Why are idiots begging to be the next Timothy Treadwell.

[supraman]

You are completely disregarding thousands of years of domestication of dogs by humans, sure a dog that isnt yours can be dangerous, but Ive never known a person whose own dog turned on them unless they had some sort of mind altering disease. A 70lb family dog will sit there and endure abuse by a child, and just take it like a ***** because of this.



Even still a solitary dog, you do have a fighting chance physically no matter how big it is. Most adult male humans, well outweigh even the biggest dog breeds, and can subdue one through brute force, its just ingrained in our instincts to flee as opposed to fighting. Seriously if you sumo flopped on your 70lb dog you would probably crack all of its ribs.



Against a great white shark, or a bear, tiger, lion etc. We dont have a chance in hell without a weapon.

My point is even how small the chance we flirt with danger by having predators in our house that are far better equipped to kill than we naturally are. TSD maybe what I am really trying to figure out is whenever a shark is mentioned you immediately call the person(s) involved an idiot. I'm not trying to call you out or anything but sharks seem to just immediately make you sorta (for lack of a better word) flip out.



That surfer that got bit and returned to surfing you were pretty harsh on that one too.



This guy, cannot watch video at work so guessing a bit here, if he is following a shark is pretty safe. Whites attack from the bottom in an upward charge. hence why they are gray on top and white on the bottom perfect camo. So you don't have to worry about the shark you see

 

[Variable]

Its irrelevant. I am afraid of sharks for a very good reason. Same reason I am afraid of Lions, Tigers, Bears, etc etc.



Just because 9 times out of 10 the Great white will ignore you, doesn't mean one time when your paddling around on your boogie board the Damn thing wont bite your legs off. Its not like driving in a car, and having the possibility of a fatal accident. There is absolutely no rational reason anyone can tell me you need to be following around a great white shark on a boogie board, its reckless and stupid. You have no idea if that shark looks up and all of a sudden you resemble something it wants to eat.

So the shark looks up and it attacks him and he dies. And that person is seen as an idiot for having done that or has a death wish? That person knows that risk. He doesn't necessarily need to do it, he wants to do it, because that's his ambition. That's his work, that's what drives him. As long as you aren't imposing your will on others, why care? Why judge? What makes us know better? Because we don't share the same appreciation or interests as that person does? No, you don't understand what he does. If you did, you wouldn't be berating him. And, like Supra mentioned, others who don't fit into what is deemed worthy or smart by your limited standards of simply living one's life the way that they want to.

 

[Tater]

 

[tvltre]

Well the real question is "how do you look in a skirt?" since she wears the pants

That is where I draw the line. She has been trying to get me in a kilt for over 14 years now.

 

[supraman]

That is where I draw the line. She has been trying to get me in a kilt for over 14 years now.

Kilt is just easy access for when she wants a quickie.

 

[bri]

TSD, do you remember who put up that test on the Oboards that was suppose to evaluate your survival skills? Mine came back I couldn't defend myself from a house cat, but I had a broken ankle at the time which affected my answers to questions.

 

[TSD]

So the shark looks up and it attacks him and he dies. And that person is seen as an idiot for having done that or has a death wish? That person knows that risk. He doesn't necessarily need to do it, he wants to do it, because that's his ambition. That's his work, that's what drives him. As long as you aren't imposing your will on others, why care? Why judge? What makes us know better? Because we don't share the same appreciation or interests as that person does? No, you don't understand what he does. If you did, you wouldn't be berating him. And, like Supra mentioned, others who don't fit into what is deemed worthy or smart by your limited standards of simply living one's life the way that they want to.

I think it's stupid to toy with nature like that. i don't care if its his lifes work, he wants to do it or whatever its still stupid.



You honestly telling me this guy wouldn't be a runner up for the Darwin awards had his ass gotten devoured?



Why is it ok to call some hillbilly an idiot for tying a rocket to his truck, putting wings on it and trying to fly off a cliff? But its not ok to call this guy an idiot for putting himself in harms way for no good reason other than to show he can do it.

 

[Bringmepie]

That is where I draw the line. She has been trying to get me in a kilt for over 14 years now.

I wore a kilt to a Halloween party once and was the most popular guy there that night with the ladies. Share this post with the missus, if she still doesn't back off you might be able to angle the dangle for a threesome or something.



What does this have to do with big fish? Not much, other than a nod to the Scots slang for your "weddin' tackle" and what sort of tools of the trade you keep handy in your "tackle box" (i.e., your sporran).

 

[supraman]

I think it's stupid to toy with nature like that. i don't care if its his lifes work, he wants to do it or whatever its still stupid.



You honestly telling me this guy wouldn't be a runner up for the Darwin awards had his ass gotten devoured?



Why is it ok to call some hillbilly an idiot for tying a rocket to his truck, putting wings on it and trying to fly off a cliff? But its not ok to call this guy an idiot for putting himself in harms way for no good reason other than to show he can do it.

Because of measured risk. Everyone takes risks but most people look at the chance of injury. I mean if you drive you are taking a measured risk that you might die. I mean under your logic you're an idiot for driving. Everyone who plays a contact sport is an idiot because you can be killed or paralyzed from it so those people are all idiots. Anyone who skydives is an idiot too.



You seem to apply the idiot label rather fast to anything having to do with sharks.

 

[Variable]

Well misunderstanding simple rules of gravity that have been around since forever and the quest for further scientific discovery/understandings of the natural world are two complete different things, the feeling you had to even compare the two only further proves how much you don't understand what the guy is trying to do when you say that you do. If everyone that has ever lived were to be stopped by applying your kind of logic, we wouldn't have things like, for example, the airplane. Or electricity. That list goes on and on and on. Just about everything that we see as possible and understandings of our world that are accepted today was once thought of as impossible and stupid and rejected yesterday. From some of the biggest to the smallest ideas.

 

[TSD]

Because of measured risk. Everyone takes risks but most people look at the chance of injury. I mean if you drive you are taking a measured risk that you might die. I mean under your logic you're an idiot for driving. Everyone who plays a contact sport is an idiot because you can be killed or paralyzed from it so those people are all idiots. Anyone who skydives is an idiot too.



You seem to apply the idiot label rather fast to anything having to do with sharks.

I apply it fast to anyone who fucks around with wild animals that can eat you. hence my mentioning of Timothy Treadwell, who got eaten by a bear.

 

[supraman]

I apply it fast to anyone who fucks around with wild animals that can eat you. hence my mentioning of Timothy Treadwell, who got eaten by a bear.

But again measured risk. If you understand how the animal goes about its business you can minimize the risk. Is the risk ever gone? No but you can do everything to minimize. Sure the animal could turn on an instant and kill you but so could your dog turn on you and bite you. I've heard stories of it happening.

 

[CaveMan]

This guy is follow a dream and he gets to do it as a job. There are more dangerous jobs out there. Would I go hang with a shark? No, but if that is what drives you go for it. There were 115 shark attacks last year. Compared to the number of people who swim each year in the oceans, the risk is minimal. However there were 269 people hit by lightning last year. You have a better chance getting hit by lightning that getting attacked by a shark.

 

[bri]

Did you see the thing on yahoo today where a great white jumped in someone's boat? I think it was in South Africa.

 

[supraman]

Did you see the thing on yahoo today where a great white jumped in someone's boat? I think it was in South Africa.

yep breached near the guy doing the chumming, they kept the shark alive, pulled into the harbor and released it.

 

[bri]

Saw these pictures today of snorkelers with a whale shark. That thing is massive.





http://news.yahoo.com/photos/whale-shark-swim-1311371866-slideshow/

 

[supraman]

Saw these pictures today of snorkelers with a whale shark. That thing is massive.





http://news.yahoo.co...1866-slideshow/

yep and completely harmless unless you are sorta dumb for swimming in front of it while it feeds. which is almost all the time.

 

[TSD]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-1574...eal-how-did-lucy-magnum-survive-26048558.html



Little girl almost gets her leg bit off by a Tiger shark.



"are you gonna take your family back to the beach?" "Oh definitely!" If they asked me: "**** no, are you on crack *****?"

 

[Variable]

Yeah apparently that kid was a Timothy Treadwell wannabe.



Ugh.

 

[supraman]

http://news.yahoo.co...e-26048558.html



Little girl almost gets her leg bit off by a Tiger shark.



"are you gonna take your family back to the beach?" "Oh definitely!" If they asked me: "**** no, are you on crack *****?"

Yeah tigers aren't one to screw with. They are nicknamed the garbage cans of the sea. They eat anything in front of them. They have found some crazy stuff in the stomachs of Tiger Sharks.

[font="Verdana, Helvetica"]When studying the stomach content of Tiger Sharks have found very surprising objects, including a ladies pyjamas, a rubber tire, a roil of chicken wire, tar paper, a bad of potatoes, some shoes, a dog, a can of Spam, rags, bottles and a sack of coal.[/font]