R2: Godzilla, I want to do the Superman ride again!!
Godzilla: Well, I can make you do it, if you insist. Lot of seniors used to make the freshies do the ‘Superman ride’ across the hostel corridors in the heydays of IIT ragging.
R2: You are sick!! I am talking about the Superman ride in Six Flags – the amusement park. I want to experience the thrill, the fear, the speed!!
G: Are you out of your mind! Why would you want to ride a roller-coaster at a bankrupt amusement park!! They can’t run their company, why do you think they will be able to run their rides safely.
R2: Well.. that logic never stopped you from flying bankrupt airlines.
G: You have a point. Aren’t you scared though?
R2: Roller-coaster rides are orders of magnitude safer than driving a car. And the top speed of all these roller coasters is less than the interstate driving speed! There is absolutely no risk of getting hurt.
G: I wonder why you would not rather seek fear and speed in your car which is more dangerous and faster. Why do you experience thrill in an activity which you know is so incredibly safe? Sometimes you make no sense.
R2: But.. mmm..
R2 is more confused, but can’t think of a retort.
G: While your slow brain is working at it, can you pass me a beer?
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Perhaps it's just an implicit longing that R2 has to get out of his comfort zone and experience the proverbial 'adrenaline rush':-)
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