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House Louse posted:Not in America Was going to call you out on not counting Native history but... A Pinball Wizard posted:racist ...beaten.
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For actual creepy Disney parks, nothing beats River County! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_River_Country Wikipedia posted:Disney's River Country was the first water park at Walt Disney World.[1] It opened on June 20, 1976 and ceased operations on November 2, 2001.[2] On January 20, 2005, The Walt Disney Company announced that River Country would remain closed permanently.[1] Along with Discovery Island, it is one of only two Disney parks in history to close permanently. Both parks were abandoned rather than demolished. http://www.yesterland.com/rivercountry.html http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/09/25/check-out-the-eerie-abandoned-disney-park-that-time-forgot-2298198?lt_source=external,manual  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UO5guVY-9c
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Kill Dozed posted:If that makes you angry, just wait till I tell you about that mosque near Ground Zero.... the hell's ground zero?
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Ernie Muppari posted:the hell's ground zero? It's what Americans call the place where the WTC towers used to be.
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AnonSpore posted:It's what Americans call the place where the WTC towers used to be. im an american and i have no idea what that means
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Apr 24, 2015 03:42
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Ernie Muppari posted:im an american and i have no idea what that means
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Apr 24, 2015 03:58
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Ernie Muppari posted:im an american and i have no idea what that means Back in the 2000's Saddam (from Iraq) flew planes into two buildings in NY because he hated our freedoms.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Back in the 2000's Saddam (from Iraq) flew planes into two buildings in NY because he hated our freedoms. It's how he died.
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Apr 24, 2015 04:04
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Solice Kirsk posted:Back in the 2000's Saddam (from Iraq) flew planes into two buildings in NY because he hated our freedoms. oh yeah i forgot about that
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Apr 24, 2015 04:14
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Ernie Muppari posted:oh yeah 
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Ernie Muppari posted:im an american and i have no idea what that means It's not like a national secret or something. Sorry you're oblivious.
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Apr 24, 2015 04:31
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ur going to jail for not remembering to never forget
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Ernie Muppari posted:im an american and i have no idea what that means It refers to the current height of the North and South Towers.
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Apr 24, 2015 04:35
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this is that december 11th thing right?
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Apr 24, 2015 04:45
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November dude. It's what veterans day is for 
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Solice Kirsk posted:Back in the 2000's Saddam (from Iraq) flew planes into two buildings in NY because he hated our freedoms. Wait, wasn't it a missile that hit the towers?
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EZipperelli posted:Wait, wasn't it a missile that hit the towers? no youre thinking of the kentucky state dmv back in 1993
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Spoeank posted:November dude. It's what veterans day is for It's remembrance day you yank 
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Imperialist Dog posted:It's remembrance day you yank It's Armistice day you canuck 
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Kurtofan posted:It's Armistice day you canuck Who you calling canuck you yanks don't respect ARE BOYS Content! How do we solve the sticky situation of assisted suicide. Trips to switzerland? Massive doses of barbiturates? Nah, let's build a roller coaster half a kilometer tall and push old people down it  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
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MikeCrotch posted:Who you calling canuck you yanks don't respect ARE BOYS The death roller coaster would be my suicide of choice, but only if they put it in like Great America or something. I love roller coasters so spending a day riding them, drinking, and eating funnel cakes followed by a final ride would be a pretty great day.
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showbiz_liz posted:Speaking of theme parks, I'm sure this has been posted before but it's always good for a mindboggle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park And guess what? It's back! My fiancee (NJ native) says someone died after touching a live wire in the boats as well, but I don't know if it's a rumor.
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MikeCrotch posted:Who you calling canuck you yanks don't respect ARE BOYS quote:As it would kill its passengers, it was criticised by the anti-euthanasia association Care Not Killing.[5] Well, duh.
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Ernie Muppari posted:this is that december 11th thing right? Be honest, did you even know what the term "ground zero" meant in a general sense?
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13Pandora13 posted:Was going to call you out on not counting Native history but... Fair enough, good catch.
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Nightmare Zone posted:My fiancee (NJ native) says someone died after touching a live wire in the boats as well, but I don't know if it's a rumor. Action Park posted:On July 8, 1980, a 19-year-old park employee was riding the Alpine Slide when his car jumped the track and his head struck a rock, killing him.[41]
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Basebf555 posted:Be honest, did you even know what the term "ground zero" meant in a general sense? no absolutely no idea whatsoever
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Celery Face posted:It's not a rumour. Considering how dangerous the place was, I'm surprised only 6 people died. Jesus christ just close the loving tidal wave pool What happens if that thing breeds and learns to walk
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Super Waffle posted:For actual creepy Disney parks, nothing beats River County! My family went to River Country on vacations on a fairly regular basis when I was a kid, because a relative was an employee of the main park and always got us free passes. We still have lots of family photos from there. It was awesome when it was open and maintained, it makes me sad to see the wreckage.  Even then, though, there were rumors that the water was bad. But that White Water Rapids tube ride was the best, it started at the top in a knee-deep pool in a fake cave that was pitch-black, and after you rounded a bend your tube suddenly dropped ten feet in utter blackness into the main run, then blasted you out into bright sunshine and the main river. It was so much fun that the lines were always really long, so I got in the habit of sneaking "ashore" (the landscaped fake river banks on each side) with my tube right before the last turn into the plunge pool, then climbing the hill back to the top and jumping back in for another run. Of course, that meant missing the cool cave drop at the beginning, but I was small and sneaky and could usually get in six or seven runs for each turn in line before I got caught. The whole hill was landscaped and decorated, Disney-style, so the bushes had been carefully trimmed to look "wild" and every so often there was a statue of a Bear Jamboree character standing in the bushes waving or what have you, but a few feet back from the tube river edge it turned into natural tree growth woods. One time when I was climbing back up I spotted a little side path leading into that, and left my tube behind and went for a look. The path led up the hill, then around a big rock, and then to a little gray shack that was built cartoon-style, with the off-kilter windows and tilted roof, etc, that was sitting on top of the rock. I figured it was for pump machinery but couldn't hear anything, so I tried the door and to my amazement it opened. Inside was empty except for a small table, a chair, and a hardback notebook open on the table. It faced one of the little dusty cartoon windows and when I looked out, I was seeing the first part of the river run below, the part right after the cave drop when you come out into the light. The notebook was ruled like an accounting ledger and the only thing written in it was a single column of numbers done in pencil. I guess at some point they stationed an employee in there to count the number of riders as they went by? It all seemed very mysterious to a twelve-year-old, though. River Country was cool. Interesting page with then-and-now comparison shots: http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2009/12/19/abandoned-disney-river-country-part-1.html The now-abandoned cave at the start of the tube ride:  Shows the inside and the turn just before the drop:  sic transit gloria mundi bonestructure has a new favorite as of 17:19 on Apr 25, 2015 |
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13Pandora13 posted:Was going to call you out on not counting Native history but... One of my favorite recent tweets was someone saying that "so much bad poo poo happens in America, you'd think it was built on Native American burial grounds"
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showbiz_liz posted:Speaking of theme parks, I'm sure this has been posted before but it's always good for a mindboggle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park The wiki article makes it seem like the pond being "heavily infested with snakes" is some sort of mortal danger, but there are no venomous aquatic snakes in New Jersey. The northern water snake will bite if you pick it up, but not venomous. That's probably the least-scary thing about the park.
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Yad Rock posted:The wiki article makes it seem like the pond being "heavily infested with snakes" is some sort of mortal danger, but there are no venomous aquatic snakes in New Jersey. The northern water snake will bite if you pick it up, but not venomous. That's probably the least-scary thing about the park. This is true. When I think aquatic snakes, I think of these motherfuckers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus Water Moccasins are very territorial and their venom can be lethal. I've heard rumors of them chasing fishing boats and actually climbing inside. In rural parts of the US, people even carry snake guns as protection. I can't decide if that's hilarious or terrifying.
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Eien Ni Hen posted:This is true. When I think aquatic snakes, I think of these motherfuckers: There's a lot of people who simply don't understand anything about snakes. Moccasins don't chase people, they've got an aggressive reputation because they don't always retreat when threatened. As cliché as it sounds, if you don't grab it, it's simply not going to bite you.
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Big Centipede posted:There's a lot of people who simply don't understand anything about snakes. Moccasins don't chase people, they've got an aggressive reputation because they don't always retreat when threatened. As cliché as it sounds, if you don't grab it, it's simply not going to bite you. I was also thinking about geography. They only live in the Southeastern US but people here up north think every snake they see near the water is a cottonmouth. The northern water snake also looks a lot like a copperhead so people tend to shoot first and ask questions never.
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I stepped on a cottonmouth when I was a kid and it didn't bite me. I also ran into a copperhead in a wood pile and didn't get bit. Not to mention scaring a rattle snake while camping in Arizona. Snakes are pussies.
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to be fair, snake infested water could be a health hazard if the pond's stagnant enough though if it was a stagnant pond then p much everything would be a health hazard
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Big Centipede posted:There's a lot of people who simply don't understand anything about snakes. Moccasins don't chase people, they've got an aggressive reputation because they don't always retreat when threatened. As cliché as it sounds, if you don't grab it, it's simply not going to bite you. I kinda guessed the stories I heard about Moccasins chasing people were exaggerated. But still, snake guns! For content, here's something way scarier and more unnerving than Water Moccasins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis gently caress you, nature.
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I actually did have a cottonmouth aggressively chase after me for a good five or six feet along a boardwalk--I'd surprised it at a trail crossroads. But that's one time out of maybe a couple dozen encounters with them in my life. Speaking of death trap parks, I couldn't find a decent article, but when I was a kid in Florida there was a park up the street called Topeekeegee Yugnee Park and it had a playground, nature trails, and a manmade sand lagoon. It was basically a false beach (bizarrely it was maybe 5 miles from an actual beach, never understood the point of that) that was lined with plastic and then covered over with sand before adding freshwater. Visibility was nil, it was crowded as gently caress, and I was never allowed to go in deeper than maybe mid-thigh because it was widely known to be a deathtrap. Since it's a smallish park in a smallish city, there's not a lot of information about T.Y. Park that isn't from a municipal website, but I did find a newspaper article from 1993 that cited six deaths in the lagoon from the opening of the park in the mid 70s to that date--six dead kids over maybe 15-17 years. I couldn't find any info on lagoon deaths after that, and they finally closed the lagoon down in 2007. To this day I have no idea why people used that thing. This is a beach town in an area with very clear water, where pools are just about ubiquitous. But apparently enough people were cool enough with sticking their kids in the murky fake beach to wind up with at least six dead ones.
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Eien Ni Hen posted:I kinda guessed the stories I heard about Moccasins chasing people were exaggerated. But still, snake guns! I've had guinea worms! It's incredibly exceptionally painful but once they're out its very quickly not much of a problem. not so bad! Drawing them out is horrible though, a saucer of beer, some ether and a needle... wouldn't go through that again if i had the choice.
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lenoon posted:I've had guinea worms! It's incredibly exceptionally painful but once they're out its very quickly not much of a problem. not so bad! Drawing them out is horrible though, a saucer of beer, some ether and a needle... wouldn't go through that again if i had the choice.
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