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Azhais posted:They posted a video of the first person to ride it a week or so ago: The idiots who push the raft on it's way aren't wearing safety harnesses
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 13:48 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 09:52 |
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That looks kind of lovely for a waterslide, I mean isn't the point that a waterslide is you go down it with your body, that's like a really lovely rollercoaster that gets you wet.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 14:27 |
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subhelios posted:I'm glad I don't live where you live then. So am I.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 15:23 |
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The Door Frame posted:Steady, controlled acceleration will help you stay in control on a sharper turn, but gunning the throttle halfway through a turn and throwing the steering wheel is basically asking to crash into the nearest tree I have a feeling that a lot of these fuckups are caused by traction control kicking in. That poo poo is dangerous if you are deliberatly trying to get sideways. It just completely messes with what you would naturally expect the car to do.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 16:28 |
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Automatic Retard posted:I have a feeling that a lot of these fuckups are caused by traction control kicking in. That poo poo is dangerous if you are deliberatly trying to get sideways. It just completely messes with what you would naturally expect the car to do. I have a feeling traction control doesn't have a lot to do with most fuckups of this nature.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 16:55 |
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The best part of the lake-crashed Veyron is that the car is so drat well made that it didn't actually get destroyed.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:01 |
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Shugojin posted:The best part of the lake-crashed Veyron is that the car is so drat expensive that it didn't actually get totalled out. It's "destroyed", but most anything that doesn't outright annihilate it is still economically repairable, even if that means replacing everything that doesn't mandate a new VIN.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:08 |
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Shugojin posted:The best part of the lake-crashed Veyron is that the car is so drat well made that it didn't actually get destroyed. The bestest best part was actually this: http://jalopnik.com/5948245/trial-of-man-sued-for-purposefully-crashing-bugatti-veyron-into-lagoon-mysteriously-postponed
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:16 |
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Phanatic posted:I have a feeling traction control doesn't have a lot to do with most fuckups of this nature. Hahahaha the brakes probably didn't have a lot to do with that fuckup either.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:17 |
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Atmus posted:It's "destroyed", but most anything that doesn't outright annihilate it is still economically repairable, even if that means replacing everything that doesn't mandate a new VIN. Didn't he leave it running in the water so that it would hydrolock the engine, but the air intake is higher that the roof so the engine is still ok? It would've just needed a new interior or something.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:19 |
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Here's the LA Beast's latest offering for the Schadenfreude Gods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAAPD3vSxo
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 17:58 |
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Automatic Retard posted:Didn't he leave it running in the water so that it would hydrolock the engine, but the air intake is higher that the roof so the engine is still ok? It would've just needed a new interior or something. The car should have shut off on its own, but I think the intake did get some water that came up over the roof on splashdown. The electronics also got hosed up (note the spoiler remaining up), and I think some of the suspension was damaged during the retrieval. I don't recall if the body was damaged or not, but I think the construction of it doesn't lend itself to being repaired so much as replaced. The main part of the story I like though is that the insurance company supposedly bought the video recorder's cellphone for some crazy amount of money.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 18:00 |
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beato posted:Here's the LA Beast's latest offering for the Schadenfreude Gods. A gallon of honey has about 17,000 calories. We were talking about honey's antibacterial properties and the cruel things it does to unprotected cells, and wondering what would happen to your stomach if you drank an immoderate amount of the stuff. Three weeks later this video appears. Apparently I am a prophet of some kind.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 18:06 |
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flakeloaf posted:A gallon of honey has about 17,000 calories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellified_man
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 18:43 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:I can only assume you step into the compartment at the top and they get Ernst Blofeld in to push the button that pulls the floor out from under you. Actually, yes. They have one of these in the Wisconsin Dells and it's pretty ridiculous. You stand in a little capsule thing and they push a button that drops the floor out from under you.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 18:55 |
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Mr Executive posted:Actually, yes. They have one of these in the Wisconsin Dells and it's pretty ridiculous. You stand in a little capsule thing and they push a button that drops the floor out from under you. The park near our place has two of those awesome things. Well, sometimes. Sometimes one of them stops working so you get in, it counts down THREE...TWO...ONE... and then the floor doesn't drop out. And there's this awkward pause while you wait for the operator to let you out. Or it counts down, then nothing happens, then the bastard drops you. Or sometimes the speaker inside the capsule doesn't work so you don't hear the countdown, you're just hanging out waiting for the operator to turn the key and thAAAAAAGLRLURLGLUR Also it's hilarious when someone doesn't make it all the way around the loop because they're too light or wearing the wrong kind of swimsuit.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 19:01 |
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flakeloaf posted:The park near our place has two of those awesome things. Holy crap Canada is awesome, haha. What do they do when/if you get stuck in there?
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 20:14 |
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Send another dude through to knock you free.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 20:27 |
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Jastiger posted:Holy crap Canada is awesome, haha. You panic, injure yourself, and sue, duh.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 20:33 |
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So you're telling me I'll can become candy in 100 years if I go this route? SIGN ME UP.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 20:51 |
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I'd like to imagine there's some Eyes Wide Shut wealth orgy going on somewhere with one of these things on a buffet table stuck full of fancy toothpicks for a post-anonymous-cult-gently caress treat.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 20:56 |
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Crush some hazelnuts on top and maybe a drizzle of chocolate and that would be one delicious people confection.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 22:04 |
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So, basically a Pharaoh Roche?
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 22:31 |
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Jastiger posted:Holy crap Canada is awesome, haha. What's sad is that I'm so terrified of this that I'd be asking and getting detailed instructions long before ever setting foot on the loving thing. I've actually had nightmares of being lodged in a waterslide with more dudes and water coming down behind me, slowly being crushed and drowned at the same time... For someone to just jump in all *dee dee doo doo* and have absolutely no backup plan or knowledge of emergency procedure is just totally inconceivable to me. But I'm someone with natural curiosity who thinks more than 20 seconds into the future and isn't afraid to ask questions.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 22:35 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:So, basically a Pharaoh Roche? Goddamn
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 22:45 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:So, basically a Pharaoh Roche? I was hoping some one would jump on that!
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 22:56 |
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beato posted:Here's the LA Beast's latest offering for the Schadenfreude Gods. I'm not watching this because gently caress this guy, but is this even anywhere near schadenfreude territory anymore? Isn't this literally an exhibitionist masochist performing scaphism on himself and making us watch?
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 23:25 |
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beato posted:Here's the LA Beast's latest offering for the Schadenfreude Gods. He delivers as always Although I noticed he was driving a Buick, seemed odd to me
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 23:38 |
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Hollismason posted:That looks kind of lovely for a waterslide, I mean isn't the point that a waterslide is you go down it with your body, that's like a really lovely rollercoaster that gets you wet. Master Blasters are more like coasters, yes. The uphill sections have water jets to keep you moving. http://www.whitewaterwest.com/master_blaster.html That new one is more of a one-trick deal, but some of them can be quite long.
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# ? Jul 14, 2014 23:43 |
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Rollersnake posted:I'm not watching this because gently caress this guy, but is this even anywhere near schadenfreude territory anymore? Isn't this literally an exhibitionist masochist performing scaphism on himself and making us watch? I think it was almost always about lets see how much pain I can cause myself by eating "X". He's starting to realize that people are much more interested in the pain part, the food aspect is just his little niche that sets him apart from others. He'll likely continue focusing more on the pain, less on the food until his organs start to fail. I'm not sure how often he turns out content, but I can't imagine that he works more than 10-15 hours a week and is probably pulling in a a solid income as a youtube partner. If he's smart he'll try to spin this into some sort of side business, like LA Beast hot sauce and then pimp it on his videos and social media pages.
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 00:39 |
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LloydDobler posted:What's sad is that I'm so terrified of this that I'd be asking and getting detailed instructions long before ever setting foot on the loving thing. I've actually had nightmares of being lodged in a waterslide with more dudes and water coming down behind me, slowly being crushed and drowned at the same time... In this case the emergency procedure is the same as the regular procedure: When you stop moving, stand up and get out so the attendant can tell the guy with the key to send the next person down. The claims made in that lawsuit are the words of an idiot. If you don't make it all the way around there's a hatch of shame at the bottom of the loop, and if you're my wife, a fat guy taunting you by waving his hand in a u-shaped seesaw motion
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 00:46 |
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 01:09 |
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So the doofus who spent $100k in plastic surgery to look like Justin Bieber (without actually looking at all like Justin Bieber) has been in the recording studio apparently. http://www.eonline.com/shows/botche...d-deleted-scene Oh really? Studying music just wasn't for you, eh? Surprising.
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 01:41 |
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 03:14 |
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The schadenfreude is that their poo poo toaster is bigger than their sink.
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 03:42 |
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There are bad days then there are BAD DAYS. The video of the whole disaster makes it so much worse than what that gif shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pNx_PEcFNc
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 03:45 |
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Choo choo... I'm a train.
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 03:47 |
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HP Artsandcrafts posted:There are bad days then there are BAD DAYS. Why did the back wheels kick out so far when the front of the truck seemed to have been in good position the entire time?
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 04:30 |
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laxbro posted:Why did the back wheels kick out so far when the front of the truck seemed to have been in good position the entire time? Looks like the back wheels hit the concrete safety barrier in the centre of the road.
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# ? Jul 15, 2014 04:52 |
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laxbro posted:Why did the back wheels kick out so far when the front of the truck seemed to have been in good position the entire time? The ride side of the back wheels clipped the beginning of the highway divider/median (what is it called when it's on the shoulder?) and stopped suddenly e: f;b read,
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