Mishaps, I still don't get it.
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Mishaps, I still don't get it.
In my line of work, in fact; in life, one learns the most from their mistakes.
To that end, I've always posted my own racing mishaps to the forum as a priority.
And received good feedback.
Now, there were more than a few incidents at The Glen Clash this weekend, and I'm sure there is video out there. It's not voyerism, I want to learn from what happened.
So, why is posting this considered taboo and now shrouded in secrecy?
To that end, I've always posted my own racing mishaps to the forum as a priority.
And received good feedback.
Now, there were more than a few incidents at The Glen Clash this weekend, and I'm sure there is video out there. It's not voyerism, I want to learn from what happened.
So, why is posting this considered taboo and now shrouded in secrecy?
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Posting pictures and videos of someone else's unfortunate incident or mistake is just ambulance chasing, rubbernecking monday morning quartebacking, backseat driving BS...just my opinion.
Kind of like when everyone comes over and looks and takes pIctures of a wreck. Not our place to do so, inappropriate at best. Want anyone revisiting all the poor choices you make throughout life? Example ... the legalistic judgmental types telling you how to live etc, but failing to acknowledge the dog crap in their own corners.
If you want to post your own errors then that is fine, someone else's, no way.
Kind of like when everyone comes over and looks and takes pIctures of a wreck. Not our place to do so, inappropriate at best. Want anyone revisiting all the poor choices you make throughout life? Example ... the legalistic judgmental types telling you how to live etc, but failing to acknowledge the dog crap in their own corners.
If you want to post your own errors then that is fine, someone else's, no way.
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When it comes to mistakes in motorsports...well, that's why half the people that do it do it, and half the people that watch it watch it.
Some love the adrenalin rush of taking big risks, some like the quiet intensity of doing something with precision that has consequences for failure.
And infinite mixes of the above duality.
Some love the adrenalin rush of taking big risks, some like the quiet intensity of doing something with precision that has consequences for failure.
And infinite mixes of the above duality.
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Posting pictures and videos of someone else's unfortunate incident or mistake is just ambulance chasing, rubbernecking monday morning quartebacking, backseat driving BS...just my opinion.
Kind of like when everyone comes over and looks and takes pIctures of a wreck. Not our place to do so, inappropriate at best. Want anyone revisiting all the poor choices you make throughout life? Example ... the legalistic judgmental types telling you how to live etc, but failing to acknowledge the dog crap in their own corners.
If you want to post your own errors then that is fine, someone else's, no way.
Kind of like when everyone comes over and looks and takes pIctures of a wreck. Not our place to do so, inappropriate at best. Want anyone revisiting all the poor choices you make throughout life? Example ... the legalistic judgmental types telling you how to live etc, but failing to acknowledge the dog crap in their own corners.
If you want to post your own errors then that is fine, someone else's, no way.
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Thanks for manning up, Stach. And congrat's on a fantastic first outing, you must be ecstatic with your new car!
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Sorry, but that's exactly where I disagree. It's as much a part of the sport as posting your first checker. The very basis of this forum is to share unbiased information. You prefer it all be edited and spun?
Thanks for manning up, Stach. And congrat's on a fantastic first outing, you must be ecstatic with your new car!
Thanks for manning up, Stach. And congrat's on a fantastic first outing, you must be ecstatic with your new car!
Amateurs posting others misfortune and then critiquing is laughable as a learning tool at best and akin to rubbernecking and gravedigger status.
Again if you post your own, fine, great.
As you point out it is a public forum and everyone can do as they like, no censorship or spin here.
I never go look at a wreck, take pictures, etc... Find it disgusting and like to cover my cars headlights when she may be able to see one, don't want her to get scared...
We can agree to disagree, no worries.
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For whatever it is worth, when I wadded up my car, I was a little insulted when folks took pictures. Like rubbing salt in someone's wounds.
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I would agree but posting your own mistakes is another story altogether. I can't imagine that the other driver in mstach's video would be upset about it being posted.
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That's why every shop owner or racer should have a car cover at the ready AND PUT IT ON right away after the car comes in. The "ghoul factor" is rampant...
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As a newish racer, I want to thank MSTACH for posting that vid. It was clearly his mistake, and while I'm acutely aware of the need to avoid doing what he did, seeing it happen heightens that awareness.