<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> oh yeah, when being a paramedic you hear about stuff like this occasionally.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> I really don’t know how I process this. On one hand, it’s just mind boggling disregard of one’s life, and on the other hand it might be the most badass thing ever. Probably both.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> There’s risk tolerance, where I am used to thinking, “wow, I would not try that dangerous thing.”</p><p>And then there is your second quoted story. </p><p>Yikes.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@munin" class="u-url mention">@<span>munin</span></a></span> I do yeah</p>

<p>OH: &quot;Like, being impaled without vitals damaged is actually not that big of an issue?&quot;</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@jpm" class="u-url mention">@<span>jpm</span></a></span> and these men lived to almost a century</p><p>clearly they&#39;ve done something right</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> it wouldn’t surprise me, there was a group of them with no fear, a reckless disregard for personal safety, an innate curiosity to find out what happens, and trust in the engineers designing the contraptions they sat on</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> oh, i mean that&#39;s well into &quot;mostly safe&quot; territory</p>

<p>&quot;I felt a sensation in the eyes somewhat like extraction of a molar without anesthetic&quot; can we please stop to consider this in detail? the guy felt that and then was like &quot;yup, you gotta strap me in again&quot;</p>