Mammouthor80

It is also worth noting that well treated horses and dogs love to perform and really see that as a game. I have been working in Europe for some time for a cultural organization dealing a lot with circuses and I can confirm dogs and horses really get into the performing acts and are active partners to the human performers, it is really obvious even behind the scene.

Tigers, lions, elephants and other wild animals though always make me sad because they are generally obviously highly depressed and do not enjoy this life at all and I totally agree that they should not be made to perform.

The magic of electing the people that judge you ! I'm glad we don't have this kind of crazy system in my country.

"Picks up the can, throws it at the cop's face, gets achievement"

This is Reddit fuzzing. Reddit gives every post a random number of downvotes along with a similar number of upvotes to compensate at random intervals, it is a way to trick upvote / downvote bots.

Some people may also don't want to see you, though.

Jugglers, clowns, hand to hand acrobats, balancing performers and other ground based specialties can really start at any age. The more risky aerial specialties are generally taught pretty young (before age 23 if my memory serves) as bones can reform well before this age, meaning an injured knee during school would not be an immediate career stopper at that age. After school you are supposed to be a decent artist and know how to perform safely so risks of injuries still exist of course but the risks of career stopping injuries are much reduced.

This is how it is in France in official Circus schools recognized by the national federation. though. Dunno elsewhere.