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Waterfalls - BitBuster - 29-Feb-2012
Why are people so fascinated by them? I mean, it's really not that impressive when you think about it...water tumbles from a certain height, splashes down into a pool below...what's the allure? I can appreciate a waterfall as much as anybody, but they just seem sort of mundane when you stop to consider what they really are.
Waterfalls - geodave - 29-Feb-2012
My guess it's the same reason people are impressed with mountains or oceans. I don't know about you, but the sound of the ocean rocks me to sleep better than anything. And mountains are really, like, big. Yeah, they are just natural phenomena, but that doesn't make them less impressive.
What about rainbows? And shooting stars? All stars for that matter. Maybe it's just that some things make you feel small, so you're impressed.
Waterfalls - BitBuster - 29-Feb-2012
I've never seen a shooting star. But I'm biased against them (as well as rainbows) because I immediately associate them with bad junior high poetry.
But yeah. Big things. Impressive. You'd think people would get depressed by them, but instead, they tend to be inspired.
I just don't get people. I really don't.
Waterfalls - rockdet - 01-Mar-2012
They're soothing for me. I get a lot of stress relief while listening to the sound of the nature around me.
Waterfalls - BitBuster - 01-Mar-2012
But they're so loud.
Waterfalls - PB_guy - 01-Mar-2012
Take a trip on the "maid of the mist" to the foot of niagra and try not to be impacted.
ian
Waterfalls - tensorpudding - 01-Mar-2012
People like spectacle. Big waterfalls are spectacle. They're not in the normal range of experiences for many people. Pictures and video don't accurately capture the sight, the smell, of a waterfall.
Waterfalls - BitBuster - 01-Mar-2012
Quote:Take a trip on the "maid of the mist" to the foot of niagra and try not to be impacted.
ian
The experience was ruined for me by the raincoats/ponchos. I couldn't concentrate while wrapped up in that thing.
Waterfalls - Lessinath - 01-Mar-2012
Now, if you **really** wanted to experience a waterfall, you'd have to go over it in a barrel. Of course, this has a low survival rate so you probably don't want to.
Waterfalls - BitBuster - 01-Mar-2012
If Romney wins in November, I might give that barrel-experience thing a shot.