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> Yes, you might die, but while you're alive you're really living.

You're very privileged to be able to think this way. And very naïve.

A lot of people in our world spend a lot of time trying not to die, and they don't think, "wow, this is really living" while they're scrabbling for survival.

I've been in a few situations where death was close and I don't think "wow, I was really living then".

At best I thought "well that fucking sucked", at worst I spent years recovering from PTSD.

> Yes, you might die, but while you're alive you're really living.

Now this is pod-racing.

I'm sorry you feel you've been missing out by living a safe and comfortable life, but you really haven't missed out at all.

But shit, just go skydiving or mountaineering, get this weird mindset out of your system.



There's a big difference between putting yourself in a dangerous situation by choice and being in one out of necessity.




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