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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
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By Cerberus.Draupnir 2012-07-22 21:28:01
Ok logging on now
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 21:31:45
I'm terrified of roller coasters or anything like them. Tilt-o-whirls, those things that go up and drop you, terrified of it all..
Six flags is useless to me.. I wasn't the least bit sad when Astroworld shut down. Most Houstonians were.
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By Lakshmi.Aelius 2012-07-22 21:33:42
omg, Astroworld shut down? When did that happen?
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-07-22 21:35:29
We have this theme park here in Phoenix called Christine's. Well, it's not so much a theme park as it is a cabaret.
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By Odin.Minefield 2012-07-22 21:37:50
You'd probably hate to partner with me then Slip, I have to go on everything. /likeaboss
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 21:38:16
omg, Astroworld shut down? When did that happen? Lol in like 2005. Looooong time ago.
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 21:40:12
You'd probably hate to partner with me then Slip, I have to go on everything. /likeaboss I wouldn't go. If you somehow managed to drag me on one, when I realized what was going on, I'd punch you in the face repeatedly.. I'm as terrified of being on those things as I am to fly in a plane, and I'd be that guy on a plane.. The one you better just sedate and keep asleep the whole time, or he might freak out and open the door and dive out.
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By SSJAV 2012-07-22 21:41:01
Bismarck.Dreadnot said: »Yeah. That place.
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By Odin.Minefield 2012-07-22 21:42:03
I'm afraid of heights and whatnot, but I loooove to test myself.
One thing I can and will NOT do is eat then go on any spinning rides. I get sick sorta easily.(even though I've never puked on any ride, just nauseous as hell.)
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By Lakshmi.Aelius 2012-07-22 21:42:10
I went to Astroworld in 1993 and in 1994. I remember holding Bugs Bunny so Elmer Fudd could capture the wabbit finally. Ah, those were the days.
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By Cerberus.Draupnir 2012-07-22 21:47:59
Idk why but this nerve medicine I'm taking for some reason I'm smoking more then usual :/
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 21:48:45
I'm afraid of heights and whatnot, but I loooove to test myself.
One thing I can and will NOT do is eat then go on any spinning rides. I get sick sorta easily.(even though I've never puked on any ride, just nauseous as hell.) I'm not a fan of heights but I don't really have a problem with them.. I'd rather stay low if possible, but if I have to, I have no problem getting 50-100 feet off the ground.
My problem has to do with with the g-forces. I don't care how many times a day they're tested or how often people are on them and how small my chances are for being on the one ride where the bolts give out and the car goes flying off the track or the safety harness doesn't latch.. There's a lot of force exerted from a mechanical standpoint and at some point it's going to fail, history has taught us that failure can and will happen when we least expect it.
Minus g-forces the same thing extends to planes.. If I was flying it myself, I might be a bit better about getting on one.. But I'm not handing my life over to some guy, and before it even gets brought up, when a car crashes, it remains on the ground, a plane hits the ground at hundreds of miles per hour, usually for 10,000+ feet. *** that.
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By Valefor.Annikahansen 2012-07-22 21:52:12
i'm scared of everything in existence...but i actually had fun on the Gravitron:

made mom go on it with me, was prolly 15 years ago or so. as we started getting pulled to the ceiling, my hair clippy was digging into my head from the g-force, and i finally manage to get my arm up to remove it, and my hand "fwacked" against the wall.
right about then my moms all "wooOoOooOoooooah!" and i look over just in time to see the board she was layin on shoot straight up LOL
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By Cerberus.Draupnir 2012-07-22 21:56:23
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By Lakshmi.Aelius 2012-07-22 21:58:46
The gravitron!
My cousin and I use to attempt to do sit-ups and push-ups and pretend we were training Dragonball Z style.
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By Bismarck.Dreadnot 2012-07-22 22:00:41
If a pilot and crew are willing to go up in a plane, then I am too. That's the way I've always viewed it. If the pilot decides to wig out, he'll be subdued by the other 2/3 co-pilot and navigator and they'll take over.
If they all fall ill to food poising from the fish they ate..
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By Valefor.Annikahansen 2012-07-22 22:01:33
Bismarck.Dreadnot said: »If a pilot and crew are willing to go up in a plane, then I am too. That's the way I've always viewed it. If the pilot decides to wig out, he'll be subdued by the other 2/3 co-pilot and navigator and they'll take over.
If they all fall ill to food poising from the fish they ate..
 damnit why does that dude look familiar?
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By Asura.Chuuuuu 2012-07-22 22:01:57
how did i manage to pinch some skin on my hand while closing the door? :I now i have a bruise on my hand derp D:
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By Odin.Minefield 2012-07-22 22:02:38
I'd keep an eye on that door, I don't think it was an accident.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-07-22 22:03:49
I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 22:05:03
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »we all "hand guys" our lives constantly though, as a civilization we can't stop that. One can choose to live your life in fear of the low percentage chances of death that exist in near every aspect of our lives or try to rid yourself of those fears.
What is the existence you want, is the real question. And go and live that life etc Yes it's a fact of life that we're handing other people our lives constantly, but riding a roller coaster isn't necessary. If it were a necessary aspect of my life, I would classify it an irrational fear. The fact that it's very purpose is to scare you until you piss yourself and that it's not in any shape or form necessary means I'm not risking it.
Just for the record I've been on a few at different points in my life, it's not like I'm not speaking from experience. I've never been on a plane, but I can pretty confidently say I'd have to be drug on board against my will and you better keep me restrained or sedated or something's gonna happen. Not the same for roller coasters.. I've been there and lived that and I know the result. I actually know what a near death experience feels like, I've been near death a few times, I know the terror that's felt during and I know how I felt afterwards, how it completely changed me.. Roller coasters do the same exact thing to me.
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By Bismarck.Dreadnot 2012-07-22 22:05:22
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. but you need to blow up the co-pilot first mag : p
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-07-22 22:06:40
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. but you need to blow up the co-pilot first mag : p
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2012-07-22 22:09:45
No no no >.< I've had several near death experiences in my life. Car wrecks, slitting my wrist (unintentional), overdose to name a few. I'm just one clumsy, dumb son of a ***.
I've been on several roller coasters. If it's worded in a way that's confusing I apologize I have a wife nagging me to get in bed and any second now she's going to start with the 'goddamnit are people wrong on the internet' thing again (her go to thing for why I'm still typing when she wants me in bed).
Although I was on a carny roller coaster (was big considering it was for a carnival) that the track *** buckled and snapped off and the front of the car ran into the track and we all nearly fell 10 feet or more..
That was well after I had established a fear though, it wasn't the cause, although it surely didn't help matters.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2012-07-22 22:12:02
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: »I've been on several roller coasters. If it's worded in a way that's confusing I apologize I have a wife nagging me to get in bed and any second now she's going to start with the 'goddamnit are people wrong on the internet' thing again (her go to thing for why I'm still typing when she wants me in bed). I got your back. Tell her to listen to Bedazzled Fingernails.
This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
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