i've got month-old dreads; they're starting to look good! now, i'm about to ride my friend's motercycle. should i tie them up or wear a bandana or something, or will the wind be good for them? will they just tangle into each other?
I have seen people after they have come off bikes and quite frankly if you don't wear a helmet then your a straight out idiot and shouldn't be getting on a bike.
off topic but - I never get people who motorcycle in flip flops either. Just seems so vulnerable to have practically bare feet out there. Get some badass boots!
wear a fucking helmet. I witnessed an accident where a dad and his child died after hitting a tree. Nobody had a helmet on.
not wearing a helmet is stupid. well i guess i'm stupid. the fun of the whole thing is risking my life. otherwise it would be boring. you have to take into consideration that not everybody values life as much as we're taught to. if i fell off the motercycle, my head would be the first thing i would want to hit! i hope my brain spatters all over the aslphalt and my consciousness ends immediately. how can anyone not think that's way cooler than like if i just broke every bone in my foot or something. the worst would be if the helmet protected me just enough to keep me alive, but i got some kind of brain damage where i'd be paralyzed or retarded but not dead. like if i fell on my head, the helmet would make it so the impact with whatever doesn't crush through my skull and mash up my brain, but i could still get spinal injuries and stuff. people don't understand how someone could truely not fear death. well i'm an athiest, and i'm very confident in my beliefs. i think when my brain dies, i die. i'm no longer able to be conscious of myself, and my consciousness is all that makes anything exist, especially myself. the universe will end upon my death, in fact. but anyway, it's not like i'm gonna be like, "oh shit i'm dead this really sucks i wish i was alive!!!!" i will cease to be, and it will kick ass. i've lived a life of no regrets. sure i have goals and such for the future, but if i die before i accomplish them, i'll still feel like i've lived a full and happy life. most people can't say that. i cherish every thing that's ever happened to me or that i've done. i don't need more time on this earth to guarantee that i get all i want done. most people fear death because they're not living their life how they really want to be. or because they've been conditioned by society to consider death a bad thing. it's just a part of existance. living things die. who cares. get over it. i'm gonna die. i'm fine with this. it could happen any second, and i remember this fact with every decision i make. i don't wear seatbelts either. i'm not exactly asking to die. but i do live recklessly, because i'd rather live taking risks and having fun doing so and die in my 20's than live to be 90 and boring. or 50 and then have a stroke because i've stressed over my job all my life.
it's kind of presumptious to assume you know why people would prefer to live as long as possible :huh: if you don't want to wear a helmet more power to ya... natural selection, ya know?
I don't fear death, however I love my life and wish to live it as long as I can. this life is all we have (as you pointed out, when we die everything ceases to exist) so I choose to enjoy it fully, and long as possible. but it's your life man, do what makes you happy. Just don't assume you know our reasons for thinking differently.
The guy just wanted an answer to his question. He only wanted to know if the wind would unravel, or tangle or damage his dreads. The thread then turns into a philosophical debate to the meaning of life!! Answer the poor guy and let him take his risk.
i dont fear death at all, i mean jeez we all die sometime, its gona happen do u, deal! but going out of your way to not prevent death when u can? imho thats pretty stupid... and not wearing a seatbelt, thats all fine and dandy, cept for when u have other people in the car with u, i mean in an accident u will end up injuring the others who are belted up, cos u will end up flying around and most likely make contact with someone anyways just my .02cents on that subject about the hair becoming unraveled, i spent 3hrs last week swimming with nothing on my head, ive only had my dreads for less than a month, they came out fine, a lot frizzier, but they're fine. So yeah, i think u will be fine, maybe should tie them up or something tho, dont want them to be flying around belting ya in the face!
