They’re stupid and pointless. Dying because you smacked into the ground while you have more important things to live for is not a risk worth taking.
Dying because you smacked into the ground while you have more important things to live for is not a risk worth taking.
Too many Americans die of heart failure and adult onset diabetes while watching the adventures of others on TV.
I’m a doer, not a watcher. I was able to give up TV in 1997 because I don’t watch sports. I DO sports. I’m 59 and STILL bike and mountain bike. Both involve risk.
To give you an example of how I DO recognise risk, I stopped bicycle commuting about 4 years ago because texting has made it “always 2:00 Saturday morning”. Being on the road during the commute on a bicycle on a daily bassis is no longer worth the risk for me. I see it as a form of russian roulette. It’s because I’ve seen WAY too many people randomly veer off the road right into where I would have been if fate had not been on my side.