[jrm4]

Hmm. I don't know. I am glad they're not harming anyone else, but also -- like, I have kids. And if they were to get into this sort of thing, I'd at the least be like "Well, that's STUPID. Why put yourselves in harm's way deliberately like this. Stressing me and mom out. Do something that helps someone else instead."

[dmix]

My uncle promised his kid $10k if he did not buy a motorcycle he was planning to buy

[kyleee]

Gos bless your uncle. Smart man. Did it work?

[stavros]

It did. The kid went on to spend the $10k on a new motorcycle.

[afthonos]

That’s fair, but there’s a way to say that without bringing “deserving” into it. As you did.

For my part, there’s a big part of me that still is moved by Tennyson: “As tho’ to breathe were life!”