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osiciwjdiwiduyesterday at 5:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why the hell would you be using your phone during a goddamned rollercoaster ride?


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Sohcahtoa82yesterday at 10:33 PM

It'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.

scrollawayyesterday at 6:41 PM

Double-down on the thrill-seeking?