dorney park coaster gets stuck for 90 min with people on it

http://www.innovateus.net/science/how-are-magnets-used-roller-coasters

here you go this is what magnets do on a roller coaster hope you relize what an ass you are apollo andy

^That's hysterical.

I voted his post up, just for the comedy relief. He's so much more entertaining than the rest of you grumps around here.

Stop! Hammer time.

We laugh at his (or her?) funny post, and you call us grumps? That's even more ironic (meaning funny) than calling Andy an ass.

fa975, please don't get mad. We are a funny bunch of people. Most of us are just joking around with you. I'd love it if you came back and rejoined our happy little group.

I was making fun of the so-called hip hop music group Insane Clown Posse more than you.

Travis, we as a group DO tend to sound a little snarky instead of joke-y at times. When I first came to the site, I thought everyone hated me because I was a newbie. Now I just understand that the humor is just very dry sometimes. Sometimes it can be misconstrued. And that everyone hates me. J/K. :)

Agreed. I felt hated when I first joined CB, and maybe I still am by some; I'm not sure what to think sometimes. ;)

But, this is a true story that I've been waiting for the right moment to tell. I always hear about people going on trips to parks and running into fellow Buzzers and wondering why I never do. So, at a couple of the Platinum Pass ride nights at Cedar Point, I got into conversations with strangers, and I ended up asking them, "Hey, are you on Point Buzz or Coaster Buzz?"

Here were both of my responses. "I was on Coaster Buzz, but everyone hated on ACE there, which I am a part of. So, I'm not a part of those sites anymore." Second guy, "I was a member on Point Buzz for a short while, but everyone hated me there."

These guys both seemed like very nice people, so asking this question put me in an awkward position, and I felt embarrassed to be a part of the Buzz sites in that moment.

Moral of the story: It might be fun to joke around with veteran friends and pick on the new guy or single someone out, but these sites won't survive for us all if we don't get new active members. Plus, isn't it more interesting to get the opinions of many rather than the same handful?

Jeph said:

Moral of the story: It might be fun to joke around with veteran friends and pick on the new guy or single someone out, but these sites won't survive for us all if we don't get new active members. Plus, isn't it more interesting to get the opinions of many rather than the same handful?

I find it more interesting to be myself around other people who are being themselves.

And I don't possess a sense of humor (dry or otherwise), I just hate everybody.

Everyone can be themselves while still being welcoming to others. When one meets others in real life, they usually put on a nice buffer, slowly letting their true selves out to this person over time.

In other words, Gonch, fakely love the new members. Then once you've got them in your grasp, hate the hell out of them! ;)

I'm not gonna be fake for anyone. That just leads to problems down the road.

It's an interesting spin, but I'm of the complete opposite school of thought.

A social circle exists here (and anywhere, really). You can't try to join the social circle and then complain that it sucks and should change.

You don't try to hang out with the emo kids and then complain that they're emo kids. (feel free to swap 'emo kids' with whatever social standard you'd like and it still works)

The social circle is what it is and it's not for you at that point. You join because you like what it has to offer.

There's a reason I pretty much exclusively participate here and not elsewhere. The same way there's a reason that my friends and acquaintances are the people they are and not other people.

The social dynamic of life really isn't that hard. You tend to befriend or attract those who share qualities you value and avoid those who don't.

At the risk of being too 'dicky' but still offering the simplest analogy I can - it's not our responsibility to quit playing football because you like to play hockey. It's your job to find the hockey game.

I was in the process of saying essentially the same thing, but Gonch's explanation is far clearer.

I personally found it to be a poor mentality and analogy. We've all come here to share a passion for roller coasters and amusement parks, so we've all sought out the same sport.

Picking on the new guys and excluding them is a very senior-freshmen high school mentality, and doing that doesn't somehow make you part of a new exclusive clique within the coaster enthusiast clique. It just makes you a dick.

For the record, I've never said the Buzz forums or people suck here. Quite the opposite actually. I'm just pointing out that not all people are thick-skinned, and what one might think is a joke can be hurtful to those that don't take it that way.

I only hate on the people who do the whole serious personal attack thing. Sometimes if I think someone is being particularly snippy or sarcastic, I just back off and let their comment run its course. However, we've had a couple people that have come on just to troll and be jerks. I DO tend to lose my sh** on them, until our fantastic site guru Jeff boots them.

In all fairness to the ones with the sarcasm, sometimes people also say something that is not meant to be really coarse, but there are no other cues with tone or facial expression to kind of hint that a person is not being a total dbag. Hence the reason I always follow up with laughter or some annoying little emoticon.

But Gonch really does hate everyone. ;) that's why we love him.

And, in an interesting turn of events...

Jeph said:

Picking on the new guys and excluding them is a very senior-freshmen high school mentality, and doing that doesn't somehow make you part of a new exclusive click within the coaster enthusiast click. It just makes you a dick.

I'd welcome any example of this blatantly happening. In fact, I'd point to the fact that this slid by as a perfect example of the opposite happening. My opinion is that got handled with kid gloves, no one even called him out on that.

My guess is that the 'tone' of the room is a little too upfront for certain people. One person's "I'm getting picked on" is another person's "I was being nice" - which is exactly my point. Find the social circle that meets your needs. Expecting an entire established group to conform to you, your tatses and your expectations is the definition of being a dick...or at the very least socially retarded...or maybe narcissistic.

And other negative adjectives too. :)

...I still have not seen them running Stinger, and I drove by it quite a few times today.

Just to conclude this, and then back to Dorney or Steak N Shake...

Gonch, I'm not sure if you were taking anything I was saying personally, but I was saying things in a general sense; it was never about you. But, I didn't agree with your mentality that being harsh on others makes you the part of a click that people should avoid if they don't like; it just sounds like bullying to me. If you want to discuss this more, PM me.

Also, I found no issues in this particular thread. I thought this was a good time to bring this up after it was mentioned that these forums can be a tough crowd at first. The 2 enthusiasts that dropped off these sites mentioned that. I felt this way at first (like walking into high school for the first time), and I've talked to several others that have felt this way. It's more to do with not understanding personalities and humor initially.

I'm not suggesting that everyone conform to being a certain way, changing all their opinions, personalities, etc. to match mine or anyone else. Never said that or suggested it in any way. I was pointing out that when someone new comes along, everyone being a little more careful with their humor and making the new person feel welcome is not going to hurt anything.

I'm not going to think, "Gee, Gonch doesn't hate everyone anymore. Loser. :blocked:" :)

...So, is Stinger a clone of Invertigo at KI?

Jeph, I wasn't sure if you were being funny, so I looked it up on RCDB. Lol

Yes, Stinger is a clone of the KI Invertigo and was actually the Invertigo clone at Great America in Cali.

LostKause said:

We laugh at his (or her?) funny post, and you call us grumps? That's even more ironic (meaning funny) than calling Andy an ass.

Travis, I hope that wasn't directed at me. Maybe you missed my wit and sarcasm, or maybe I should have used the now non-existant winky? (maybe I'm missing sarcasm in your post?)

I've been posting here since 2004, and if I really though you were all a bunch of grumps, do you think I'd still be hanging around?