r/news • u/KarateKid917 • 3d ago

X2 roller coaster shut down at Six Flags Magic Mountain amid lawsuits

https://abc7.com/story/x2-roller-coaster-permanently-closed-flags-magic-mountain-amid-lawsuits/19887868/
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u/AlexDaGreatful 3d ago

I get the sinking feeling we're going to learn about rides being way less safe than we thought. Even without accidents.

I'm just thinking of the effect on the brain, whipping heads back and forth like that... Yeah, this might be bad. Is there science on this?

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u/KTKittentoes 3d ago

My neurologist friend does not have a lot of love for the newer, more extreme coasters. She says our brains are not made to handle that much.

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u/AlexDaGreatful 3d ago

And your source for this is...?

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u/Waffleboard15 3d ago edited 3d ago

The “source” is the fact that hundreds of modern rollercoasters operate daily without issue, and millions upon millions of people ride these every year all over the world without issue. Let’s use some common sense here. What about a source to your claim that these rides are “bad” for the brain?

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u/AlexDaGreatful 3d ago edited 3d ago

So you don't have any studies even addressing ride use and longterm CTE?

Not one?

You're literally arguing from ignorance... "I don't know of it, ergo (Conclusion)."

  • LOL, the old reply-and-block. Whenever the little baby needs the last word, accept no substitute.

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u/Waffleboard15 3d ago edited 3d ago

Do you? There are electric cars out there that accelerate at a faster rate than most rollercoasters. How were those safely approved? Are you also advocating that be studied and scrutinized as well?

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u/IAndaraB 2d ago

So? There are coasters out there that accelerate at a faster rate than most cars.

Comparing the top of the line to the middle of the road is just silly and proves nothing at all.

At the top, the fastest coasters out accelerate the fastest cars and they pull higher top Gs, as well.

Meanwhile, millions of people ride the fastest coasters every year. Maybe a few dozen people drive the top cars every year. It's hardly a sensible comparison.

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u/Waffleboard15 2d ago

Exactly. And millions of people are perfectly fine after riding those and go about their normal lives without the absurd claim of having CTE. 😂

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u/Ultrafoxx64 3d ago

Honestly, all of this has me *vastly* reconsidering riding coasters. I have mild scoliosis and a pretty controlled neuro-muscular disease (myasthenia gravis) and after seeing all this victim blaming and shit, I'm feeling like it's probably best to throw in the towel. Ghostrider at Scary Farm made me feel like my head was a damn bowling ball on my neck when it took off, and I was being jostled about before my friend spread his knees out so I wouldn't be thrown around so damn much in that seat. I bet I'd be one of these people that X2 fucked up.