SentientStone
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Point taken, thank you sir.
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Point taken, thank you sir.
Reizo Ryuu
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Since some of the stats list a location, it's probably depends on the location; like cycling in some european countries could be more than 20x safer than in the US, safer than commercial aviation.
StreetsofBeige
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Never thought of back country skiing, horse riding and downhill biking and its risk rates. I think all the other seem pretty logical.
LOL at base jumping.
If you never saw raw footage of base jumping accidents they are nuts. Some are just quiet gloomy videos like a guy just drifts away down as he goes off course or parachute doesnt deploy. You cant even really see anything.
But one was a wacky one. It was a team of base jumpers off a plane. And their plan was to zoom down under a big bridge with spectators. One guy crashes into the railing with a giant thud, people gasp, he lost his leg (you cant tell that part but I read about it) and you just see him just twirl below the bridge. I think the other guys were fine.
Because it was a fan doing it up close on cam, you dont realize the speed of them as they zoom down. They must had been going a couple hundred KM an hour.
LOL at base jumping.
If you never saw raw footage of base jumping accidents they are nuts. Some are just quiet gloomy videos like a guy just drifts away down as he goes off course or parachute doesnt deploy. You cant even really see anything.
But one was a wacky one. It was a team of base jumpers off a plane. And their plan was to zoom down under a big bridge with spectators. One guy crashes into the railing with a giant thud, people gasp, he lost his leg (you cant tell that part but I read about it) and you just see him just twirl below the bridge. I think the other guys were fine.
Because it was a fan doing it up close on cam, you dont realize the speed of them as they zoom down. They must had been going a couple hundred KM an hour.
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nush
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I lived in China for many years, this is true. However in my personal observations it's that the bike/scooter drivers think the rules of the road are for cars and trucks and not them. The red light? That's for cars.
I've seen so many blood splats and bits of broken bike left at junctions, they don't even wash it off or put down sand. If they even wear helmets, they don't even strap them up.
It would definitely be something to film for the views though
poodaddy
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StreetsofBeige
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Maiden Voyage
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lughnasadh123
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Bubble boy levels of safe here.
Angry_Megalodon
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ReBurn
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Would probably also help if they didn't fill in every open centimeter of space on the roadway. Stopping at a red light in India will see 3 or 4 motorbikes squeezed in between cars with everyone trying to move forward like that. They spend so much money painting lines on roads but nobody seems to know what they mean.
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Base jumps last a very short amount of time to be fair, so 21 hours is a large amount of jumps. But yeah, super dangerous.
Avid Reading Horse
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Yeah but 0,0000001% chance of happiness!
And see I used the goofy Euro-comma instead of a proper decimal. Who says I'm xenophobic?!? ...........well, I mean filthy foreigners do.
kevboard
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comma looks better, because it's a clearer divider.
just like how 1.000.000 looks way cleaner than 1,000,000
btw, it's not European. it's most of Europe, most of South America, most of Africa, and some Asian countries. Canada afaik uses both... which sounds weird tbh.
Lambogenie
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I prefer Driving up Everest in an F1 car and base jumping.
Arsic
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Step away from the penis bro. This circle jerk is meant to be fun, not a death sentence.
ClanOfNone
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I was working for Bonefish Grill in Florida before the brand got bought up by the Outback giant.
iirc one of the founders used his massive buyout to buy an insane speedboat that he promptly wrecked and died in.
All of my risky behavior involved alcohol/drugs, been sober since 2012.
iirc one of the founders used his massive buyout to buy an insane speedboat that he promptly wrecked and died in.
All of my risky behavior involved alcohol/drugs, been sober since 2012.
Ovek
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I'm a qualified skydiver and have done base jumping in the past so the highest it can possibly be?! 
Granted it's still extremely dangerous but I think the base jumping stats are a little overstated. A lot and I mean a lot of prep goes in to a base jump, you don't just rock up to a bridge, top of a building or cliff edge and jump off. Unless you're a fucking retard... actually the stats might be correct.
Granted it's still extremely dangerous but I think the base jumping stats are a little overstated. A lot and I mean a lot of prep goes in to a base jump, you don't just rock up to a bridge, top of a building or cliff edge and jump off. Unless you're a fucking retard... actually the stats might be correct.
That's good since that can turn out really poorly. I mean look at Roy Hallayday who decided to do stunts in a light aircraft while apparently high. (But we're not supposed to comment that he was an idiot.)
spookyfish
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Oh, I get it. But I have an irrational fear of flying, so ... probably not in the cards for me.
I do commute more than 2 hours a day, though -- (to and from). No thanks on the hang gliding/parachuting, but I would definitely race cars. Easy.
I do commute more than 2 hours a day, though -- (to and from). No thanks on the hang gliding/parachuting, but I would definitely race cars. Easy.
Paasei
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I did have a motorcycle accident recently (26th of August). Didn't die, not even close to it, which is all the more impressive seeing what went down. Did get both my wrists broken, or more specifically, a smaller bone within the wrists.
Been in cast for 4 weeks on the left and 6 on the right. Finally out of that shit, but damn, muscles are still so stiff. At least I can hold a gamepad properly again.
Anyway, 1% seems low but with what I experienced I believe it.
Been in cast for 4 weeks on the left and 6 on the right. Finally out of that shit, but damn, muscles are still so stiff. At least I can hold a gamepad properly again.
Anyway, 1% seems low but with what I experienced I believe it.
ClanOfNone
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Man, I would rather die a thousand deaths than have a 2+ hour daily commute. When I lived on the east side of town I spent a good two plus hours in the car daily to go about 35 miles round trip. Never again.
spookyfish
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I totally get it. I absolutely love the job and the people I work with. ZERO (I mean Z E R O) drama in this place. I've never had that before. But yes, some days I feel like I'm dying inside when I'm driving.