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Two of the people I've known in my life have died this way[1]. There are many ways to die, and we all die eventually, but dying from intentionally inflicted asp
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
Two of the people I've known in my life have died this way[1]. There are many ways to die, and we all die eventually, but dying from intentionally inflicted asphyxiation has always struck me as exceptionally stupid and tragic.
I understand that people place a different value on their life, and things like skydiving are thrilling and life changing with a chance of death if something goes wrong. I don't always share the same risk/reward profile that is neccesary for someone to asphyxiate for thrills.
[1] One as a child doing this using a plastic bag and one as an adult presumably practicing the erotic version.
- malms 7y agoSkydiving isnt more dangerous than riding a motorbike daily. Also even though a agree with your bigger point its not really what happens here. People are just being stupid here, not even understanding they are playing with their life.
- happytoexplain 7y agoI think of driving a motorcycle every day as being quite dangerous. In fact, I would have assumed occasional skydiving would be safer. Though of course it depends on how often one is skydiving.
- londons_explore 7y agoWhat is the chance of death per hour of skydive? I bet it's considerably higher than per hour of crusing around on a motorbike...
- AstralStorm 7y agoActually it is much lower, because people who skydive tend to carefully check safety and many motorbike drivers don't - and other road users do not take care either.
- londons_explore 7y agoSkydiving in the USA has one death per 130k jumps. Since a jump from a typical 14k feet takes about 60 seconds of freefall, that means there is a death every 2,200 skydive-hours. There were 390 motorcyclist deaths per billion vehicle miles in the USA in 2006. Assuming motorbikes average ~40mph (between city and highway), that works out a death every 64,000 motorbike-hours. So skydiving is significantly more dangerous per unit time.
- blacksmythe 7y ago>> bet it's considerably higher than per hour of cruising around on a motorbike.. I would imagine so as well. "Haaf was described as an experienced skydiver with over 1,200 jumps and was a frequent visitor to Skydive Cross Keys" https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2019/04/07/skydiver-killed-monroe-township-gloucester-county-nj/3396786002/ https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jer...