I have a harder time understanding those watching, who are setting themselves up to potentially seeing someone smear themselves on the ground at 250 km/h up close…
You don’t like watching people do incredible things? Do you think the only entertainment people get from things like motorcycle racing, X-games, or whatever is the chance to watch someone get injured or die?
I think you’re massively misunderstanding me here. Watching people do incredible things is awesome, you bring up some great examples here. Watching someone do something with a high probability of catastrophic failure is just nerve wracking. When I watch skiers jump 10 m in the air in a slopestyle comp, I know that they’re doing things that they land successfully > 99/100 times. Even when they fall, there’s a good chance they get off with only minor injuries. None of these things make those enormous athletic feats any less awesome to watch.
I don’t think I would be able to watch someone do something like this, where they’ve never done it before, and just a minor mistake means I will be watching a person splatter on the ground at terminal velocity, both because the sight would likely be horrendous, and because I would get way to nervous just thinking about the possibility that they could miss.
He did land…but I feel like his margin for error was like 20-30’ to the side and he’s missing the net… you’re right though. Stuff like this is…why watch it live. There is no redo or as you said, a broken bone or survivable injury here. He just becomes human jello.
You don’t like watching people do incredible things? Do you think the only entertainment people get from things like motorcycle racing, X-games, or whatever is the chance to watch someone get injured or die?
I think you’re massively misunderstanding me here. Watching people do incredible things is awesome, you bring up some great examples here. Watching someone do something with a high probability of catastrophic failure is just nerve wracking. When I watch skiers jump 10 m in the air in a slopestyle comp, I know that they’re doing things that they land successfully > 99/100 times. Even when they fall, there’s a good chance they get off with only minor injuries. None of these things make those enormous athletic feats any less awesome to watch.
I don’t think I would be able to watch someone do something like this, where they’ve never done it before, and just a minor mistake means I will be watching a person splatter on the ground at terminal velocity, both because the sight would likely be horrendous, and because I would get way to nervous just thinking about the possibility that they could miss.
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He did land…but I feel like his margin for error was like 20-30’ to the side and he’s missing the net… you’re right though. Stuff like this is…why watch it live. There is no redo or as you said, a broken bone or survivable injury here. He just becomes human jello.