I know you guys love my controversial opinions here is another one
If you refuse to wear a helmet while riding a bike or a horse you are stupid.
You see people get concussions and traumatic brain injuries all the time on TV and they just magically heal and start going back to normal.
The truth is
If you get a moderate to severe TBI you will NEVER go back to normal. You will never be back to yourself before your brain injury. You will experience a lifetime of consequences that your friends and family will have to watch you suffer through because you thought it wasn't cute to wear a helmet.
I know with barrel racing and rodeos there is this culture where if you wear a helmet your a pussy or a coward. Do some crusty ass people's opinions matter more then your grey matter? Does progressive brain atrophy sound like a fun time? It's not. I have known multiple people close to me who have suffered TBIs and they are never the person they were before their TBI.