Steve Fossett was a selfish waste of time

[Clark Kent]

Thrill-seekers, like Steve Fossett, piss me off. Here was a guy who was a multi-millionaire. But was he a philanthropist? Not as far as I’m aware of. I’m sure he made the odd contribution to charity, but did we ever hear much about that? I sure as hell didn’t. All I ever heard about the guy was he was an adventurer, a thrill-seeker who liked to try and break records. What purpose does it serve to break a record? Who benefits from it? Do poor people somehow benefit when some guy sets off around the world on his own in a balloon? Ya know what he coulda spent all that money on? He coulda spent all that money he wasted on adrenaline surges helping people. That money could have gone towards building houses for the homeless, to AIDS charities, to children suffering and dying in Africa. And where did it go? It went towards making Steve Fossett feel like a superman. What a selfish sonuva***** he was. And how much did it cost to search for him after his plane went down? $1.6 million. And how much time? When these goddamned thrill-seekers go climbing mountains, leaving their waste all over those mountains, and then get killed in avalanches, when they go hiking on their own and get lost, when they try to set a sailing record and their boat sinks, should we even bother looking for them? These people not only put their own lives at risk pursuing these frivolous activities, they put the lives of the search and rescue teams at risk too, search and rescue teams who could be out saving the lives of people who weren’t acting for selfish reasons, but who, for whatever reasons, had no choice about their current predicaments, people who probably won’t be rescued because time is being wasted elsewhere. I don’t even agree with those who do dangerous things for charities. There’s a lot of other things you could do if you wanted to help people. Stop taking foolish risks just for the hell of it.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

So basically you're just jealous because he was mega-rich and got to do all the cool stuff that comes with being mega-rich that you'll never be able to do, and now that he's legally dead you can lash out over the interwebs to properly express your righteous indignation. I'm sure that you took time out of your busy schedule of aiding poor Cambodian children and running soup kitchens to make this thread. Right?

 

[huskerwebhead]

so basically you're just jealous because he was mega-rich and got to do all the cool stuff that comes with being mega-rich that you'll never be able to do, and now that he's legally dead you can lash out over the interwebs to properly express your righteous indignation. I'm sure that you took time out of your busy schedule of aiding poor cambodian children and running soup kitchens to make this thread. Right?

qft

 

[The Squirrel]

So basically you're just jealous because he was mega-rich and got to do all the cool stuff that comes with being mega-rich that you'll never be able to do, and now that he's legally dead you can lash out over the interwebs to properly express your righteous indignation. I'm sure that you took time out of your busy schedule of aiding poor Cambodian children and running soup kitchens to make this thread. Right?

 

[SuperMonkey]

When these goddamned thrill-seekers go climbing mountains, leaving their waste all over those mountains, and then get killed in avalanches, when they go hiking on their own and get lost, when they try to set a sailing record and their boat sinks, should we even bother looking for them?

sorry. but this statement just made you sound like an E.L.F. nutjob.