Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by tootie on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:22PM (#18766996)

Except that guy literally died. Nobody dies playing on a computer and it's pretty rare to die from running or biking in civilization.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by Someone on Thursday December 27, 2018 @05:09AM (#18768643)

Google ”died playing on a computer”. I got many hits showing “Nobody dies playing on a computer“ isn’t true. Examples:

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gameshot911 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:05PM (#18767216)

Often higher risk goes hand-in-hand with higher reward. It's all on a spectrum.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by tootie on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:25PM (#18767296)

There's absolutely zero reward for crossing the Antarctic alone and very high risk of death.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by brailsafe on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:28AM (#18768282)

I can think of a few rewards. Being the first to do something is personally rewarding, but the notoriety is also totally bankable.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by code_duck on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:28AM (#18767816)

People kind of do, since the lifestyle of sitting down 18 hours a day at a computer is very unhealthy.

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