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Jungles, but I'm too scared (Score:2)
In the UK there is pretty much nothing that can hurt you by way of flora and fawna (bee stings and bramble prickles aside).
I would love to trek through a rain forest but I'm just too scared of biting insects, angry animals and the myriad of harmful things that might make me uncomfortable or worse.
Re:Jungles, but I'm too scared (Score:5, Insightful)
Death can come for you anywhere. One day, walking through a cross walk in a major city during the middle of the day, I was nearly hit by an asshole driving around a corner too fast in a very nice BMW. I jumped out of the way just in time but the car hit my groceries.
Live your life. Take reasonable precautions like having a guide take you through the jungle, or going with an instructor if you try something dangerous in the beginning, like rally racing. But always live your life, like today was your last day. The world is on fire, and we never know how long we have left.
(Although in fairness we didn't start the fire [youtube.com])
Re:Jungles, but I'm too scared (Score:5, Insightful)
Bad advice. If you live life like today's your last, you'll act without consequence and without concern for the ramifications of your actions. It's one of the reasons I hate that term YOLO (You Only Live Once) - it's basically a passport towards dangerous and counterproductive behavior. People need to learn how to think long-term - we've got enough problems in the world due to short-term thinking fucking up things down the line.
Of course it's all about balance. Don't be so concerned about things that you won't take any risks. Just make sure those risks are measure and that whatever you end up doing doesn't end up hurting yourself (or others) later.
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The parents was talking about being too afraid to go out into the jungle.
While I would agree that you shouldn't live completely like it's your last day (you do want to save up for things like, say, retirement), you should conquer your fears for the little things, and you can do this with a sense of balance
Re:Jungles, but I'm too scared (Score:5, Insightful)
I like the advice I heard from an economist on a Freakonomics podcast when asked by a teenager what economics can teach us about romance(specifically with regard to asking a girl out to prom).
The economist starts off by admitting he doesn't know anything more than anyone else on romance. But he suggested that many people suffer from "loss aversion", a tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... [wikipedia.org] ). The young man was afraid of rejection, which might sting briefly, but will likely have minimal negative impact and likely no long term impact. But if she says yes, he'd have a date to prom and a memory of prom he can look back on for years. The guy was just focused on the possibility of rejection.
Unfortunately, "Reduce your loss aversion" isn't as catchy as "YOLO" or "Carpe Diem". But it's more practical life advice for many people.
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Bad advice. If you live life like today's your last, you'll act without consequence and without concern for the ramifications of your actions. It's one of the reasons I hate that term YOLO (You Only Live Once) - it's basically a passport towards dangerous and counterproductive behavior.
YOLO is just the modern day equivalent of carpe diem - seize the day, but Latin is no longer in fashion. It doesn't mean you shouldn't study to your degree, but those years as a student aren't just a means to an end you need to get through they're your life. Same goes for your job, if all you live for is career and promotion then life is passing you by. If you want to go on safari in Africa, do it. If you want to try sky diving, do it. If you want to hit on that girl you fancy, do it. If the sun is shining
Re:Jungles, but I'm too scared (Score:5, Insightful)
The main difference: "carpe diem" is for intelligent people, but "YOLO" is for idiots.
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It's a bullshit quiz. Bullshit opinions are FINE. Relax.
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Yes, but you are more likely to die in 'the jungle' then walking down the street.
"like today was your last day"
In my living room with my family? Cause, if ti was my last day, the last thing I would want to e is in the middle of nowhere with none of my loved ones.
I know this because I've been in the middle of nowhere, and after the 4th day of crawling I was pretty sure I was going to die. At that point going out and living that way seemed both selfish, and sad.
Looking back, I'm pretty sure people would have
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You can go into the jungle without going all survivorman.
Why do people always have to take things to extremes?
You can face your fears and do something a little dangerous that is 99% safe without going and doing something a lot dangerous that is not safe at all.
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I didn't intend to be stuck in the situation I found myself in; which wasn't actually a jungle, I was just using it as an example of why the poster was being pretty fallacious, and a little uppity telling people what they should do.
I went miniature golfing with my son yesterday, and I'll take that over being where that situation could occur again.
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Yeah see you're starting to stink of b.s.
If you go out into the wilderness, anywhere, there as some common sense things you should do. Like not go alone. And tell people your route. And only go on well known trails. And not eat random mushrooms / berries you find growing by the side of the road, or drink out of random pools of water. And always bring appropriate gear.
If you do that, you will come back alive, and even if something bad happens (like you break your leg), either your buddy will go for help
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or a feral possum.
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How are the Mongrels classified?
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Earlier this year I went to the Cuyabana reserve in Ecuador. There wasn't really any reason to be scared of the jungle.
You wouldn't know where to go on your own, and organising transport would be a hassle anyway, so book an organised tour. I was travelling round Ecuador alone, and there were five others on my tour. A 12 hour bus journey to Lago Agrio, a 2.5 hour car drive east, then a 2.5 hour motor canoe journey and we were very much in the jungle.
(I only spent four nights in the jungle, you can obvious
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I assume you're correct, with local knowledge, but what I said was true from what I saw -- though I can't prove it.
I've not been anywhere else in South America, so I only have Europe, the US and Canada, and some of East Asia to compare to. Ecuador is bottom of that list, but not that far behind the US.
The people in Ecuador with the worst stories were born there, so maybe they're remembering the old times.
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I would probably avoid going to Peru too.... This story is kind of disturbing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new... [dailymail.co.uk]
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The Antarctic - but scared I'd freeze to death
Caves - but scared of bats and darkness
The ocean floor - but scared of drowning
Jungles - but scared of snakes and spiders and bugs
Deserts - but scared of getting lost and dying of thirst
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Australian here. (Score:2)
Want to go to the beach, great white sharks.
Want to go camping, Taipan and King Brown snakes.
How about a spot of fishing in a river, nacht. Crocodiles.
Think your safe in your own home, funnel web spiders think differently.
And Backpacker murderers, I've survived the lot for over 30 years.
Most jungles are a walk in the park.
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In the UK there is pretty much nothing that can hurt you by way of flora and fawna (bee stings and bramble prickles aside).
Humans are fauna and the UK is the most violent country I've ever been to (I grew up there). I worked in Afghanistan in 06 and 07 and people would comment on how dangerous it was walking around Kabul - I used to answer "not nearly as dangerous as it is walking around London". One difference between the two cities is that if someone kills you in Kabul, it will be for a reason - in London it's just as likely to be because they don't like your shirt.
Real jungles are very tame places compared to that concrete o
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No, that's not even close.
London is 1.80 per 100k; Kabul is 3.4 per 100k
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1.8 what? If you're talking about deaths, then so what? The difference between 0.0018% and 0.0034% is minimal. But I'm talking about danger in general, not just danger of death. The chance of getting randomly bashed by a gang of drunken thugs on the streets of Kabul is zero - in London, it's high.
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In the UK there is pretty much nothing that can hurt you by way of flora and fawna (bee stings and bramble prickles aside).
Well, someone got repeatedly bitten by an adder recently. But given that he'd apparently picked up... well there's just no helping some people, is there?
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Hadn't heard that - just looked it up; interesting.
Strangely enough I've seen adders only a couple of times, once near some cliffs in Devon close to home and another time about half a dozen on moorland in Cornwall in the middle of a path. I've lived in the countryside all my life so I guess I think of adders as unlikely attackers, a bit like hornets. I've heard Giant Hogweed is about the worst plant in the UK but I've never seen it (as far as I know!).
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Those Blackadders are quite deadly I hear.
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I'm guessing you would have recognised stinging nettles.
The other plant in the UK that 'stings' is giant hogweed. I've never come across it but it is supposed to be widespread. The sap causes burns and scarring. There was a campaign about 40 years ago to warn children about it and I remember someone coming into our school with pictures of it - it looks a bit like cow parsley but grows much bigger.
A nice island beach (Score:2)
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I've been to Oahu and Kauai. Oahu was nice enough and would probably be where I'd have to live if I moved to Hawaii, mainly due to employment possibilities.
Kauai was outright gorgeous and I had a moment at the Northern end of Polihale where I was the only one there. I had the clean sand, blue water, and rugged cliffs all to myself, not another soul in sight. I walked back South a half-mile, there were people frolicking in the surf. The Northwest, Southwest, South, Southeast, Northe
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So, Kauai then...
I've been to Oahu and Kauai. Oahu was nice enough and would probably be where I'd have to live if I moved to Hawaii, mainly due to employment possibilities.
Kauai was outright gorgeous and I had a moment at the Northern end of Polihale where I was the only one there. I had the clean sand, blue water, and rugged cliffs all to myself, not another soul in sight. I walked back South a half-mile, there were people frolicking in the surf. The Northwest, Southwest, South, Southeast, Northeast, and North parts of the island each had a different feel, so if I were independently wealthy I could easily live on Kauai for some time before getting island-fever.
It's nice to live on an island with no large cities.
Beaches (Score:2)
I'd like to be on some beautiful beach, with perfect weather, and lots of gorgeous girls in bikinis.
Beaches definitely should have been an option.
One beach is fine, but I would prefer to explore all of the beaches in the world. After all, it would be nice to have some variety in both beaches and women... All I would need is a yacht to carry toys such as jetskis, a motor launch, kayaks, etc.
The Jungle would be fun as I don't mind snakes, spiders, etc. However, I do hate mosquitoes and flies. The amount of OFF bug spray I would have to bring just wouldn't make it worth it. The Desserts are too dry, Cav
Missing option: The planet of another star (Score:3)
Missing option: The planet of another star
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Don't get me wrong, I feel that we need a space station in a better location (at least geostationary orbit if not a Lagrange point), a lunar base as a testbed for other planetary-landing missions, and tech to make human habitation of space better (at least a Stanford Torus or possibly an O'Neill Cy
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Missing option: The planet of another star
SQUEEEEEE!
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The only thing you'd be likely to find is gas and rock. And Germans, where they can tank their cars and listen to heavy rock there'll be Germans.
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THANK YOU!
I knew i couldn't be the only one.
Poll needs space as an option.
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'The universe' was the option I was looking for.
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You know by choosing to explore the star trek universe, you would have the opportunity to explore both 7 of 9 and the planet of another star. ;)
(And in case you think, oh why would I be sure of exploring 7 of 9? Well in the series she's always exploring her humanity. Maybe you could show her about that particular bit. Although I imagine it would be quite mechanical and not enjoyable at all...)
Yea deserts (Score:2)
Cities (Score:2)
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What's stopping you from making it happen?
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lack of time and finances.
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if you have some time and medium financial availability, go to Europe, buy a month-long, European-wide train ticket (last time I checked it was around 1K USD) and you will be able to travel ANYWHERE in Europe, using any train bar bullet trains (unless you are willing to pay a per-trip difference), get off wherever you want, hop into any other train and visit places where tourists don't go.
e.g. you're in a train and see something beautiful, you get off at next stop and explore.
Almost all villages and small t
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In USA: TSA. No fly list. Constitution free zones ...
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What's stopping you from making it happen?
THIS. The presupposition of this survey is that we are all somehow trapped.
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You had a COMPLETELY different experience to me in Paris. I have been there 3-4 times now and love it and the places you can find tucked into small corners. There are restaurants everywhere and there was always someone nearby who would speak English to me if I needed help.
As for restaurants did you try walking from the Eiffel Tower to the Arc de Triomphe? There are a gazzilion on that strip alone. And Paris is the only city I can think of where you seriously need to check out the cemeteries. Particular
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You had a COMPLETELY different experience to me in Paris. I have been there 3-4 times now and love it and the places you can find tucked into small corners. There are restaurants everywhere and there was always someone nearby who would speak English to me if I needed help.
As for restaurants did you try walking from the Eiffel Tower to the Arc de Triomphe? There are a gazzilion on that strip alone. And Paris is the only city I can think of where you seriously need to check out the cemeteries. Particularly the catacombs.
That's more in line with my experience with Paris, the three days I spent there were nowhere near enough.
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I never understood the love affair of the US with France (in general) and Paris (in particular). France has it's attractions - but why so much to the US?
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Having been to Munich several times, I can say that you probably wouldn't have many of the problems you say you had in Paris.
There are different neighborhoods in Munich where the buildings don't all look the same. The older section of the city center does have a very similar look to it, but there's still enough variation to make it interesting. While there are many chain restaurants for those who want them, with a little effort you can find interesting local places. In fact
I'd like to sail to Easter Island (Score:2)
Explore the past (Score:3)
I'm more a historian than an explorer. It really bothers me to walk around my former mining town, only 150 years old, and there are old structures (foundations, dams, remnants of bridges, etc.) that no one remember what they were from. Wish there were easier ways to research them; have to get to work on that flux capacitor.
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Why reinvent the wheel? Just go to O'Reilly auto parts and you could be on your way tomorrow!
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/EB00/121G.oap?keyword=121g
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/EB00/121GMF.oap?keyword=121gmf
However you have to provide your own DeLorean....at least they are still available!
http://delorean.com/
Old Code (Score:3)
You see different footprints from different programmers who have maintained it . . . recognize different personalities in the style and comments . . . you can tell if the project was a joy or a Death March . . . and I always learn how to do something that I didn't know before.
The young, strong, agile me (Score:4, Funny)
Adventure, Indy Jones style (Score:2)
Exotic city
Pretty woman
Valuable antiquities
Foe, to be vanquished
Adoring mob
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Heart to be ripped out, atomic bombs to hide from, aliens, and an All the Nazi you can kill buffet.
Constricted options. (Score:2)
Missing: Space - the final frontier!
Pacific theater (Score:3)
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it is a psudo-open world which hints that you are on a pacific theater island long forgotten by governments (and since taken over by drug runners) after WW2. You find fortified caves with decayed weaponry, bunkers, etc. You get the feeling you described... except with 'the requisite splosions and video game stuff
I am not meaning to trivialize what you are taking about, but you can get a small taste of what y
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I sailed past Peleliu in 1994, the 50th anniversary of the battle. It was horrible to see that insignificant hunk of rock where so many young men died for... what, exactly? It was dubiously important in the first place and looked an awful lot like other rocky islands I'd seen, which drove home the utter futility and waste that it represents. It was a very emotional experience and I'm getting choked up now remembering it.
I'd be perfectly happy never seeing another battlefield in my life.
Desert (Score:2)
No question, particularly in Arizona. The lack of rain makes it "older" on the surface, less erosion. I would love to build a giant metal detector and go searching for meteoroids and the like. I lived in Phoenix and miss roaming around the govt. land, which is plentiful, so there isn't anyone to ask permission. Just do the roaming in the winter, which is very mild, bring lots of water and curiosity. The mountains are climbable and everything is fairly accessible. You can bet most every day will be sun
Space? (Score:2)
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I've always been a bit worried about the response time for the stop button at near light speeds. Press the stop button and by the time the circuits have reacted, you're a few thousand light years beyond your target and have to turn around and go back.
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That's ludicrous!
Montana (Score:2)
I would like to have seen Montana.
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Would you have gone there in a recreational vehicle?
The galaxy! (Score:2)
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All you need is money. Everything else can be bought with that money.
The stars (Score:2)
Go where no nerd has gone before...
The sky ! (Score:2)
As long as we're talking about places on Earth, and not space or other planets / moons, I might as well be exploring its sky. There's no joy like flying free !
Northern Canada (Score:4, Interesting)
Far more there to explore than anything else. just simply avoid getting eaten by bears and you are good to go.
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Underground lakes (Score:2)
I'd like to explore as much as possible, but . . . (Score:2)
the U.S. government considers me a criminal so I don't.
When I have to worry more about being put on some "subversive" flight list for no known reason, with no way to get off the list unless filing court papers, the investigations and groping just to get on a plane, than I do about getting some disease or being eaten by an animal, things are completely messed up.
I actually voted for "my own town" on this one.... (Score:3)
We recently moved (only a couple month ago), and while it's a small town we're in, I'm still discovering new things all the time. It feels a bit foolish for me to spend a lot of money traveling to distant places to explore them, when I can't even say I feel like I'm an expert on what's in my own home-town yet!
Iceland (Score:3)
I just got back from exploring Iceland, and was left wishing I had waaaaaay more time to spend there. The differences in a "young earth" geography are striking, and someplace cooler than my local climes is much appreciated in mid-Summer.
"Folk" -- Country Villages (Score:2)
I've spent my entire life in the hustle-bustle. I want to go on a cycling tour of villages, towns, and nowheresvilles.
Missing options and all that stuff. (Score:2)
The two most relevant options for me would be either "My Country", or "The Universe". I might have to stick to my country for a while though. I am already exploring my city.
Somewhere south, I think... (Score:2)
I've been to Australia and New Zealand, but want to go further south: the Falklands or Patagonia. I know the Falklands look like Newfoundland with penguins, and I know Ushuaia is horizontal rain/sleet all year, but I want to see it for myself.
...laura
The Tietê River to the sea (Score:2)
I noticed recently that because of the coastal mountains, the rivers near São Paulo mostly flow inland into the la Plata basin (which is a very large watershed). From what I can see from Google Earth it should be possible to kayak down the Tietê River [wikipedia.org] to where it joins the other major rivers that eventually meet the Atlantic near Buenos Aires.
I may now be too old to consider a month long river journey that's almost a quarter of a planet away, but I can dream about it.
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That's what I was expecting, clearly a scouting expedition would be the first step.
tortured geology for me (Score:2)
volcanoes, plate tech, stressed rocks....Idaho
The Sky (Score:2)
Ancient ruins (Score:2)
Ancient ruins. Basically I want to be a wizard Indiana Jones.
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Ancient ruins. Basically I want to be a wizard Indiana Jones.
With you there. I'd like to see Persepolis and Petra. I've lived in Rome, seen Athens -and the most amazing thing I've seen is Abu Simbel, in southern Egypt. Over two thousand years old, and it looks like the painters just nipped around the corner when they heard you coming.
Christina Hendricks (Score:2)
Two Words (Score:2)
Other options? (Score:2)
We would like to explore.. other options.
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I am curious: What compels people to explore deserts? Isn't it just sand and salt? There isn't much flora or fauna out there, just an extremely inhospitable landscape.
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People bluster all of the time about what they'd do in a particular situation, but they really don't actually know. I'd like to think that I'd carry myself well in an emergency, but most of the emergencies that I've been in have been small or impersonal, making it much easier.
Regardless though, new experiences teach you abou
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As late as the sixties there was no real appreciati
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Pick one that has not been picked over heavily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... [wikipedia.org]
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I'm a mosquito/insect-attracter, so forests of any kind are generally out for much of the year, and I'm unlikely to be able to justify the expense of the ocean floor, but I wouldn't mind vis
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I keep misreading the first option as 'my own brain'
I also keep misreading the title as 'I would most like to explode'
I think there's a connection.
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My thoughts exactly. I'd love to do the 8,000m peaks but unfortunately I don't do well above ~12,000ft so I have to keep to smaller mountains (just got done with Mt Washington and a few surrounding mountains last week).
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No such place. There's Bali, and there's Bora Bora. One of those?