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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsUggh. Would you watch Nick Wallenda (LIVE) attempt to walk across an active volcano on tightrope?
ABC is promoting it heavily. I feel like we are reverting to the day of the Coliseum--men v lions.
My Mom was really affected by some of the earlier LIVE Wallenda deaths--including the patriarch, Karl Wallenda in the late 70s. She just didn't understand why people would line up to watch.
Not to mention the 100s who died watching a performance after a fire broke out:
Then there was the paralyzing and deadly accident to Mario Wallenda and two others in the sixties:
"As they made their way on that wire, the pyramid collapsed and two of the members were actually killed. One of my great-uncles, Mario, was paralyzed from the waist down," recalled Nik Wallenda.
I will NOT be watching.
jimfields33
(15,823 posts)Just not my thing.
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)jimfields33
(15,823 posts)Have a great weekend.
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)Paladin
(28,264 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)of the old Carnival "geek man" but I believe the distance is measurable only in microns. If someone brought back the Geek show people would be lining up in droves to be "horrified" by it.
Squidly
(783 posts)Thats all the "FREAK Show" you'll ever need!!
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Q, What has 48 eyes and 12 teeth?
A. The front row at a Trump rally
too true, though...
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)I don't, but so many do.
global1
(25,253 posts)a Hillary t-shirt.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...the risk-taking gene, nor do I enjoy watching people who do have a death wish.
My older son is a recent fan of indoor rock climbing, which Im told is called bouldering. I asked him to please tell me he had no interest in doing something stupid like free-climbing El Capitan.
I was soooooo relieved when he assured me he did not.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)That documentary makes me cringe even thinking about it.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)On the one hand, I think people like this are just plain nuts, and probably so too are a fair amount of the people who enjoy watching such folk. On the other hand, I think life would be very boring indeed if no one ever did really, really stupid stuff.
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Codeine
(25,586 posts)but now I cant imagine seeing it. I dont want to see someone die live on the air.
The fact that I obsessively watch Formula1 probably contradicts the above statement, of course.