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> walked an unbelievable 2,737 feet on a square circuit of red, four-by-two Lego bricks at Philly Brickfest, in front of a cheering crowd And the crowd well kn

> walked an unbelievable 2,737 feet on a square circuit of red, four-by-two Lego bricks at Philly Brickfest, in front of a cheering crowd And the crowd well knows it's painful. So they are cheering self-inflicted public torture. But it's all good because it's a common experience with a children's toy? It's a bit gross. A small reminder of our large capacity to be entertained by other people's misery.

etataetaet 4y ago
I think its all good because Cassevah is a willing percipient! If we forced someone to do this against their will I don't think there would be much excitement... He is going for the world record so I don't think there is much misery involved.
sophacles 4y ago
Why is it misery? Some people like the pain. Others like the challenge and are indiferent to the pain. No need to moralize or push your view onto people. It was a consensual act, it's OK.
TheDong 4y ago
And people who watch football and cheer are in fact simply salivating at the thought of people getting concussions. People who clap when someone blows out the candles at a birthday party are in fact gleefully exclaiming over that person being a year closer to death, celebrating the impending end of their life, picturing coffins in their heads. People who cheer when someone gets up after some incident are reveling in overpopulation and the increase of entropy, excited for the certain end of the universe.
- scoot 4y ago
  > people who watch football Concussions are rare in the beautiful game. American football (which doesn't have it's own name) on the other hand, not so much...
  - paulcole 4y ago
    I get that you were trying to be clever but there’s research that says you are also wrong about soccer. > Soccer is a sport not traditionally identified as high-risk for concussions, yet several studies have shown that concussion rates in soccer are comparable to, and often exceed those of, other contact sports. As many as 22% of all soccer injuries are concussions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22120567/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22120567/
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
  > People who clap when someone blows out the candles at a birthday party are in fact gleefully exclaiming over that person being a year closer to death, celebrating the impending end of their life, picturing coffins in their heads. You say this like a joke, but I have trouble understanding the inexplicably popular Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice" any other way. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long What are we supposed to be waiting for? All of the consequences of being older are bad.
  - alejohausner 4y ago
    Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long It's a song about teenage love, about wishing they were old enough to marry. It's not about wishing they were old enough to retire; teenagers don't think that far ahead.
    - thaumasiotes 4y ago
      Teenagers already are old enough to marry.
      - bettysdiagnose 4y ago
        That's objectively false. Some are, some aren't.
        thaumasiotes 4y ago
        Depends. There is a minimum age of marriage in Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. But in general, all teenagers are old enough to marry.
        bettysdiagnose 4y ago
        That's not true at all. In some states a 13 year old can get married if the have court approval (vanishingly unlikely but besides the point), but that contradicts your original flagrantly ridiculous claim that "all teenagers are old enough to marry". All 18 year olds are old enough to get married, they don't need any permission. Some 16 year olds are if they have permission, but 16 year olds are not in general old enough to get married if they need permission. So your claim was wrong I am afraid to have to break to you.
honkdaddy 4y ago
They aren’t cheering because he’s in pain, they’re cheering because he’s trying to break a world record and they want to encourage him to power through, despite said pain. Yours is a very cynical reading of the situation, I think :)

etataetaet 4y ago

I think its all good because Cassevah is a willing percipient! If we forced someone to do this against their will I don't think there would be much excitement... He is going for the world record so I don't think there is much misery involved.

sophacles 4y ago

Why is it misery? Some people like the pain. Others like the challenge and are indiferent to the pain. No need to moralize or push your view onto people. It was a consensual act, it's OK.

TheDong 4y ago

And people who watch football and cheer are in fact simply salivating at the thought of people getting concussions. People who clap when someone blows out the candles at a birthday party are in fact gleefully exclaiming over that person being a year closer to death, celebrating the impending end of their life, picturing coffins in their heads. People who cheer when someone gets up after some incident are reveling in overpopulation and the increase of entropy, excited for the certain end of the universe.

scoot 4y ago
> people who watch football Concussions are rare in the beautiful game. American football (which doesn't have it's own name) on the other hand, not so much...
- paulcole 4y ago
  I get that you were trying to be clever but there’s research that says you are also wrong about soccer. > Soccer is a sport not traditionally identified as high-risk for concussions, yet several studies have shown that concussion rates in soccer are comparable to, and often exceed those of, other contact sports. As many as 22% of all soccer injuries are concussions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22120567/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22120567/
thaumasiotes 4y ago
> People who clap when someone blows out the candles at a birthday party are in fact gleefully exclaiming over that person being a year closer to death, celebrating the impending end of their life, picturing coffins in their heads. You say this like a joke, but I have trouble understanding the inexplicably popular Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice" any other way. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long What are we supposed to be waiting for? All of the consequences of being older are bad.
- alejohausner 4y ago
  Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long It's a song about teenage love, about wishing they were old enough to marry. It's not about wishing they were old enough to retire; teenagers don't think that far ahead.
  - thaumasiotes 4y ago
    Teenagers already are old enough to marry.
    - bettysdiagnose 4y ago
      That's objectively false. Some are, some aren't.
      - thaumasiotes 4y ago
        Depends. There is a minimum age of marriage in Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. But in general, all teenagers are old enough to marry.
        bettysdiagnose 4y ago
        That's not true at all. In some states a 13 year old can get married if the have court approval (vanishingly unlikely but besides the point), but that contradicts your original flagrantly ridiculous claim that "all teenagers are old enough to marry". All 18 year olds are old enough to get married, they don't need any permission. Some 16 year olds are if they have permission, but 16 year olds are not in general old enough to get married if they need permission. So your claim was wrong I am afraid to have to break to you.

honkdaddy 4y ago

They aren’t cheering because he’s in pain, they’re cheering because he’s trying to break a world record and they want to encourage him to power through, despite said pain. Yours is a very cynical reading of the situation, I think :)