Why do they irritate you? You don't know them, and visa-versa so they have no effect on your life whatsoever. "Why work so hard to kill yourself". Interesting point? As a gentleman on here already pointed out, death happens to everyone. Most of the time it's due to un-forseen circumstances like disease and accidents.So yeah, a few stuntmen die doing what they do, but a million people die randomly, so your question has no validity or real point. Why are you embarrassed for them? You label them as childish with a "look at me" mindset. But unfortunately for you, YOUR feelings here (embarrassment) simulate childhood embarrassment issues. Your embarrassment for them is really just deep embarrassment for yourself. You see people who live they're lives on their terms, doing what they love, and that bothers you. It brings to surface all the disappointment and lack of love for what your doing with your life. They don't need approval; yours, mine or anyone else's. They do what they do for the love and the feeling of it all. "look at me"? Yeah, we should. Because what they do excites and motivates people. And because they're fucking amazing at what they do.

We should all be looking at them; and definitely not at you, or your bitchy comments on people's lives.

If no one was brave enough to dream big or to attempt things that were dangerous, we probably would not have airplanes today, nor would we have had men on the moon, just to name a couple. I fail to see why this would irritate you. It's not like you're being forced to do anything you don't want to do. Most people who perform feats like these do it more to test their own limits than for attention.

Dear Jane,

IMHO it IS a nutty thing to do, but a death wish? I don't think anyone really wants to die, but I do think people do these things because it's a dare that they can't resist. The Wallenda's work without a net (but practice with one), and no one can certainly deny that it's an attention getter, but so is going to the moon, exploring underwater caves, bullfighting, splitting an atom, designing an x-ray machine. They need an answer to their question, can it be done, and are willing to put their lives on the line to prove it CAN be. But would I do it??? Not on my life!