Extreme is now a valueless word

[happythoughts 0]

We have stepped over the edge.

The Learning Channel (TLC) has a show...

"This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The
Extreme Poodle Zone

I can hear it now... snowboarders, "Dude... I'm getting rid of my board... Yeah! Poodles rule!"

About 40 seconds into it, a crazy person is talking to a dog
and the dog is looking at them like they have lost all sanity.

The dog may be right.

[quade 4]

It was valueless the minute they started advertising Extreme Tacos and that was like 2002.
http://www.allbusiness.com/food-beverage/restaurants-food-service-restaurants-fast/5883359-1.html

That was also the same year "xXx" came out, which means the trend had peaked since no movie can ever hope to actually be with a trend but rather simply following it. (They just take too long to make.)

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[DJL 235]

Talk about an animal with no dignity.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[Niki1 2]

Along with "absolutely" and "unbelievable". Perhaps the most overused words in the English language today. You can take any word and repeat it over and over and over and after about ten times it loses all meaning,

Asolutely unbilievable. Extreme, Dude.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[skyrider 0]

if you were an old motorcyle builder like this old fuck, "Old School" lost it's meaning years ago!

Todays builders are calling shit "Oldschool", and it isn't anywhere even close!

But, I guess that is part of our language, constantly changing...

like "Queer" used to be slightly Odd!

Fat, meant over weight..

Bad, Not good

Badass, someone to be avoided

Tight, close fitting

Bitchin, someone that needed slapped..

Ya get the point , our words get new meanings every year!

[rehmwa 2]

yeah, the language is totally "dysfunctional" - it isn't even "feasible" to speak any more - someone good at english would be a real "hero"

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[Niki1 2]

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if you were an old motorcyle builder like this old fuck, "Old School" lost it's meaning years ago!

Todays builders are calling shit "Oldschool", and it isn't anywhere even close!

But, I guess that is part of our language, constantly changing...

like "Queer" used to be slightly Odd!

Fat, meant over weight..

Bad, Not good

Badass, someone to be avoided

Tight, close fitting

Bitchin, someone that needed slapped..

Ya get the point , our words get new meanings every year!

Yeah, I understand the new use of old woeds and the the advent of new phrases. That's because our language is democratic. I still catch myself saying, "Far Out" at times. Tells you how "old schook" I am.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[NickDG 23]

"Far out," is really new school. It's, "way out," that's old school . . .

My 84 year old mother cracked us all up after first seeing Lady GaGa on TV and remarking, "Wow, she's way out!"

The first time we ever heard the word "extreme" (in it's current context) was in describing Street Luge in about 1980. As in an extreme form of skateboarding. Which it wasn't as it was a brand new sport. Then around the same time B.A.S.E. jumping was being called extreme, as in an extreme form of skydiving. Which it wasn't as it was a brand new sport.

After that "extreme" became a Madison Avenue word used by corporations in order to sell stuff to the most gullible among us. Redbull is a current great example of this.

I remember an early Bridge Day from back then when the very first corporate entity became involved. Up until that point the BASE trade show held the day before Bridge Day was just a homegrown affair, and mostly just a few guys selling BASE gear they were banging out in their garages. But that particular year the "No Fear" apparel company showed up with their strobe lite, rock music blaring, staffed with "happening" teenagers, set up. And it began a split in the BASE community that exists to this day. Some of us thought, "This is great!" And took it as a sign B.A.S.E. jumping was coming of age. And some of us (the group I was in) thought, “WTF, these corporate pigs are just using us to sell their crap!" You may also remember "No Fear" stuff was very popular on DZs around this time.

My thoughts were cemented when I approached the No Fear reps amidst the hundreds of displayed T-shirts and stuff proclaiming, “No Fear" and asked if they'd be jumping from the bridge tomorrow? All I got, of course, were blank stares and few, no fucking ways. I'm not sure of everyone else, but every B.A.S.E. jump I've ever made scared the crap out of me. So I asked one of the reps, "Hey, ya got any shirts that say, "Big Fear?" More blank stares . . .

Of course it was foolish to think we’d be able to keep BASE our little thing let alone follow the mantra the late Carl Boenish, the father of modern B.A.S.E. jumping, set down for us when he proclaimed, “We are a small band of brothers.” Sadly, the corporate influence begat the “glory hound” and the glory hounds begat the “sponsored jumpers” and that was the beginning of the end of BASE as we knew it.

Lately, I’ve been thinking of taking up street luge. Now that’s way out . . .

NickD

[davjohns 1]

I think street luge looks like great fun.

If you want to get the 'extreme' back into it, just don't use closed roads. Have a plan to escape the cops.

You might even find a road where you could fail to make the turn and run off a cliff for a BASE jump unexpectedly.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[NickDG 23]

>>You might even find a road where you could fail to make the turn and run off a cliff for a BASE jump unexpectedly.
LOL, that would be "way da kine" (is that phrase now old or new school?)

NickD

[davjohns 1]

While we're at it - "death defying" gets used too much. I think if at least 51% who attempt something fail to die, it doesn't count. Walking out of your house is 'death defying' in someone's definition.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[jtval 0]

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While we're at it - "death defying" gets used too much. I think if at least 51% who attempt something fail to die, it doesn't count. Walking out of your house is 'death defying' in someone's definition.

Well, it could be.
Maybe there's a hungry dragon on the front step.

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[davjohns 1]

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[Niki1 2]

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While we're at it - "death defying" gets used too much. I think if at least 51% who attempt something fail to die, it doesn't count. Walking out of your house is 'death defying' in someone's definition.

You know what is death defying? Life. Every minute you live you defy death. Nobody gets out of here alive. NickDG hit it when he said the companies were just using the "hip lingo" to sell their shit to the gullible If they talk the talk and DON'T walk the walk, they shoul not get any of our money.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[kallend 2,148]

I think I need an eXtreme nap. Absolutely!

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