Now why do I want to watch a video where someone dies? Isn't that called a "snuff film"? A written story would be just fine. :-( (Not slamming you for posting the link, but whoever posted it in the first place.)
Now why do I want to watch a video where someone dies? Isn't that called a "snuff film"? A written story would be just fine. :-(
It's a video of a guy being swept off rocks by a wave. Snuff film would imply that you see the fellow actually die.
There's some pretty serious educational value in this video, and it's not the snuff film you're imagining.
ETA: As to why you would want to watch it? For me the answer is that I take a lot of risks, and actually examining real-life situations that went bad has probably saved my life more than once already. If you don't take risks, then it probably has little value to you, but for me, I like to do my very best to figure out exactly where "the line" really lies... This video, for example, has reminded me that rogue waves do happen, and that cliff faces above the ocean are a very tenuous place to be.
I guess I'm old school. I still prefer my news in print, rather than video. I would guess the educational value is something along the line of being aware of one's environment at all times, though I'm not sure (having not watched the video) whether or not anyone should have been aware of the danger following a typhoon.
I guess I'm old school. I still prefer my news in print, rather than video. I would guess the educational value is something along the line of being aware of one's environment at all times, though I'm not sure (having not watched the video) whether or not anyone should have been aware of the danger following a typhoon.
You know, print misses a lot of details. I prefer the most information rich source I can find... Which usually means a print article along with a video or photos. Besides, journalists always seem to feel a need to 'spin' a story, videos tend to be more truthful in my experience.
I guess I'm old school. I still prefer my news in print, rather than video. I would guess the educational value is something along the line of being aware of one's environment at all times, though I'm not sure (having not watched the video) whether or not anyone should have been aware of the danger following a typhoon.
i can link you some videos i was shown during subway worker training that are youtube if you really want to see a "snuff film"
I guess I'm old school. I still prefer my news in print, rather than video. I would guess the educational value is something along the line of being aware of one's environment at all times, though I'm not sure (having not watched the video) whether or not anyone should have been aware of the danger following a typhoon.
i can link you some videos i was shown during subway worker training that are youtube if you really want to see a "snuff film"
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that she's going to not take you up on that offer... ;)
ETA:/// ? ? ? Youtube? I thought they banned that sort of content.
There are worse ways to die. Dying with one's boots on is okay, if he was doing something he really loved. Thanks, Cory, for the post. Darwinian, but that is the reality of life and the potential consequences of risk taking. If you never take any risks, you may live to an old, old age... facing other consequences. But, risk taking is the essence of real living.
There are worse ways to die. Dying with one's boots on is okay, if he was doing something he really loved. Thanks, Cory, for the post. Darwinian, but that is the reality of life and the potential consequences of risk taking. If you never take any risks, you may live to an old, old age... facing other consequences. But, risk taking is the essence of real living.
Absolutely! Of course, I love taking the risks, and hopefully videos like this lower the odds that I'm going to do something fatally foolish.
Too many people live in a world where they think they're "safe" and do stupid things, expecting that they will be saved if something bad happens.
It's the same thing when people stroll around disconnected from the world, earbuds in, music on, and texting then wonder why they walked into a lamppost.
Sometimes Mother Nature will reach out and remind you who is really the boss. Pay attention.
im only 30 not wanting ti sound like an old man but i see alot of parents molly coddling their kids and removing the vital risk assement learning phase
i grew up in the country side we'd go out at 9 and be back for tea at 6pm we'd be shooting .22 and riding quads, climbing etc and we learnt the risks etc
kids today all have mobile phones and are always a phone call from rescue
i see it with my friends, some of them cant change a tire on their car or wire a plug not life saving i know but no grounding in the real world
having almost died 2 years ago when i got set on fire, i had my work boots on and it wouldn't have been much consolation if im honest id rather die in a drink drug fuelled young blonde ladies orgy ;) haha
The thing I found amazing about the video is the fact that he had his back to the waves. He had to know that there was a risk of a big wave coming in, and he turned his back to mess with his equipment. Of course there is nothing to say things would have been any different had he seen it coming, but his posture showed that he did not recognize and respect the danger that he put himself in.
The thing I found amazing about the video is the fact that he had his back to the waves. He had to know that there was a risk of a big wave coming in, and he turned his back to mess with his equipment. Of course there is nothing to say things would have been any different had he seen it coming, but his posture showed that he did not recognize and respect the danger that he put himself in.
Perhaps he was not accustomed to locations such as this.
Many people such as myself, have little if any knowledge of the sea and things like "rogue waves" and other forms of tidal movements, and many pay the ultimate price.
The thing I found amazing about the video is the fact that he had his back to the waves. He had to know that there was a risk of a big wave coming in, and he turned his back to mess with his equipment. Of course there is nothing to say things would have been any different had he seen it coming, but his posture showed that he did not recognize and respect the danger that he put himself in.
Perhaps he was not accustomed to locations such as this.
Many people such as myself, have little if any knowledge of the sea and things like "rogue waves" and other forms of tidal movements, and many pay the ultimate price.
Ray
This sounds likely. And I am guessing you could stand there for an hour and watch the waves never come near those lower rocks, so you decide to go down there for a better view / shot and BAM! Just what the Grim Reaper was waiting for. It's sad, it's tragic and I don't know that the guy was an idiot - I might have done stupider things. I believe when it's your time, it's your time.
