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I Was Kicked Off The Harry Potter Ride For Being Too Fat For The Seats
Huffington Post ^ | May 9, 2018 | Jana Schmieding

Posted on 05/11/2018 6:22:09 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan

Gravity cares.


41 posted on 05/11/2018 6:59:35 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Sounds like this person needs the Ninth Circus to overturn the laws of physics.”

Bwahahahaha!!! Thread over.


42 posted on 05/11/2018 7:02:28 AM PDT by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: C19fan

“... my “Woman of Size” podcast about the discrimination against fat women’s bodies..”

Something tells me she was out looking for victimization.


43 posted on 05/11/2018 7:02:35 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: tired&retired

“Here is a video of this “Plus Size” shopping.”

I wasted 4 minutes of my life watching that. I love how she is incredulous that the size 2X was cut small. Maybe because you aren’t a 2X, darlin.....


44 posted on 05/11/2018 7:02:38 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: C19fan

Its a safety issue you moron...


45 posted on 05/11/2018 7:03:21 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: C19fan

It’s all about the engineering. Universal spent millions on this ride. The engineers designed it to Universal’s specs. Those specifications most likely described the intended customers.

It’s like if you’re designing a container to carry eggs and someone wants to put one large avocado in with 11 eggs. The container wasn’t designed for the avocado and to put the avocado in would endanger the eggs.

The woman should stop eating sugar, bread, and carbs. Let the ride be a motivation to lose her enormity.


46 posted on 05/11/2018 7:07:52 AM PDT by captain_dave
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To: C19fan
Fat_baa51b_169550
47 posted on 05/11/2018 7:08:01 AM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That’s hilarious!


48 posted on 05/11/2018 7:08:02 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: WayneS
> Universal Studios could have simply designed and built a ride from the start that welcomed a diverse range of body sizes...

I suppose this woman also wants ride operators to remove the "YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE THIS RIDE" restrictions too? Otherwise SHE is being discriminatory towards the segment of the population that is "Vertically Challenged" -- like little kids, midgets, babes-in-arms, etc. Clearly the ride companies need to include properly sized SMALL seats on these rides so that little kids, etc. don't feel excluded.

Oh yeah. And lets not forget the increase in liability insurance cost for accommodating people who can't safely handle the ride... that will get passed along as an increase in the ride fee, so the rest of us can pay for it.

Sheesh.

Maybe they should have a special car for really big people, and another special car for really little people. Yeah, that's the ticket...

49 posted on 05/11/2018 7:08:12 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: All

The cultural destruction of America is nearly complete.


50 posted on 05/11/2018 7:09:46 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Puppage

This picture represents the complete opposite of dignity and self-control.


51 posted on 05/11/2018 7:09:54 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: cyclotic

A few years ago a very large woman came out of her seat on the Texas giant at six flags over Texas. I talked to one of the fire fighters that responded. Says this lady bounced off all the wooden supports all the way down like a giant pachinko machine. You can imagine how horrific the damage was. The simple fact is that large amounts of fat compress and squeeze, making it impossible for a restraint system to adequately protect anyone.


52 posted on 05/11/2018 7:10:29 AM PDT by Fellow Traveler
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To: Fellow Traveler
Says this lady bounced off all the wooden supports all the way down like a giant pachinko machine. You can imagine how horrific the damage was.

No kidding, it must have taken weeks to get the ride fixed.

53 posted on 05/11/2018 7:12:05 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: al_c
I’d been investigating size-based discrimination for several months...

It's not discrimination when you're several standard deviations from the norm. One does not build businesses to serve outlier populations.

Maybe she can get Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to join her in complaining that the ride is too small.

-PJ

54 posted on 05/11/2018 7:16:44 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: C19fan

I think it’s only reasonable for Disney to retool all its rides, at vast expense, to accommodate this person’s needs.


55 posted on 05/11/2018 7:18:37 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: C19fan
People that large often have impulse-control issues, and people with impulse-control issues often have a hard time being told "no."

-PJ

56 posted on 05/11/2018 7:21:07 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: WayneS

The one nobody wants?


57 posted on 05/11/2018 7:21:37 AM PDT by null and void (Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
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To: Interesting Times

I think they should have offered to tie her in with rope designed for mooring ships of war.


58 posted on 05/11/2018 7:23:34 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: WayneS

It’s not that she couldn’t fit, it’s because the rollercoaster couldn’t make it up the hill.


59 posted on 05/11/2018 7:35:07 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: pinkandgreenmom

“I wasted 4 minutes of my life watching that.”

I couldn’t even watch the whole thing. LOL... I cut out at about 30 seconds!


60 posted on 05/11/2018 7:36:10 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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