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Being reckless and going off unprepared is a different type of experience. You can't have the same experience if you come prepared. Yes, you might die, but whi
by jstanley 2y ago
Being reckless and going off unprepared is a different type of experience. You can't have the same experience if you come prepared.
Yes, you might die, but while you're alive you're really living.
I'm quite comfortable living an ordinary comfortable life and preparing in advance for novel experiences, but I'm glad some people throw caution to the wind and chance it. It takes all sorts to make the world.
- EdwardDiego 2y ago> Yes, you might die, but while you're alive you're really living. You're very privileged to be able to think this way. And very naïve. A lot of people in our world spend a lot of time trying not to die, and they don't think, "wow, this is really living" while they're scrabbling for survival. I've been in a few situations where death was close and I don't think "wow, I was really living then". At best I thought "well that fucking sucked", at worst I spent years recovering from PTSD. > Yes, you might die, but while you're alive you're really living. Now this is pod-racing. I'm sorry you feel you've been missing out by living a safe and comfortable life, but you really haven't missed out at all. But shit, just go skydiving or mountaineering, get this weird mindset out of your system.
- jstanley 2y agoThere's a big difference between putting yourself in a dangerous situation by choice and being in one out of necessity.
- yard2010 2y agoThat's not "really living", what you're talking about takes time, and people like these are often really short of it.