[Political Junkie Too]

Theme parks also present the problem of not being size-inclusive. V, who loves roller coasters, recalls an upsetting experience where, after waiting in line for two hours to ride a coveted Cedar Point coaster, the park’s staff told her that she wouldn't fit. “I was mortified,” she says.

She must not have studied Isaac Newton, or she'd know that an object in motion stays in motion at constant velocity and direction unless acted upon by an external force.

Imagine what a roller-coaster would have to look like to contain her mass on tight curves and dips, especially if three or four more people who look just like her are also on the same coaster.

And what about the slides at water parks? A water slide collapsed many years ago in Concord, CA during a senior day when the kids tried to do a stunt by clogging the slide with as many kids as possible, killing several students.

-PJ

[Boogieman]

“A water slide collapsed many years ago in Concord, CA during a senior day when the kids tried to do a stunt by clogging the slide with as many kids as possible, killing several students.”

Dang. Who hasn’t tried that on the water slide?

Usually doesn’t work past more than 3-4 kids, then the attendants notice nobody is coming out and send a fat kid down to “unclog” the tube. I guess that’s the safety measure they adopted.

[ronniesgal]

you’d think someone at Cedar Point could have told her upfront and saved her the 2 hour wait. A sign or something. You can’t be this big and ride.