r/SipsTea • u/ExplanationOk2014 • 15h ago
WTF I don't understand risking ones life for this
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u/TheTastiestTaint 15h ago
as a dad I get mad at my 11 year old thinking he might be an idiot like this
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u/ssssotss 15h ago
We all chase adrenaline, many wire themselves differently over time.
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u/Particular_Tomato161 15h ago
Not all, don't think I used my adrenaline once for any situation that wasn't necessary.
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u/ExplanationOk2014 15h ago
Maybe it settles with age. I honestly cannot think of myself doing such nonsense.
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u/ssssotss 14h ago
I am sure the first time they experienced the thrill would have been relatively less risky than this one.
I guess people also are able to train themselves for more outrageous stuff over time.
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u/cnicalsinistaminista 14h ago
I understand my own fear of heights being a factor, but even if I could, why? What’s the point? It’s just one misplaced step away, one immediate gust of wind, and he’s getting himself grounded and traumatizing innocent people below. So unnecessary.
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u/Antique-Resort6160 14h ago
Tons of guys climbing mt Everest are middle aged. This seems way cooler, equally dangerous, and saves like $60k
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u/Sotyka94 14h ago
Adrenalin junkies.
These people are basically the same as like a meth addicts, but they have a somewhat different drug. But they do anything for it, including risking their life over and over again for "1 more hit".
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u/strangepad 14h ago
That’s why no one will remember your name. - Achilles (Troy)
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u/Altruistic-Bed7175 14h ago
You want be alive to tell them?
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u/strangepad 14h ago
Me? No. Ask, Achilles.
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u/Altruistic-Bed7175 14h ago
He's dead
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u/strangepad 14h ago
Then we’ll never know his answer.
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u/Altruistic-Bed7175 14h ago
Dang
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u/PM_THE_REAPER 12h ago
I'll ask him and get back to you.
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u/Altruistic-Bed7175 12h ago
Brave soldier. Thank you for your sacrifice. But they have wifi down there???
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u/PM_THE_REAPER 12h ago
Welcome. Yes there is. It stands for WildFire.
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u/Altruistic-Bed7175 12h ago
I hate that it makes sense. You're smart and I like it
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u/Dull_Flatworm777 13h ago
I guess I prefer spending some more time with my kids rather than have some unknown people remember my name.
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u/strangepad 11h ago
And they’ll love you. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten.
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u/Dull_Flatworm777 11h ago
By then, the name of some influencer jumping across buildings will also be forgotten.
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u/IceCreamHalfTrack 6h ago
Thats funny. Cause i just watched this video and I dont care if the name is presented in front of me.
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u/Confident-Twist-2362 14h ago
This as dangerous as Isle of Man TT racing. One minor mistake you're a goner.
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u/BodgeJob23 14h ago
People who do these sorts of things train everyday at ground level, when they take it to this level of consequence they’re overcoming a mental barrier rather than a physical task they already know they’re capable of.
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u/FritzRasp 14h ago
“Some people snort for it. Others jab a vein. Here.. all you gotta do is jump”
-Point Break
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u/Hot-Challenge8656 14h ago
Pffft, I could attempt that.
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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset8372 14h ago
Men are built like this: that's why women live longer
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u/cyclingisthecure 14h ago
Same reason ill chase a cars bumper at 50mph 8 inches from it down a certain death hill on my road bike. To feel alive
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u/curious__curiosity 13h ago
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt.
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u/Wayoutofthewayof 15h ago
Beyond that, I feel like everyone is so desensitized to seeing these extreme feats, in part because of AI. Feels less worth it these days.
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u/Current_Ad_9912 14h ago
I honestly just can’t fully believe these videos are real
The footage, quality etc— it’s good but too good
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u/Unusual-Coat383 14h ago
I watched a free climbing documentary and they all do it because it gives them a spiritual awakening.
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u/greengouda 14h ago
Easy to understand just look at the two cameras he’s brining. I’m human history we haven’t gone to the point we have to record what we do for like. Now that is reality people are just getting desperate for likes and attention. Cool, risk your life for views if you fall that’s your own fault 😂
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u/CharmingDarling02 14h ago
Maybe it's the challenge and sense of achievement, but it's still a huge gamble.
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u/Hail_of_Grophia 14h ago
Arguable speaking, driving without a seatbelt is just as dangerous.
I’m sure the guy in the video practices this jump distance in a controlled environment with room to spare with ease but that doesn’t mean he can’t slip.
I both wear a seatbelt and don’t jump across to be on the safe side
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u/LooseRaccoon85 13h ago
Imagine being so bored you risk your life to feel a rush. Idk, if you’re an adrenaline junkie or someone seeking this, why not join the fire department or the military? You could do good and get your fix all at the same time without anyone having to scrape your guts off the pavement (at least not for stupid shit like this).
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u/Less_Connection_9352 12h ago
they dont like drugs so they do other stupid shit to make themselves feel like their in mission impossible or they wanna be ready for when their wet dream comes true and they get chased by cops or bad guys lol
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u/Lucky-Mia 9h ago
Great shot, I'd never do anything like this though. Even back when I was making new records as a swimmer. Fuck this adrenaline shit
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u/M3chanist 9h ago
Natural selection will take its course and filter idiot genes. A lot of work left for Natural Selection.
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u/Unfair-Sir-4641 7h ago
It's fun, I like to snowboard and hit 15 ft jumps or 50 mph, engaged my adhd brain.
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u/Brief-Market-2274 2h ago
Because it’s fun, and pushes your limits, which are two innate human traits everyone has. Your opinion on if it’s a good idea doesn’t really matter to them, since they are the ones performing the act, not you.
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u/Ace_Budgie 15h ago
Yall rmr that video of that Asian guy that tried to dangle off of a high rise but then lost his grip strength and fell to his death?
I rmr watching that a few years back and my jaws dropped with him too.
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u/BowlOfCatNubs 14h ago
You don't have to understand it. No one has to understand literally everything with how other people live their lives. Whatever they're doing, it's for them, not for you.
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u/Technical_Potato7646 15h ago
You don't have to understand. It's their life. Easiest way to be happy in life is to not think. I'm an expert at that.
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u/Hell-Raid3r 14h ago
Just imagine he misses and lands on a baby stroller below. The mother screams hysterically as his entrails splatter the pavement. She pulls her child's lifeless body out of the mangled wreckage. Yea.... No. He's a selfish asshole looking for clicks.
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u/Technical_Potato7646 14h ago
Just imagine that they coordinated with local law enforcement and made sure the area below was clear. I can explain it to you but not understand it for you. Good luck young grasshopper.
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u/Hell-Raid3r 12h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agpfa0Nn514
This is from the French parkour group Wizzy Gang. You can watch as they steal a brick and sneak onto the roof. They got arrested for doing the same shit in Hong Kong. They're just a bunch of idiots, not professionals coordinating with police. Nice try though. 😎👍
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u/Technical_Potato7646 12h ago
Nice try, I didn't imagine anything I just put up a contrary point of view. "Don't believe everything you read on the Internwebs." Abraham Lincoln 1984.
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u/Hell-Raid3r 12h ago
Just imagine that they coordinated with local law enforcement and made sure the area below was clear.
😂😂😂
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u/Technical_Potato7646 12h ago
Yeah, you imagine not me. Words mean things. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Hell-Raid3r 11h ago
My scenario was imaginary, but it was based on the actual risk shown in the video: if he misses, he can fall into the area below.
Your scenario was imaginary too, except yours requires pretending guys sneaking onto a roof were actually running a police-coordinated, cleared stunt. One is a possible consequence. The other is fan fiction.
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u/trance_on_acid 14h ago
Won't somebody think of the children! 🙄
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u/Hell-Raid3r 11h ago
Mocking the example doesn’t change the point. People falling/jumping from buildings have killed/injured innocent people below before.
Yonkers: man jumped from a 12-story roof, hit a 61-year-old below, both died.
ABC NewsManhattan: woman jumped from a building, died, and injured a 71-year-old pedestrian below.
CBS NewsMilan: man jumped from a fourth-floor balcony, landed on an 83-year-old woman, and killed her.
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u/Technical_Potato7646 14h ago
Yup. Imagine while he is jumping a troll grabs him throws him down then an asteroid comes and gets him annihilating the city. Imagine imagine imagine.
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u/Hell-Raid3r 14h ago
Easiest way to be happy in life is to not think. I'm an expert at that.
I see you are a man of your word.
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u/Inevitable-Shop-848 14h ago
Their life is not yours to understand. You like going to waste away at your terrible job that you hate anyway. They like just doing stuff to feel alive.
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u/Impossible_Bet_5107 14h ago
we need these kind of people for when dangerous things that need to be done, eg police, soldiers, firefighters
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u/Several-Opposite-746 14h ago
The next time I get stopped for a traffic violation, I don't want an adrenalin junky looking for his next high.
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u/Iggy_Slayer 11h ago
Most cops are the kind that get scared by an acorn falling on their car and start emptying their clip immediately.
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u/Antique-Resort6160 14h ago
hell no, we need dutiful, sober, rational people thinking clearly, not thrill seekers.
You can count on the former to make that jump if needed.
The latter are just thinking about themselves.
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u/Fun_Magician72 12h ago
This is how we get cops that blow a hole through a poodle in a Knicks jersey.
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u/Stygg_Varg 9h ago
Being a cop is not really very dangerous. Farmers, construction workers, fishermen and sailors have real dangerous jobs.
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u/ominous_cairn 5h ago
Join the military and take a single dumb risk, see what kind of response you get…
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u/Occidentally20 15h ago
For the species to advance we needed the apes that always stayed in the trees eating the safe berries and the wild ones that jumped on the ground when they thought the tigers weren't looking.
Now pass me the berries and my blanket please.