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I’d cut the guy some slack. He’s clearly invested in this journey, literally spending thousands of dollars and decades of his own time. Personally, I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. After all, stores sell paint and there isn’t a law against drinking the stuff. It sounds like the only thing he needs to complete the trip is an escort vessel in case the trip goes poorly.…
I wouldn't. I also wouldn't give him any credit just because he's dedicated to the idea. If someone spent millions of dollars trying to recreate the balloon house from Up, I would certainly call them insane.
Man tries to go over water from Florida to NYC in makeshift human hamster wheel
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#22I like this guy. Everyone is making fun of him for "not understanding" but what better way to gain understanding than direct experimentation. Yeah, he could study other people's work, and recreate it...but following a recipe, well, you end up baking someone else's cake.
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I’d cut the guy some slack. He’s clearly invested in this journey, literally spending thousands of dollars and decades of his own time. Personally, I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. After all, stores sell paint and there isn’t a law against drinking the stuff. It sounds like the only thing he needs to complete the trip is an escort vessel in case the trip goes poorly.…
> I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. It's never only the one guy. There's rescue people and equipment, taking their time from other rescue work and possibly putting their lives in danger. And tax dollars.
That's a weird objection. Maybe you will fall on your bathroom today, break a bone, and fixing this might end up being expensive to society. However, we don't generally ban activities because of their societal cost; whatever you do in your own bathroom is your business.
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> I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. It's never only the one guy. There's rescue people and equipment, taking their time from other rescue work and possibly putting their lives in danger. And tax dollars.
That's a weird objection. Maybe you will fall on your bathroom today, break a bone, and fixing this might end up being expensive to society. However, we don't generally ban activities because of their societal cost; whatever you do in your own bathroom is your business.
Bathroom business being a normal life activity. Risking your life in a reckless activity, when you were warned? Yeah, such idiots should pay for the full cost of their own rescue.
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#25I like this guy. Everyone is making fun of him for "not understanding" but what better way to gain understanding than direct experimentation. Yeah, he could study other people's work, and recreate it...but following a recipe, well, you end up baking someone else's cake.
There used to be a lot of these sort of things in the early days of aviation and automobiles…1890s-1930s. The magazine “Modern Mechanix and Invention Magazine” had some great covers with similar retro future schemes. Nineteen silly one-off ideas for every brilliant one is still great odds for a society, even if the death rate among experimental aviators was distressingly high.
Let me also make a nod to “Everyday Mechanics” magazine in the 1910s for similar ideas…for kids. Build your own small gas engine by casting your own parts. Build a wireless torpedo. Build a radiotelephone. Build a fan-driven snowmobile…
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#26This guy is a prime example of not being in contact with reality. I am not against people trying new things, but you better understand the medium you are trying to accomplish something through. This documentary https://youtu.be/eTkj-e82RQk goes over his first attempts to go to Bermuda. It's obvious that he does not understand the sea at all. For his first attempt he didn't have food or even GPS to know where he was g…
Thr outdoor scenes in the first ten seconds are in my old apartment complex. We were out of town when it was shot. I am good Friends with the guy in the blue hat at 4:24, he is friends with 'bubble boy', his words. He thinks he is nuts too.
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> I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. It's never only the one guy. There's rescue people and equipment, taking their time from other rescue work and possibly putting their lives in danger. And tax dollars.
That's a weird objection. Maybe you will fall on your bathroom today, break a bone, and fixing this might end up being expensive to society. However, we don't generally ban activities because of their societal cost; whatever you do in your own bathroom is your business.
It is a valid objection. The cost of SAR resources is high and should not be wasted on repeated ill conceived ideas. This is his 4th or 5th attempt.
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I wouldn't. I also wouldn't give him any credit just because he's dedicated to the idea. If someone spent millions of dollars trying to recreate the balloon house from Up, I would certainly call them insane.
https://youtu.be/pCkgAelO3og
Haha ok fair enough