The Most Dangerous Event On Earth: The Isle of Man TT starts this weekend

Imagine the dumbest, most retarded, most insanely dangerous thing you can get your mind around.

And you still couldn't come up with the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Race. I dare you to even try.

Next week, several people will almost certainly die racing motorcycles on an island that is absolutely not suited for operating motorcycles. Especially not on narrow mountain roads. In the rain. And the fog. And high winds. And a public course.

Some factoids about "the race" as it is known by the idiots who live and die for this stupid shite.

256 riders have died in the race (including practice).

That's an average of over 2 riders per race since it's inception in 1907. (It hasn't been held every year due to various wars, pandemics, etc).

When it started it was a wide open 37 mile island loop gravel road course..with no barriers. Riders would be killed by hitting sheep. Or chickens. Or horses. Or pedestrians.

Some would simply vanish. Start the race and then straighten out a curve over an ocean cliff and never be seen again.

In modern times they at least close the course to traffic. But the race is not getting safer. In 2022 a total of 6 riders died.

There have only been two years when no professional riders died. 2012 and 2024. But both years riders got killed in the amateur portion of the race. So it's a good bet that at least a couple of guys will die this year. And every other year.

Here's a few clips of guys turning into ghosts at 200 mph.



So if you're some sort of trust fund baby, bored out of your skull, with an adrenile addiction, and with basically nothing to live for....the TT might be the race for you.

Cheers mates. To a bloody good week of racing!!!