Bear baiting

Have you ever poked a bear with a hot metal stick?

You know that it will make the bear very angry. It will most likely kill you if it can reach you.

You know that you have no chance of surviving if the bear attacks back. You don't even know why you're doing it. But you're going to keep on doing it until one of you dies.

If you're stupid enough to ever have tried this, then you'll know the depths to which my stupidity goes.