• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    Every extreme sport is insane if you dissect it with rational thought about human frailty.

    It’s great!

    Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go strip to thin breathable cloth so I can tear along the countryside at speeds humans weren’t designed to travel at, while dodging trees, bushes, occasional wildlife, roots and rocks, hoping my air filled donut bladders don’t rupture and none of the welds on my metal stick give out. Once I’m done I’ll cool off with a nice downhill roll, rivaling the cheetah on speed.

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    Mountain biking.

    That said… Caves are one of those places I’d love to go to one someday but it won’t be relaxing for me. They can be scary as FUCK. Don’t even get me started on cave diving. Those people are insane and in need of therapy.

    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      Oh, so your cripplinh addiction to adrenaline at speed is definitely more sensible than finding a cozy little hidey hole away from people and the myriad stresses of the Dry World?

      It’s only as dangerous as you let it be.