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Ok, but that's still not a safety thing. I guess they have to measure which is worse publicity, the line taking slightly longer or that one customer getting very upset.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Ok, but that's still not a safety thing. I guess they have to measure which is worse publicity, the line taking slightly longer or that one customer getting very upset. That one ride isn't a safety thing, but every single other one she's complaining about is.
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She wasn't complaining about the rest, she was complaining about it in that case because it was simply for wanting to get more people on the ride. She acknowledged having to hold bags for all of the Harry Potter rides, but the one that pissed her off was Kong.
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https://twitter.com/WTEN/status/975137501773000704 You know that's just going to lead to very lazy writing come the mass shooting there. Edit: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/975008391880953856 Absurd Alhazred has a new favorite as of 00:23 on Mar 18, 2018 |
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Randaconda posted:https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-says-fat-shamed-universal-theme-park-shes-filing-discrimination-complaint-141517222.html Going from "I'm embarassed at how fat I am so I'm gonna ask the employee to let me sit alone lest I squish the person next to me" to "wow the guy said I couldn't sit alone what a fat-shaming shitlord" would give me an instant cognitive dissonance headache. I can't even see anything about the employee not letting her on the ride in the story, she just didn't want to.
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They finally did it, the perfect con to get rid of tech bros https://twitter.com/techinsider/status/973640227205144576
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As a fat woman who found out she couldn't ride the Batman at Six Flags I have no sympathy for the lady complaining that they wouldn't let her ride alone. They offered her a $100 gift card and dinner vouchers and she turned it down because she's a litigious jerk. Being fat sucks, but making others inconvenienced because of our fat is inexcusable. The other people their money too and have been waiting as long as her and aren't getting pissy about having to cram in.
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Samuringa posted:They finally did it, the perfect con to get rid of tech bros  It’s genius
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It's like that cryonics scam without the overhead of constant refrigeration. 
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Samuringa posted:They finally did it, the perfect con to get rid of tech bros
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Baron von Eevl posted:She wasn't complaining about the rest, she was complaining about it in that case because it was simply for wanting to get more people on the ride. She acknowledged having to hold bags for all of the Harry Potter rides, but the one that pissed her off was Kong. I'm not one of those dudes who posts in threads about how gross or funny fat people are but if you're so obese you feel or are inconveniencing other people at leisure events you really just should not be going to them
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Aesop Poprock posted:I'm not one of those dudes who posts in threads about how gross or funny fat people are but if you're so obese you feel or are inconveniencing other people at leisure events you really just should not be going to them Get your exercise where you can. And that's the thing, you could be inconveniencing other people. Just don't. It's not hard.
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Samuringa posted:They finally did it, the perfect con to get rid of tech bros This reminds of The Quantum Thief. It's a good book you should read it.
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The one and only keyboard cat died nearly thirty years ago.
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Stairs posted:As a fat woman who found out she couldn't ride the Batman at Six Flags I have no sympathy for the lady complaining that they wouldn't let her ride alone. They offered her a $100 gift card and dinner vouchers and she turned it down because she's a litigious jerk. Being fat sucks, but making others inconvenienced because of our fat is inexcusable. The other people their money too and have been waiting as long as her and aren't getting pissy about having to cram in. Yeah, agreed. I’m of a weight and height that restricts me from a lot of rides, and I just have to deal with it. I really appreciate parks that have test seats at the ride entrance. That way, I’m not wasting anyone’s time in the queue.
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Blue Moonlight posted:Yeah, agreed. I’m of a weight and height that restricts me from a lot of rides, and I just have to deal with it. I really appreciate parks that have test seats at the ride entrance. That way, I’m not wasting anyone’s time in the queue. You mean you don't consider it fat shaming to make you sit in the test seats (or "ham racks" as the park employees I imagine call them) in front of the queue who are all silently judging you?! Why it's almost like you aren't a chronically insecure rear end in a top hat!
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I'm 6'3" and 240, and have been able to ride everything I've tried.
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I'm thin enough that one time on the world's longest wooden coaster I managed to push the lap bar down further than it was supposed to and was stuck for 5 minutes. That's my story, thanks for reading 
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Randaconda posted:I'm 6'3" and 240, and have been able to ride everything I've tried. But enough about your dating successes.
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spog posted:But enough about your dating successes. 
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Randaconda posted:I'm 6'3" and 240, and have been able to ride everything I've tried. I'm about the same, a bit taller and I advise you not to try the shangri-la in Port Aventura, Spain. That sure was 1 h 30 min of my life I wasted  Never had an issue anywhere else.
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Fathis Munk posted:I'm about the same, a bit taller and I advise you not to try the shangri-la in Port Aventura, Spain. That sure was 1 h 30 min of my life I wasted I've never been to Spain. 
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Randaconda posted:I'm 6'3" and 240, and have been able to ride everything I've tried. Isn't that well within class 1 obese, BMI-wise? I think people have to hit at least class 2 or even class 3 before they stop fitting on rides because of girth  Edit: I looked it up instead of being lazy, and it's at the very low end of class 1 obesity.
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AlbieQuirky posted:Isn't that well within class 1 obese, BMI-wise? I think people have to hit at least class 2 or even class 3 before they stop fitting on rides because of girth Yeah, I'm still fat, but "normal" fat, not some giant lumbering hambeart.
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Randaconda posted:Yeah, I'm still fat, but "normal" fat, not some giant lumbering hambeart. Being tall rules imo. Also im in Europe so it's easier to get to Spain
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Fathis Munk posted:Being tall rules imo. Also im in Europe so it's easier to get to Spain  lol at men less that 6 feet tall just lol
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Fathis Munk posted:Being tall rules imo. Also im in Europe so it's easier to get to Spain please tell us more about your awesome life being a tall person in europe gently caress that actually sounds pretty great, never mind
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Randaconda posted:
gently caress you, you overgrown hamster.
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Leavemywife posted:gently caress you, you overgrown hamster. Stop being so short-tempered 
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The hard thing about being tall is all the looks of reverence and adoration, fear occasionally, you get from the shorties. If you aren't really secure in who you are it can cause anxiety.
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 http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/uber-car-in-autonomous-mode-when-it-killed-woman-police-say-10247590 quote:The death appears to be the first worldwide from a self-driving vehicle.
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Uber's statement posted:"Our hearts go out to the victim’s family," the short statement said. "We are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident." When I read statements like this I always imagine the lawyer from that Parks & Rec episode where Leslie dumps dirt on Andy's head. quote:"All I'm gonna do is go in and just say, 'We are so sorry, it's entirely our fault-'"
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SpacePig posted:
I think this might still be fewer fatalities per mile driven than non-autonomous cars.
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doverhog posted:The hard thing about being tall is all the looks of reverence and adoration, fear occasionally, you get from the shorties. If you aren't really secure in who you are it can cause anxiety. And the scores of women who want to mate, so they can have tall, healthy children. Nothing saddens a mother more than giving birth to a future manlet.
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doverhog posted:The hard thing about being tall is all the looks of reverence and adoration, fear occasionally, you get from the shorties. If you aren't really secure in who you are it can cause anxiety. This goes double if you're a tall woman. And I like to wear heels.
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betamax hipster posted:This goes double if you're a tall woman. And I like to wear heels. You can easily intimidate the beta females and have your pick of the strongest men, so your offspring have the best chance of survival.
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chitoryu12 posted:I think this might still be fewer fatalities per mile driven than non-autonomous cars. Found a different article that added a new detail that the original omitted: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html quote:The Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode with a human safety driver at the wheel when it struck the woman, who was crossing the street outside of a crosswalk, the Tempe police said in a statement. The episode happened on Sunday around 10 p.m. The woman was not publicly identified. Out of curiosity, do these autonomous cars have any way of detecting crosswalks and slowing or stopping? I couldn't find anything on it but I'd assume so if they can stop at stop lights and signs, it'd be stupid not to have a feature like that. Almost sounds like the woman who got hit just said "gently caress it" and decided to jaywalk without looking.
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Found a different article that added a new detail that the original omitted: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html Yes, the cars know what crosswalks look like and what they mean. The big questions to answer are: What was the speed limit on that road section, how fast was the car travelling, how much visibility of the pedestrian did the car have leading up to the accident, and how much time was there between the pedestrian stepping into the road and the car striking them, and what did the car do during that time? Fortunately, the car has a complete and 100% accurate memory of this time that can be interrogated in multiple different ways down to microsecond precision, so I expect all of these questions will have answers.
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EoRaptor posted:Yes, the cars know what crosswalks look like and what they mean. The big questions to answer are: What was the speed limit on that road section, how fast was the car travelling, how much visibility of the pedestrian did the car have leading up to the accident, and how much time was there between the pedestrian stepping into the road and the car striking them, and what did the car do during that time? Fortunately, the car has a complete and 100% accurate memory of this time that can be interrogated in multiple different ways down to microsecond precision, so I expect all of these questions will have answers. Yeah but we’re talking about Uber here.
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