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Originally Posted by Igottago
Its about the money, let's be real. There's definitely an element of dunking on the wealthy/billionaires going on. All sorts of people, at all income levels, take all sorts of stupid risk, all the time. People have to get rescued from hiking in places they shouldn't be, skiing where they shouldn't, camping trips gone wrong, traveling off the beaten path, whatever.
This was a dumb risk but there seems to be an extra amount of internet glee about it since its something a normal person wouldn't have access to.
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No, I think that one of the space flights blowing up would be looked at as more of a tragedy than this. This is one about Hubris that makes it interesting. Also the duration of it allows the shock to turn into gallows humour.
Though Fuzz on post two nailed the spirit of the thread before much was known about this.