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[–] hoch@lemmy.world 25 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Stfu, airshows and jets are fun to watch

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

See also: monster trucks, demolition derbies, fireworks, contact sports, and so much more. Wasteful and dangerous? Yep. Fun? Also yep.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

In fairness to contact sports / martial arts, when done properly, they can be significantly less dangerous, teach discipline and respect, instill a sense of realism and proportionality regarding the application of violence, keep you in decent physical shape, provide your life with a routine structure, and provide some real world socializing/social group.

Many also come with some kind of a philosophy that stresses self defense and essentially a 'duty to retreat' mentality: violence is always the last resort.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

They're fun as fuck. Some of the best pics I have are from an air show! f35

^f35 doing a zooom!

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

Air shows appeal to the male fantasy of being Tom Cruise / go really fast

Kickstart My Heart but you're avoiding Air Defense in WW3

[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Saw the RedBull Air Race in NYC. Amazing stuff.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 hours ago

there are plenty of things which are fun to watch which didn't involve spending billions of tax dollars on killing machines