[aaron695]

Humans like to hear about other humans dieing.

It improves their self being because they can imagine in their heads using hindsight and a loaded story they would never be that stupid.

AKA Darwin awards.

Hopefully at some stage culture can wipe out the attitude and replace it with something better then using they deaths of the uneducated poor and mental ill for our betterment.

[Arizhel]

Deaths of uneducated and mentally ill people are sad.

The person in that story was not mentally ill, beyond being stupid and refusing to heed plainly obvious warnings, and there's no evidence he was uneducated.

There's a difference. There's nothing noble or innocent about being selfish and stubborn and refusing to heed warnings meant to keep people safe who aren't familiar with the serious dangers in a place like Yellowstone.

[eeZah7Ux]

> nothing noble or innocent about being selfish and stubborn

Are you saying that people deliberately choose to be "selfish and stubborn" to the point of getting killed, and yet this is not a form of mental illness?

[Arizhel]

Um, yes? If you think being selfish and stubborn qualifies as a mental illness, I suggest you go talk to a professional psychologist. I'm quite sure they'll disagree. People do stupid and reckless stuff all the time (esp. 16-25yo males as the other commenter pointed out); that doesn't make them mentally ill.

[InitialLastName]

It's often a special form of mental illness called "16-25 year old maleness"

[fastball]

Not all idiots are uneducated, poor or mentally ill.