Comment on cowabunga

• FreshLight@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I never understood why they would make the people, who had to ride this, start at the bottom. Just make the start at the top so they don’t have the most agonising roller coaster ascending of their lives. wth

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  • Snowpix@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I read that it would give the riders time to think things over, in case they realized they didn’t want to die. The coaster would allow for those who change their mind to get off and descend once reaching the top of the hill, I think there was supposed to be a button riders could hit to signal the operator.

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    • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wait… People would ride this WILLINGLY?! lmao

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      • idiomaddict@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It was for euthanasia

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      • Snowpix@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, that’s kinda the point. It’s a euthanasia coaster for those who want to die painlessly while having the ride of their lives.

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      • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It was never meant to be built. It was a thought experiment. You shouting here shows the thought affected you in some way - that was one of the points of the idea.

        But no, nobody ever expected this thing to be ever built, much less for anyone to ride it.

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      • problematicPanther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s the point

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  • button_masher@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Huh. Never thought about it that way…

    But. They have to get up somehow. So even if it was an elevator or escalator, it would still be their final ascension and potentially nerve wracking.

    Can only think one way out of this… Maybe if the participant was anesthesia’d. Then one is suddenly awakened on top of this rollercoaster of doom, slowly watching the end come near. Each loop, closer to death. (That’s how I feel most days 🙃)

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• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why have you all heard of this

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  • Shareni@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Internet is strange place

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  • Snowpix@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wikipedia rabbit holes are a hell of a drug.

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  • grubberfly@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The™ best™ question™, and applicable to pretty much all topics, too!

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