• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    From the photo, it looks like someone used their camera while on the ride. I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the real offense. Six Flags has gotten strict about it, there are signs everywhere telling people they’ll get kicked out if they take their phone out on rides.

    While waiting in line for a ride last year, my brother and I watched a nearby roller coaster stop just after leaving the gate (while still on the initial incline, where there’s still walkable space around it) and employees escorted some bozo off exactly for that reason. They’re not kidding around.

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      5 hours ago

      Every get hit in the head by 100mph phone? It’s essential like getting a rock chucked at you by prime Randy Johnson.

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    13 hours ago

    Seems a bit unfair considering that is very clearly Millennium Force at Cedar Point, which has no affiliation with the Six Flags parks.

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    16 hours ago

    It’s all fun and games until said nuggets are puked out onto the people behind him

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      Honestly best case scenario. Your esophagus Doesn’t works the same in negative and positive gforces. Best to keep it clear until you are not moving. Dude could end up choking with no one knowing until the ride finishes. By then it could be too late.

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    My buddy was banned from all Six Flags for life for punching a FrightFest worker in the face when the guy snuck up behind him and screamed in his ear.

    Every year he gets a letter at the beginning of fall reminding him that he isn’t welcome.

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          “I know what you’re doing, and it won’t work on me. You might desensitize everyone else in this country to the undead prowling the streets, but when the zombie apocalypse that must be your endgame inevitably does occur, there is at least one american who won’t walk willingly to his doom as if it’s all just some form of silly entertainment!”

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    Nah, I’d totally vote to convict someone breaking safety regulations by having their phone or other loose items out while the ride is in motion. Many innocent people have been injured by that.

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      I saw one of the videos not long ago. Some of the dipping sauce clearly splashed back toward other riders. That’s rude, but probably not dangerous.

      The buddy holding the phone though? Yeah that would suck if it slipped from his hand and hit you in the face at 90 mph (max speed for this coaster).

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        12 hours ago

        I doubt it’s an ad tbh, the thing did happen and i doubt Six Flags would advertise themselves on the fediverse let alone the threadverse which has way less users

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              Sh.itjust.works got 7 million unique visitors last month. Even if 60% are bots, we’re not that quiet. 2.8 million people seeing ads is a pretty good run for free. That’s just for sh.itjust.works.

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                Yes that’s true but would a company of the size of mcdonald even bother?
                Especially because not everyone of the 7 (or 2.8, if we remove the hypotized bots) millions won’t see the post, how many people viewed this post? Maybe less than 600 or 1000 people? Many people in the fediverse are also against big corpos so idk

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                  It’s more likely here because reddit is mostly bots and the anti-ad people would go after them. Why in the world would you think they wouldn’t use any ads they could, especially free? Haven’t you noticed how the people here discuss things and are generally kind people. This place got a portion of reddit’s best reddit content creators. I’m not sure why you’re fighting so strong against this, it’s kind of strange.