Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Cyclist dead Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:18:47 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:18:48 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ed8a347b8526f0a6340719efc9e54a98"; logging-data="17390"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18G+fXStnVJ8QxW1qhZryHBN/72dDo7PSA=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2hZiQqxqAVbPK3FM1mCkaVhCgwI= On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: >On 2/14/2025 7:59 PM, Mark J cleary wrote: >> On 2/14/2025 12:57 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>> https://realdealnews.org/2025/02/14/extreme-sports-influencer-dies- >>> while-cycling-down-volcano/ >> Live for a thrill and you get to die for the thrill. This does not make >> sense to me at all. > >Agreed. "Influencers" who do hyper-risky tricks to gain followers and >make money do nobody any good. They probably inspire other fools to lose >at risky tricks. And as in this case, they trigger public spending to >rescue them from their failures. For many people, risk is the spice of life. For others, it's something to be avoided. -- C'est bon Soloman