[stevew]

nick cave's son dies in cliff accident.

 

[CBJ]

Saw that earlier today and thought of you. Super sad. So strange something like that could happen to somebody who lives there one would think he knew how to stay safe.

 

[dan-o]

So strange something like that could happen to somebody who lives there one would think he knew how to stay safe.

You'd think.
Our town is surrounded by the Atlantic on 3 sides and it's a serious boating/water sports culture here.
Yet just a few weeks back a HS senior dove into shallow water, broke his neck and is on life support due to salt water destroying his lungs.

Familiarity breeds complacency.

 

[CBJ]

Sad story and difficult to understand but you do some stupid shit when you are a teenager.

 

[SkaredShtles]

You'd think.
Our town is surrounded by the Atlantic on 3 sides and it's a serious boating/water sports culture here.
Yet just a few weeks back a HS senior dove into shallow water, broke his neck and is on life support due to salt water destroying his lungs.

Familiarity breeds complacency.

That and because teenagers.

 

[dan-o]

That and because teenagers.

Sadly, I've yet to outgrow the 'hey y'all watch this' mentality but my idiocy tends to be age appropriate.

 

[syadasti]

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/28/381622350/why-teens-are-impulsive-addiction-prone-and-should-protect-their-brains

This insulation process starts in the back of the brain and heads toward the front. Brains aren't fully mature until people are in their early 20s, possibly late 20s and maybe even beyond, Jensen says.
...
"The last place to be connected — to be fully myelinated — is the front of your brain," Jensen says. "And what's in the front? Your prefrontal cortex and your frontal cortex. These are areas where we have insight, empathy, these executive functions such as impulse control, risk-taking behavior.

 

[mandown]