>>180291
>fewer than 1 in 20 who die
Where are you getting this stat? A 5% death rate of divers is still pretty high imo.

>>180416
It's not stupidity. It's just that fear doesn't care about rationalism. Skydiving, or falling from heights in general, activate a very old caveman like fear. Biological remnants of our early evolutionary history. Kind of like shark attacks during surfing. You're probably more likely to die from drowning while surfing than a shark. But the idea of a large man eating predator lurking in the depths unbeknownst to you actives paranoid monkey brain like nothing else.

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Terrified of heights but I'm going to force myself to go skydiving next year. Convince me I won't die.