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Why do people go bungee-jumping? or skydiving? or free climbing?

contravariant 3y ago
Well in those cases they don't typically skip over the fun part and just break their legs immediately. Eating something that you know is going to be extremely unpleasant is closer to jackass territory than sport.
darkwater 3y ago
You don't (usually) feel physical pain with those activities. Fear first and then a rush of adrenaline, sure. But if each time you do bungee-jumping you get so dizzy that you throw up and feel sick for 2 hours, then yeah, I would not understand either why one would keep doing that. Edit: and even in that case, at least the bungee-jumping gives you an adrenaline rush. Does eating PepperX give you the same?
- malux85 3y ago
  Sometimes its about getting out of your comfort zone. Comfort breeds complacency, and just the right amount of pain can be part of growth. Too many people seek only comfort and that makes them numb, fat, stupid and weak. Every day or two I take a cold shower, so cold its painful. I dont slowly ease into it, I step directly into the ice cold water, and often let out an involentary scream. Why? Because it stops me getting too comfortable. It toughens me up. It also has a list of other health benefits, but the biggest benefit of all is the mental toughness and endurance it creates in me. I like the taste of pain, although it is an acquired taste, all of the greatest tastes are. The process is wholistic, it's not just about the taste/distaste of the immediate but who it ultimately makes me become. We become immune to diseases by deliberate and measured exposure (thats literally what a vaccine is) and it's the same with pain, and actually life, you conquer all of your dragons by deliberate and measured exposure. And to answer your question (which took one quick google search) > Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their heat, can trigger the release of adrenaline
- kadoban 3y ago
  > Edit: and even in that case, at least the bungee-jumping gives you an adrenaline rush. Does eating PepperX give you the same? Spicy peppers can give you a bit of a mild high, yeah https://lifehacker.com/why-spicy-food-makes-you-feel-high-1791090210 https://lifehacker.com/why-spicy-food-makes-you-feel-high-17...

Well in those cases they don't typically skip over the fun part and just break their legs immediately. Eating something that you know is going to be extremely unpleasant is closer to jackass territory than sport.

darkwater 3y ago

You don't (usually) feel physical pain with those activities. Fear first and then a rush of adrenaline, sure. But if each time you do bungee-jumping you get so dizzy that you throw up and feel sick for 2 hours, then yeah, I would not understand either why one would keep doing that. Edit: and even in that case, at least the bungee-jumping gives you an adrenaline rush. Does eating PepperX give you the same?

malux85 3y ago
Sometimes its about getting out of your comfort zone. Comfort breeds complacency, and just the right amount of pain can be part of growth. Too many people seek only comfort and that makes them numb, fat, stupid and weak. Every day or two I take a cold shower, so cold its painful. I dont slowly ease into it, I step directly into the ice cold water, and often let out an involentary scream. Why? Because it stops me getting too comfortable. It toughens me up. It also has a list of other health benefits, but the biggest benefit of all is the mental toughness and endurance it creates in me. I like the taste of pain, although it is an acquired taste, all of the greatest tastes are. The process is wholistic, it's not just about the taste/distaste of the immediate but who it ultimately makes me become. We become immune to diseases by deliberate and measured exposure (thats literally what a vaccine is) and it's the same with pain, and actually life, you conquer all of your dragons by deliberate and measured exposure. And to answer your question (which took one quick google search) > Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their heat, can trigger the release of adrenaline
kadoban 3y ago
> Edit: and even in that case, at least the bungee-jumping gives you an adrenaline rush. Does eating PepperX give you the same? Spicy peppers can give you a bit of a mild high, yeah https://lifehacker.com/why-spicy-food-makes-you-feel-high-1791090210 https://lifehacker.com/why-spicy-food-makes-you-feel-high-17...