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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Wow the comment section does not reinforce the very little faith I have left in humanity .

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah seriously. People saying “just leave him”, like for real? The dude is in obvious danger…he’s a fucking idiot, and maybe should be fined for the rescue effort, but good lord you can’t just leave him in such a high risk situation like that. He doesn’t deserve to die for this like c’mon

[–] SchmidtGenetics 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

We let people skydive, base dive, and tight rope walk without safety gear. People can go caving, who is it to decide what is and isn’t dangerous than someone’s own self?

People need to get their heads out of their asses and let people live their own lives.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

HE DIDNT NEED OR WANT TO BE 'RESCUED'.

Why do people have this weird ass obsession with forcing their views on people, then demanding THEY be charged because YOU think they should be doing something different?

His life, his choice. This is his SECOND time doing this so CLEARLY he knows because those that 'saved him' would have already told him the dangers he would have obviously already known to begin with.

[–] TheBraveSirRobbin 6 points 6 months ago

He's done it at least 4 times. Not sure how many as of the date of the article but by now he's been stopped at least 4 times

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Especially a terrible death like that. Stranded at sea is a terrible way to die as you have mo chelter from the sun and dehydrate to death over a couple days. And chances are that there are as many fish around you as birds. The open ocean is essentially a desert with no water to drink, no food to eat, and no shelter from the sun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yup no desire to actually learn facts, cnn is reporting very little information that is easy to obtain online without doing real investigative work. Baluchi is a strong athlete, and in 2014 he had to be rescued at his own request by Coast guard. So taxpayer dollars were wasted then. But 2016 there is no indication in the article about who asked for help, was he going on his merry way and coast guard decided to be an ass? Or did he call it quits and didn't have an escape strategy and use coast guard as such? I don't know, but people have seemed to form opinions already.