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		rpmisms on Sept 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space f... The pilots' willingness to risk their lives for an historic flight. It's a bit of a machismo thing, but it takes guts to do that, and a certain amount of comfort around risk.

tptacek on Sept 2, 2021 [–]

It takes guts to win a game of chicken on a highway, too. We don't valorize those guts.

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