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Got to wonder, how much of the "thrill" of doing these kinds of high-risk things comes from society's continued glorification of them?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wu-yongning-climber-dies-stunt-on-skyscraper-changsha-china/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50592646
https://nypost.com/2023/07/30/daredevil-known-for-high-rise-stunts-dead-after-falling-from-68th-floor/
This is a stupid thing to do. These people shouldn't be glorified, they should be held up as examples of poor decision-making, and regarded as imposing a cost on the rest of humanity for the sake of self-aggrandizement.