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@dancing james
its about perception of risk vs real risk
though with this video, he does something that (possibly) looks cool to the uninitiated - though probably appears to be low risk
in fact it is fucking stupid and dangerous
often chosing to play with our perceived notion of risk can leave us feeling exhilarated (eg bungee jump or roller coaster), though when it is forced rather than chosenit becomes very different (eg car coming too close, being threatened by an armed robber etc), our reaction is fear rather than the high of chosing to do an activity that appears high risk but actually has all the risk removed