave or becoming a gladiator. Fame and riches maybe ... death maybe. Why does society accept this behavior as normal? The welfare state will bear the cost if he lands hard and is paralyzed. If he dies, his loved ones will bear the cost. For all this, what do we get in concrete terms? The knowledge that a human has risked his life for something so meaningless? Some "sweet photos, dude". Madness really. How does everyone accept this as normal?

nimchimpsky 9y ago
> How does everyone accept this as normal? Eh, no one thinks this is normal. Hence all the publicity.
warent 9y ago
> The man could die. People die all the time doing much more mundane things > Is it for our amusement? Awe and inspiration are the first ones that came to my mind actually. Nobody manipulated him to consider doing this since 2009. Rock climbing is clearly his life. > You take someone, you give him sponsors, you make him think risking his life to make a living this way is his own choice? Between fame and money, and a life working as a clerk in some office ... what choice could there be. I work with genius doctors every day at Google. Truly great people choose their lives, weather it's quietly solving problems in an office, or scaling massive cliffs without gear. People who aren't in control of their own lives tend to think other people's lives are out of control as well. Just do what you love... Passing judgement at things we don't understand is such a waste of human potential
jraby3 9y ago
You could die doing anything. It's his life to live and he shouldn't be restricted in how he wishes to live or die. And it's celebrated because it's a form of bravery not all of us have but many of us respect.
- TheMagicHorsey 9y ago
  It's also brave to play Russian Roulette. Should that be celebrated? You have to distinguish between brave acts which have a moral purpose. And brave acts which are just displays of bravado. Bravery to save a person from a fire ... that is worthy of celebration. Bravery to jump between two tall buildings to impress your bozo friends below ... impressive ... but any society that makes a point celebrating this in its culture might see some problematic developments in how its youth view risk.

nimchimpsky 9y ago

> How does everyone accept this as normal? Eh, no one thinks this is normal. Hence all the publicity.

warent 9y ago

> The man could die. People die all the time doing much more mundane things > Is it for our amusement? Awe and inspiration are the first ones that came to my mind actually. Nobody manipulated him to consider doing this since 2009. Rock climbing is clearly his life. > You take someone, you give him sponsors, you make him think risking his life to make a living this way is his own choice? Between fame and money, and a life working as a clerk in some office ... what choice could there be. I work with genius doctors every day at Google. Truly great people choose their lives, weather it's quietly solving problems in an office, or scaling massive cliffs without gear. People who aren't in control of their own lives tend to think other people's lives are out of control as well. Just do what you love... Passing judgement at things we don't understand is such a waste of human potential

jraby3 9y ago

You could die doing anything. It's his life to live and he shouldn't be restricted in how he wishes to live or die. And it's celebrated because it's a form of bravery not all of us have but many of us respect.

TheMagicHorsey 9y ago
It's also brave to play Russian Roulette. Should that be celebrated? You have to distinguish between brave acts which have a moral purpose. And brave acts which are just displays of bravado. Bravery to save a person from a fire ... that is worthy of celebration. Bravery to jump between two tall buildings to impress your bozo friends below ... impressive ... but any society that makes a point celebrating this in its culture might see some problematic developments in how its youth view risk.