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Why the hell would you be using your phone during a goddamned rollercoaster ride?
by osiciwjdiwidu 4mo ago
Why the hell would you be using your phone during a goddamned rollercoaster ride?
- scrollaway 4mo agoDouble-down on the thrill-seeking?
- Sohcahtoa82 4mo agoIt's terrifyingly common. These days, if you see a roller coaster train stopped on the lift hill, it's 10x more likely to be caused by the ride ops stopping the ride to confiscate a phone than for a breakdown [0]. A whole lotta wannabe influencers want to record a video of themselves on a ride. [0] Also, most "breakdowns" on roller coasters are from the ride computer thinking something isn't quite right and stopping the ride as a precautionary measure. It's actually pretty uncommon for there to be an actual mechanical failure.
- markus_zhang 4mo agoI’d do anything to reduce the motion sickness. I don’t have to hold the phone. I can bundle it on my arm.
- NetMageSCW 4mo agoI don’t get car sick (or small plane sick, haven’t ridden a big plane in decades or a train ever) and I don’t get roller coaster sick. However, I can only ride one of those small fair rides that go in a circle or I will get sick.
- lucb1e 4mo agoHold the phone upside down for extra rollercoaster effect!