There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Watching people handle extremely dangerous materials can be oddly entertaining.
- In plain terms
- People juggling nitroglycerin is entertaining.
- What can you take from it?
- Risk can be a source of amusement.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why are we drawn to risky spectacles?
Another view
It trivializes real danger.
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