Definition of insanity

Look at the following pictures.






There are three ways you can react to these pictures.
1. Your stomach might lurch and you might have to look away. This is the classic response.
2. You might say, "Wow! That's cool!" This response is...well, not so classic.
3. You might say, "Hey, who cares?" This response is highly unusual.

1. This is classic because, of course, the pictures are or highly dangerous, high flying motorcylists and bikers. This might well be considered frightening. Certainly, you might never do it! But what does this mean for the people who do?

2. This is not the classic response because most people would be scared spitless of even considering doing this. But even if, at first glance, you think it might be fun, you would be scared if you actually did it.

3. This should not even be considered as a reaction. If it happened to you, then maybe you should try it extreme sports. But that's not the point here.

Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is the insanity craze in America right now. We have extreme sports, like the above pictures, skydiving, and other things. Why do we have this insanity craze?
Here are a few reasons that might have something to do with it.
1. We're bored!
Everyone is bored at one time or another, but the American public seems to be bored a good percent of the time. This is why we read tabloids, watch sports, and play video and computer games. And we thought we didn't have any time! Other nations are filling their time with industrious pastimes, like making things or spending time with family. But we in America have created a "oneness" where we do things on our own, we earn our own money (that's not bad) and in general doing things by ourselves, without anyone's help, thank you. This mentality can get us into a lot of trouble. When we're bored and off in our own little corner, we tend to do a lot more sinful things than when we feel we need to influence people. But that's getting off the subject.
2. When we're bored, we don't do things ourselves, we just watch other people do dumb things because we're afraid to do them ourselves. HOWEVER, tricks like the pictures above can only be done by professionals. We normal human beings have to be content just riding our bikes up and down the road or skateboarding at the park.

The point is, Americans are bored. Therefore, we watch people attempting and possibly performing crazy tricks on dangerous machines or tiny bicycles that have only one gear. It follows sensibly, right? But the problem is when we spend all our time watching other people doing insane tricks on TV, but we never bother to go out to try to learn some of our own, or even ride our bikes to the park. That's why America is so crazed with insane sports: we're bored, and we're not professionals.