Americas Stupidest Public Comments

One of my friends in grade school was overweight. He used to make fun of other kids in school who were more overweight.

I always that was ironic. :)

Ahhh, but did that friend run up to those bigger people and tell them how to lose weight?

Because that'd be the sweetest irony.

...not to mention a better analogy.

Darn it...I like Kirstin Dunst... :-)

Well I'd like to go a day without having to hear a conversation about sports, the latest celebrity gossip, or what was on TV last night.

Sometimes coaster talk can be quite refreshing!

Nothing wrong with coaster talk, I enjoy it as well. But when that's *all* someone can talk about it gets old...FAST!

This is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth. I would like to know why everyone is "always" talking about polotics and news. I want to talk about rides. I want to dive right in to conversations about people's roller coaster ridding ventures. There are so many rides out there that I have yet to review. Can't we all take a step back and marvel about how big and beautiful they are. How amazing that a train can take you around a track of twisted steel and make you feel things you've never felt before. Laugh if you like but is there anyone that can go to a park sit on a bench and watch the train go round and round all day. I love sitting in the moment observing these big spectacular creations. Does anyone just want to chat about the enjoyment of riding coasters or a certain coaster for that matter. I just want to know why the forum posts are always about park news, politics, workers at the parks, accidents, mr six moving on whatever. WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL COASTER, THE ROLLER COASTER, WE ALWAYS CIRCLE AROUND EVERY SUBJECT AMAGINABLE TO MAN KIND EXCEPT TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL. THE ROLLER COASTER ITSELF. I WANT TO READ ABOUT WHY PEOPLE LOVE THEM SO MUCH. WHAT TURNS THERE CRANK ABOUT THEM. WHY DO WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO RIDDING IN THE SPRING. CAN WE ALL JUST GET OFF ARE HIGH HORSES FOR ONCE AND TALK ABOUT THE LOVE FOR THE RIDES AND WHY WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

THANK YOU!

Two answer address two of CoasterDiscerns concerns:

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I would like to know why everyone is "always" talking about polotics

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polotics are very important issue and represnt a very real problem and danger in the sport of Polo. Imagine, riding along at a high rate of speed and your polo pony suddenly develops a muscle tic, is thrown of balance, and you are thrown headfirst to the ground, perhaps having the poor beast falling on top of you.

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I want to dive right in to conversations about people's roller coaster ridding ventures

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You don't hear much about this because probably no one here has had a coaster ridding adventure. I for one know of no one personally who has had anything to do with any park removing or getting rid of a coaster. The brass who run Six Flags may have some experience at ridding parks of coasters (and in the case of Astroworld, ridding the city of an entire park), but most individuals do not have such experience.

[/ sarcasm off... smart a$$ toggle switch flipped back to "negative"]

*** Edited 12/2/2005 9:35:52 PM UTC by SLFAKE***

CD: maybe the problem is that nobody can figure out what you're trying to say.

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CoasterDiscern said:
WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL COASTER, THE ROLLER COASTER, WE ALWAYS CIRCLE AROUND EVERY SUBJECT AMAGINABLE TO MAN KIND EXCEPT TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL. THE ROLLER COASTER ITSELF. I WANT TO READ ABOUT WHY PEOPLE LOVE THEM SO MUCH. WHAT TURNS THERE CRANK ABOUT THEM. WHY DO WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO RIDDING IN THE SPRING. CAN WE ALL JUST GET OFF ARE HIGH HORSES FOR ONCE AND TALK ABOUT THE LOVE FOR THE RIDES AND WHY WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

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But, you know, over the years as I evolve as a member of the general enthusiast community, I've realized that I don't particularly enjoy talking about coasters.

I enjoy riding them. I enjoy amusement parks. I enjoy the travel. But for the most part, I could live without ever talking about another coaster. I get more than my fill here at CoasterBuzz.

I'm not enthusiastic about discussing them ad nauseum, nor about knowing all the little facts and stats, nor about much of their history. I don't feel the need to belong to any group and I don't feel the need to wear my enthusiasm on my sleeve so to speak.

It doesn't make me any less an enthusiast. I'm enthusiastic about riding coasters and visiting amusement parks. Very much so and I will continue to spend a ridiculous amount of time and money sampling the best the world has to offer. :)

Why can't we talk about the love of ridding coasters.

I can think of a million ways to discribe my love for coasters and the precious desire for ridding them.

**i'm an enthusiast so i can't talk about why i love coasters so much. My brain is mell functioning.**

What you talkin bout louis

my bad fabio!

Jeff said have some fun in a comment not so long ago. Remember "fun"

What am i talking about!

Romeo is that you

Where is the love. FOR ROLLER COASTERS

get off the high horse :-^

I just had a brain fart

But it doesnt make you anyless of an enthusiast talking about them directly either. That is you personal prefrence though. I will give you my upmost respect bacause you don't like talking about them and I totally repect you choices and your feelings toward them. Taking into account your reasoning I still would like to search out others that feel the same as i do. The crisp smooth sound of a coaster gliding into a cork screw or flat spin is absolutely astounding. Wheels hugging the track doing 70 m/ph a snaking around the track effortlessly WOW!

Personally, I like talking about coasters, but not all the time. Similarly, I like talking about politics, but again, not all the time. I have no problem integrating coasters into a conversation, then again I also have not problem integrating fart jokes into a conversation.

When talking with someone and they just constantly keep going back to any one subject and doesnt let the conversation evolve, I am often reminded of a great Just Shoot Me! quote "I just realized something: you're boring, and my legs work!"

Bottom line: sometimes the convo just gets stale.

As for stupid comments, not really stupid, more misguided. "I can handle this ride, it's just like Space Mountain". Spoken by a somewhat nervous man in line for PKD's Flight of Fear.
lata, jeremy

It IS just like Space Mountain....they're both enclosed! :)

Actually, not really THAT different from RnRC....if you need to compare to a Disney coaster...and you do, since for most people Disney is the only place they'll visit other than their "Six Flags"...

"You mean there's ANOTHER Six Flags?" ;)

edit: bill, thinking how easy it is to integrate fart jokes into a political conversation... :)

;)

*** Edited 12/2/2005 10:14:32 PM UTC by rollergator***

I just would like to see more topics to do with coaster enjoyment, impact, structure, past and future, design, construction, photography, ride reviews etc. I could go on but my madusa ride tangled my hair. Ther coming threw the walls. Oh my cod it's a bird "shiekra"

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CoasterDiscern said:
Oh my cod it's a bird "shiekra"

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I don't believe in cod. Just kidding.

The only time I pulled out my ACE card was when someone would ask me how to join so I could show them the address. I would never use it to show my SUPREME INTELLECT when it comes to coasters. That said, I see no problem in contradicting a "someone died on such and such coaster" story. I have a cousin in law that still believes the reason The Bat was removed from Kings Island was because someone got decapitated on it.

My ace card has been casted out my dear peers. Me an ace card. Wo ha ha ha! I may be a newbee but im climbing up expedition everest. I'm freshly painted and staind with coaster buzz poison.

index finger, middle finger and pinkie

2 in the pink, one in the stink :-)

I agree that it's not a bad idea to correct someone you're already talking to that a ride did not kill someone. If they hold this belief, then they've probably told 10 of their friends or family the same story.

Coasters get enough bad press (see the little blurb in Time this week about heart rates), that we should try to counteract it if we can.

The only time I'd ever jump in is if some guest (spoken like a true ride op, lol) was seriously considering not riding something due to a false impression. Shoot, I'll admit I can get a little heavy in the coaster talk, but I can bore myself out of it pretty quickly. As for hearing other people try to give know-it-all opinions, that's where I just stand quietly and let them go.

Frankly, the only reason I enjoy meeting other enthusiasts is because I know if I did want to just talk coasters for a short bit, they'd understand better than anybody.

Sirloindude, who would like to thank all the people that came out for the event at GL (back in June, I believe) for being fun people to show off our massive skills for, lol. *** Edited 12/3/2005 2:30:03 AM UTC by sirloindude***

CoasterDiscer-Please, for the love of Pete, learn to spell and learn better grammar. It is hard for me to read something that doesn't make sense.

Moosh-You're just still mad because I turned You down ;).

SFlake-You're a far nicer person than I. Had that happened to me, I would have rode with the guy one time, no more. Had he followed me around, he would have been well aware that I was not happy, and likely wouldn't have followed again. I've been in that position before.

Walt-I'm unclear as to what you're implying. Are you saying that it is Ironic that coaster enthusiasts complain because someone who is overly fanatical proceedes to tell them and everyone else that they are wrong? I hardly find that ironic. I like many things, and I like conversing about many things, but at the same time, I'm not fanatical about much of anything. And I especially do not enjoy a killjoy. I hate for people to tell me how I'm supposed to enjoy something, or why I shouldn't enjoy something, or for someone to ramble usless facts at me while I'm riding. There are 3 general times I don't tend to talk, Movies, Coasters, and sleeping. I want to enjoy what I'm doing, not talk about it.

I liked the comment about riding X-Flight with a bunch of enthusiastic kids who thought it was the best ride in the world. That is so true. It is like going to a movie, that, while funny, may not be the best evar, but if you're with an audience that keeps laughing and having fun, the movie seems more enjoyable.

I enjoy talking coasters. Heck, I like getting together with other enthusiasts and even talking coasters, but I can't sit and talk coasters for hours. That get boring quick