The occult technology of the rollercoaster
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The occult technology of the rollercoaster
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#2"It produces no goods and facilitates no conversations." - said in an article about them.
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#3 we ride on our ships, further than most
raiding and pillaging from North to South Coast
We steal only metal, like guns, tanks and toasters
and melt them all down, to make RollarCoasters
--BucketheadRe: The occult technology of the rollercoaster
#4> It produces no
As someone with kids. We now know that “senses” aren’t just things that we have that inform us about the world, there are also “sensory needs.”
From proprioception to vestibular and plenty other $5 words. This seems like a new development or at least a new acknowledgement and awareness is still growing.
So I would say that these devices produce sensory experiences.
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#5The article's predicate is that rollercoasters have no purpose, but then seems to explain what their purpose is. There are far more things in the world that are "purposeless" than rollercoasters, if amusement is insufficient.
As someone who appreciates rollercoasters and psychoactive substances, I've made comparisons between them. A good ride will make you feel weightless one moment, four times heavier the next. You'll feel adrenalin, awe, fear, and catharsis, all neatly packaged in under five minutes, usually a good deal shorter than that, and with fewer contraindications.
Rollercoasters and psychedelics can be a great pairing, too, but your mileage may vary, of course.
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#6Great and beautiful article
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#8> but they don’t really do anything
A rollercoaster is an adrenaline production machine.
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#9Yeah, it shows that the writer is a true rollercoaster afficionado. Basically, the technology of rollercoasters is pretty simple: converting potential energy into kinetic energy and back several times before friction has a chance to eat it up (while taking care to not exceed certain acceleration limits that would hurt the passengers or, in case of wooden coasters with "classic" rails, send the cars flying off the track). All the rest is just in our heads...
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If you’re going to talk shit, you’ve gotta throw some links to your work, Mr Shakespeare