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Then: "<Insert activity> is really dangerous. Very few people have done it. It requires a lot of capital, and your health and life may be in danger" Adventurer
by deanCommie 7y ago
Then: "<Insert activity> is really dangerous. Very few people have done it. It requires a lot of capital, and your health and life may be in danger"
Adventurers, explorers, inventors: "The risk is worth the reward. We must push the boundaries of human reach and understanding further"
Now: "<Same activity> is really dangerous. Very few people have done it. It requires a lot of capital, and your health and life may be in danger. But not because the activity itself is dangerous or novel anymore - that's been solved and perfected decades ago. No, because the only people that still do this activity are doing it for ego not for humanity, are overfunded, but underprepared, and the sheer volume of them doing the activity at the same time creates an environment more dangerous than it naturally needs to be."
Rich conceited assholes: "The risk is worth the reward. I'm going to get to drop in 'You know, this reminds me of the time I climbed Mount Everest' into every soiree, pitch meeting, and networking event I'll be at for the rest of my life."
- Copenjin 7y agoSomeone downvoted you, but ,you are, indeed, correct in you assessment. This is the depressing reality.
- lmm 7y agoWhat's the difference between "rich conceited asshole doing it for ego" and "adventurer doing it for humanity"? At the end of the day there's no practical benefit, only that person's experience.
- sprafa 7y agoThe adventurer is supposed to be doing something worth accomplishing ie a first or an important feat. Doing it for the 100th time makes you the rich asshole even if the #1 guy was a rich asshole too at least he was proving something.
- akvadrako 7y agoWhat? Are you saying the people that colonized Europe didn't give any practical benefit to humanity?
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoColonising Europe. Being the 4000th person to summit Everest. These things are not equivalent.
- likeclockwork 7y agoWho colonized Europe?
- akvadrako 7y agoadventurers
- AstralStorm 7y agoAfricans. It was a very long time ago (hundreds of thousands of years), slightly later than colonizing the Fertile Crescent.
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- AstroJetson 7y agoYes, there is a guy where I'm currently working that "been there done that, have tee shirts, pictures, etc." and won't hesitate to insert it into a conversation. me: A little winded from all the stairs" him:"Wow, you think you are tired, let me tell you...." me:"The snow is really blowing out there" him:"If you want to see blowing snow there I was on ...."
- RandomInteger4 7y agoAnd? So, he's not allowed to talk about his experiences?
- AstroJetson 7y agoYes he is, just not in every conversation. It's a great story and an accomplishment, but to drag it into everything becomes tiresome. We were all excited at the beginning but now, to be honest, I don't do any non-business discussions with him.
- RandomInteger4 7y agoAre they harming you buy talking about this frequently? If not, then who cares? It's their personal quirk. Play along. Let them own this one thing that they have to talk about. Maybe they're insecure and not good with social interaction, but they feel like they have to talk about something. If you're honestly annoyed by it, then complaining on some random internet forum about it isn't going to fix the situation. Confront the person and tell them directly that they need to find new experiences to talk about or that it's getting on your colleague's nerves. Stop being a coward around your coworkers.
- AstroJetson 7y agoHi, I was responding to DeanCommie's post "Rich conceited assholes: "The risk is worth the reward. I'm going to get to drop in 'You know, this reminds me of the time I climbed Mount Everest' into every soiree, pitch meeting, and networking event I'll be at for the rest of my life."" I was agreeing with him, and posted my instant case backing up his opinion in a random internet forum. Most of the co-workers also treat Mr. Everest the way that I do. Thanks for the tip, but I'm good with how to manage the social interactions with my co-workers.
- hcnews 7y agoIt's still a huge and I mean huge physical achievement to have summited Mt. Everest. Sure, 1000s of people do it every year but it doesn't make it easier for you. Its the same when people decide to do anything that's been done before (open restaurants, have relationships, run marathons, etc.) If you wanted to spin this constructively you could talk about how we could move more sherpa responsibility on to the climber or in a self-sustainable system. Nothing wrong with that but please don't generalize all Mt. Everest climbers to be rich assholes. For most people, it would be among the hardest thing that they did in their life. Also, generalizing everyone as evil is a fast way to lose audience with people with whom you want to bring about a change.
- tim333 7y ago1000s of people don't do it every year. It's a few hundred a year that summit or about 4000 in total to date.