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This is an automatic no from me.
Life is filled with enough danger as is if I keep my own two feet firmly planted on the ground.
I have no reason to seek out more of either of those things by jumping out of planes. Honestly, that sounds terrifying.
If I wanted to be scared, I’d watch a horror movie instead. Zombies are frightening enough, and they’re not even real unless you’re talking about traditional Haitian folklore about stealing other people’s souls or those poor little carpenter ants that get infected by Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and start doing things that are very uncharacteristic for their species.
My theory about extreme sports like skydiving is that they mostly appeal to people whose lives are already pretty easy and who crave large doses of adrenaline.
The rest of us are busy just trying to survive one hour or day at a time as health issues, budget considerations, work problems, caregiving responsibilities, etc. pop up. We don’t need extra stuff on our plates. If anything, we probably want some peace and quiet as we rest our nervous systems instead of stimulate them.
We’ll see if this theory actually rings true as responses to this post start popping up. Who knows? Maybe I’m the only WWBC participant who doesn’t want to court danger. I have been wrong about some of my predictions for this community in the past!