Comment on Extreme sports are weird
foggy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They would think that we create sport out of pushing our physical limits so as to advance our physical limits at an optimal pace.
“The human performed two whole rotations! And while doing so, they removed their vehicle, spun it around their body, and placed it back beneath their feet before landing! However, clearly the humans valued the human who performed two and a half rotations a lot more. They call home ‘Tony Hawk’”.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Extreme sports was more supposed to be an example. Horror movies are the same.
People go out of their way to feel scared, what would aliens think of that?
foggy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That we distill what makes us uncomfortable and make a mockery of it.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
That’s still a pretty messed up pass time if you’re not anthropomorphizing. It’s a crazy way to have evolved.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There’s a reason we’re at the top of the food chain.
I saw someone do a creative writing exercise where they wrote as a wise wild animal explaining why you don’t fuck with humans. We’re terrifying.
If a shark tries to taste just one of us, millions of us will attack their whole species.
We domesticated fucking wolves. Wolves realized it was better to bow down and beg for treats than to consider competing.