• SCB@lemmy.world
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    Brave people push boundaries so that less brave people can read things in books.

    Edit: I assume the people downvoting this obvious truth think I’m calling them cowards. I assure you I will be right there with you curled up reading books about caving. Fuck all that.

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        Seriously. He could’ve shone a flashlight down there and seen it was a death trap before going down

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          I think a boroscope is an important tool he didn’t use

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          I think he was already fucked. His only option was to keep going in hopes a section lay ahead big enough for him to turn around and start crawling out

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        Brave people push boundaries, stupid people purposely shove their entire bodies into a hole and die expect to live

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      Well, yes, but you can be brave and take precautions at the same time. He wouldn’t have died if he’d followed proper caving guidelines.

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          “Because it’s there,” I assume. But if you’re gonna have a potentially dangerous hobby, you should at least be sure to take the necessary precautions before risking your life.

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            Like having a good life insurance policy that pays out even if you die doing something stupid? And maybe having a fake tooth filled with cyanide so you can go out quickly instead of dying of exposure?

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        And yet, here you are reading about it, reading others’ thoughts about it, and engaged in a conversation about it.

        Think of it like a book club.

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          Cause the internet loves idiots who get what they deserve for being stupid

          has nothing to do with bravery or boundaries.