cause i thought it was about

6/25/2013 4:06:39 PM

^^that's so deep, dude

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 4:06 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2013 4:06:42 PM

Sergei Brin skydives. I bet he founded Google because its extreme. Not because it was an interesting problem with high social value.

6/25/2013 4:07:19 PM

what? you have horrible analogies.

6/25/2013 4:10:37 PM

^^^like u're moms anoos

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6/25/2013 4:12:37 PM

I left my cushy job in Raleigh for a job making less money in San Francisco. Most people do that for the reward of having something of your own and the possible reward. The fact it was risky moving to one of the most expensive places on Earth with no contacts didn't factor into why I did it. I did it in spite of the risk.

I'm sure the Google founders logic was similar.

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 4:31 PM. Reason : A]

6/25/2013 4:30:23 PM

.... because that guy plainly winged a ball of paper at walker, but then it crashes in his face?

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 4:31 PM. Reason : ^^^^^^6]

6/25/2013 4:30:32 PM

^^ so someone that does something EXTEREEEEEMMMME! cant also do normal every day work stuff? I never said that, no idea where you pulled that from...

6/25/2013 4:34:50 PM

Founding a company isn't normal and requires a lot of risk. Working long hours without immediate possibility of financial gain and possible financial ruin vs a small but real chance in loss of life.

You also seem to have no idea of the risk in any of the things you're speaking. Russian roulette is not comparable to skydiving by at least 5 orders of magnitude. You have no idea if racing is more dangerous than skydiving it just looks scarier.

6/25/2013 5:02:11 PM

First off, where did I say risks period were bad? I didn't. Not even close. I said risks that to me outweigh the rewards aren't worth it. Thankfully, I have no need to do them. Second, we were talking about deadly risks. Not financial. Totally different. Jumping or not jumping out of plane has absolutely nothing to do with your ability or desire to take personal risks like moving for a job or starting a company. That's stupid if you think so.

But this conversation bores me, people keep saying the same things which require my same reply. Im going to go drive home shortly with my eyes closed, its EXTREEEEEMMMMMEE!!!!

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 5:16 PM. Reason : d]

6/25/2013 5:13:40 PM

My uncle was at this show apparently he's really shaken up from it still.

6/25/2013 6:24:48 PM

Quote :

"Im going to go drive home shortly with my eyes closed, its EXTREEEEEMMMMMEE!!!!"

I wish you would.

Some people get to die while living a fulfilling life, you'll die with your stomach filled.

6/25/2013 6:31:28 PM

ok Mr Big.


and you cant read well... I said my life doesnt require the above to be fulfilled. That means it can be fulfilling without that. Therefore, sky diving is not a requirement for a fulfilling life to everyone. Its not that hard to understand.

Jesus, what did you people do before ESPN 2, Red Bull and Hed PE??

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 6:50 PM. Reason : d]

6/25/2013 6:46:09 PM

So either you're very good at driving with your eyes closed, or you're too pussy to do it.

Let's compromise. Go through the McDonald's drive thru with your eyes closed.

6/25/2013 6:56:49 PM

na, not a fast food fan, but you go ahead. BOOM! equally sick burn!


and I made it home ok, next time I will do it while on fire, I need to live more, c-ya!!

6/25/2013 6:59:55 PM

Not being a fan of fast food doesn't mean that you don't eat it. It's fat people's version of Russian Roulette.

6/25/2013 7:09:30 PM

na, I can afford to eat what I want, so if I dont like something I wont eat it. But I guess its cool you do anyways.

6/25/2013 7:10:36 PM

You don't eat fast food? You fund the entire industry. I couldn't even eat McDonalds even if I wanted too.

6/25/2013 7:52:03 PM

so you follow me around as I eat? didnt know that, a bit weird, stalkerish, and Im sure you can find better uses of your time

6/25/2013 8:37:06 PM

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"I said my life doesnt require the above to be fulfilled. That means it can be fulfilling without that. Therefore, sky diving is not a requirement for a fulfilling life to everyone. Its not that hard to understand."

Right; what we're all saying is that you don't find enjoyment and fulfillment in skydiving, or car & motorcycle racing, or flying aerobatics, or wing-walking, or backcountry skiing, or running Ironman triathlons, etc.

Whatever--nobody gives a fuck that you don't get fulfillment from these things. What people have a beef with is your derision and minimization of such pursuits when other people do find enjoyment, exhilaration, and satisfaction in them--and in addition, the fact that, as best as anyone can tell, you live a pretty mundane existence just compounds things and earns you a bunch of rolly-eyes (and some fat jokes) from those of us who live life somewhat harder.

It's not that hard to understand.

[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 9:53 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2013 9:52:05 PM

na, I just dont have to do extreeeeemmme stuff to define me and apparently try to impress people as my lack of doing those things apparently means I am mundane. But its cool you have to drive extra fast, thats some awesome stuff fellow adult. VARRROOOOOOOM!!

6/25/2013 10:01:12 PM

I think Mister Duke hit the nail on the head.

^And you've wasted a lot of your time in this thread accomplishing nothing but making yourself look bitter and trite. I'm sure everybody here understands how you feel about skydiving; to miss that mark would be nothing short of obtuse. Now...your incessant hammering home of the point says a good deal about your open-mindedness, and perhaps a little bit about your insecurity and inability to let the argument go.

All that being said, it's pretty entertaining.

6/25/2013 10:24:32 PM

so if people, like you, keep posting about it, its ok. But if I do it, it reveals something about my inner workings... right. Totally logical and fair. There have been several times I have been done with it and others come in having to get the last word, which also includes personal attacks, so I defend myself.

Thread was dead for over an hour until Duke had to come in with his "inability to let it go" and start it up again


[Edited on June 25, 2013 at 10:28 PM. Reason : d]

6/25/2013 10:27:18 PM

you're an annoying child

6/25/2013 10:29:01 PM

i'd just like to say that skydiving and driving at extreme speeds and stuff are cool

but wingwalking seems like taking it overboard a bit

6/25/2013 10:30:38 PM

Quote :

"na, I just dont have to do extreeeeemmme stuff to define me and apparently try to impress people as my lack of doing those things apparently means I am mundane. But its cool you have to drive extra fast, thats some awesome stuff fellow adult. VARRROOOOOOOM!!"

jesus virginmotherfucking christ, you are beyond retarded. did you not read what I wrote, or can you not fucking process it?

6/26/2013 12:05:33 AM

I just take offense to people who say airshows are for kids, people only go to see crashes, or sports are a more worthwhile advantage because a score is kept. To me flying is extreme enough. I love flying/piloting and think skydiving is nuts. I appreciate the people who can do it, but with a fear of heights, skydiving is the ultimate OMFG to me. Just like guys who free climb, or people who scale buildings, tightropw walk across the Grand Canyon, etc. it does not have to be a sanctioned sport with a score to me to understand, appreciate and enjoy it, even if I think they are nuts to do it.

6/26/2013 5:30:29 AM

Airshows were cool when I was 8, then I turned 9. Adults go to airshows to see planes crash, and to hit on single moms. Walking on the wings of a flying plane is not extreme, its stupid. What she did is equivalent to having NASCAR races in convertibles. God rewards idiots with death, its karma

6/26/2013 6:35:31 AM

mewonders if JB could get under the weight limit for a bunch of these things would he actually think about doing them.

oh...and theDuke nailed.

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 8:19 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2013 8:18:51 AM

What irks me, almost more than what Duke said, is jaybee has no idea the planning and preparation that goes into any of it. He also has no idea what the risks are and if they can be mitigated by training or even common sense. Pile that on lack of imagination about the fun parts and why people do it and its like a dumbass sandwich.

Everyone has a risk threshold. I know exactly what mine is and he probably does things daily that are more dangerous than some jumps I made. I know a single tandem skydive is way less dangerous than smoking or drinking soda.

6/26/2013 8:49:03 AM

You still don't get it. People do things like smoking in spite of them being dangerous. The main attraction for them is NOT that it could kill them down the road. That's stupid. The danger is a side effect or consequence. It's not the main draw or essential. If smoking killed no one, more people would do it. As people in this thread have noted, the extremmmmmme things wouldn't be as fun without that danger (sky dive vs air tunnel) so it's not a consequence, it's essential to the event. Of course its not the ONLY element, but the "oh shit, this is scary" is part of it. So, what I am saying is that I am glad that I feel no need to intentionally do shit for the purpose of it being dangerous. Maybe when I was 18 and shit but now it just doesn't do it for me. Would much rather take a plane to visit Paris for example than walk on a wing of a plane from the 20s in a field in Greensboro.

Oh and motherfucker said "soda". GTFO

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 9:34 AM. Reason : f]

6/26/2013 9:19:22 AM

I've said every time that's horse shit. That is not why people skydive; the challenge, learning to keep cool in intense situations, visuals and joy of flying are. A first time jumper may do it for the risk but as ive said a first time jumper is in minimal danger. That's just one part of how idiotic you've been in the shit spewing from the mouth.

6/26/2013 9:34:07 AM

so you dont think a primary element of wing walking is the "oh shit! that person could fall and die?" Instead its, "look at her technique, that's solid! I bet she has a great view from up there, oh look, and eagle is following the plane, thats awesome."

come on man

6/26/2013 9:38:03 AM

I went skydiving because I heard it was an exhilirating experience. I never once thought, "this is so awesome because there is a chance I could die."

Sometimes I'm driving in really bad weather and I hit a patch of water and momentarily lose control. There's a chance I could die, it is exhilirating...but it is not awesome. I would not voluntarily drive high speeds through patches of water.

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 9:41 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2013 9:41:02 AM

and you think that no part of the "exhilirating experience" had to do with you falling towards the earth at a high rate of speed (and thus would most likely die if something went wrong)?

6/26/2013 9:43:03 AM

I bet it's a lot of fun and thats it. In this one sensational incident it provided a "news" worthy event instead of something actually informative about the risks and danger involved. How many Wingwalkers die in a year vs how many are active wing walkers? How many wing walks does one do? Was the pilot current and lucid or were they up all night doing blow? These are the questions that would illuminate the true danger instead of omg fire danger Darwin.

6/26/2013 9:43:52 AM

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"and you think that no part of the "exhilirating experience" had to do with you falling towards the earth at a high rate of speed (and thus would most likely die if something went wrong)?"

The free fall was awesome. Dying didn't cross my mind once the entire time.

6/26/2013 9:46:25 AM

it doesnt matter how many times it happens, you are WALKING ON THE WING OF A PLANE.

^ right. "oh let me just walk on up to this open plane door for the first time... yawwwwn, I think I need a haircut, and this shirt needs to be pressed... ok, time to jump, la la la, did I leave the garage door open today? hmmm, I should max out my 401k. Oh, time to pull the ripcord... oh look, traffic looks bad on 40, I will take an alternate route home...ah yes, the grass is soft."





[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 9:51 AM. Reason : d]

6/26/2013 9:47:30 AM

THAT'S ALARMIST

6/26/2013 9:50:06 AM

I just said the freefall was awesome. After the ripcord pulled was kinda "meh"...nice view and all, but not much exhiliration. Still a good chance of dying (which would have made it AWESOME by your standards)...but it did nothing for me. Plus the harness was pulling and it was a little painful.

I liken these activities to doing drugs. You do it to get a high. Sure...there are some activities where "I might die" goes through the person's head. But so much preparation goes into these things to make the chance of dying miniscule.

You're losing (or trolling) this thread big time. We all do the "normal" things that you do to "get joy out of life". We like these things as well. But sometimes people want to do a little extra. Doesn't mean they have a death wish.

6/26/2013 10:00:12 AM

well, you all will continue to play the "oh, its Jaybee, let's go against anything he says" and I will continue being "weird" apparently and have no desire to walk on the wing of a plane.






















or play russian roulette.

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 10:07 AM. Reason : d]

6/26/2013 10:06:25 AM

Quote :

"well, you all will continue to play the "oh, its Jaybee, let's go against anything he says" "

oh jaybee, you're such a victim. everybody always gangs up on you. it's not because your trolling is terrible and your argument is dumb, it's because the world is against you and you're such a victim. it's very sad.

6/26/2013 10:13:53 AM

much like that Abraham guy they threw to the lions, I have learned to accept my fate.

6/26/2013 10:15:33 AM

until someone who has actually wingwalked is in here giving comments i refuse to formulate an opinion.

6/26/2013 10:17:15 AM

I have no desire to walk on the wing of a plane...but I would like to skydive again. Possibly on my honeymoon over the Blue Hole in Belize.

Jaybee...doesn't this look awesome and beautiful:




Jaybee's victim card is getting old as fuck. He's turning into a slightly less deplorable version of God.

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 10:20 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2013 10:18:12 AM

There's a saying, "you leave your fear in the plane". Anytime you have nervousness in the plane it's gone with the first blast of wind.

The difference between these things and skydiving and related activities is that skydiving has barriers to entry for the too incompetent and evolutionary checks built in to remind yourself to be safe. You don't have the same fear with most drugs.

6/26/2013 10:18:40 AM

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"well, you all will continue to play the "oh, its Jaybee, let's go against anything he says" and I will continue being "weird" apparently and have no desire to walk on the wing of a plane. "

Nah. You're not weird for not wanting to do such things. Different strokes for different folks. And so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby.

What you are is a rabid choadpiping assclown for your derision and mockery of other people's opinions on the matter. Agree to disagree, but don't ridicule others for what you think is stupid. It's not quite the Darwin Awards contention that you think it is. I seriously doubt you gathered your facts before launching your crusade.

Or you could simply be a troll with nothing better to do with his time than to troll on the interwebs. Which makes you a rabid choadpiping assclown.

[Edited on June 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM. Reason : Quote]

6/26/2013 10:19:11 AM

Quote :

"until someone who has actually wingwalked is in here giving comments i refuse to formulate an opinion."

until someone who has actually been aborted is in here giving comments i refuse to formulate an opinion

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6/26/2013 10:27:58 AM