Any of you fuckers in to rollercoasters/thrill rides/bungie jumping/adrenaline-based buffoonery?
Bro, absolutely. Love rollercoasters, man. The thrill of it is like no other.
We were spoiled in Virginia. Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens, along with water parks. Kings Dominion I guess was Paramount Studios's answer to Universal Studios' theme park. Very fond memories from childhood there. My first time riding a rollercoaster, The Grizzly, was there. I distinctly remember calling for my mommy the first time I rode it. And I thought I was going to die, but then I didn't. Looking back I feel I had such a privileged childhood to go to theme parks every summer. Just the thought alone of those days make me smile.
There was one nearly vertical coaster at Kings Dominion called Hypersonic XLC which was only in service for a couple years. Legendary piece of work. One time I went there, there was no one in line. I rode it so many times.
The most dangerous ride I ever rode, however, was a ferris wheel. In Myanmar. It's late at night and I'm walking around this small town and wouldn't you know it, there's a small amusement park there. It's late at night though and there are almost no people there. I see the ferris wheel, pay for it, and the guy working there says, "Fast?" and I was confused for a second and I said, "Yes, fast." And dude I swear to god the dude must have cranked it up to 11 because I swear to god my car was going to do a complete 360 and I could have fell out. I could have because the bar was doing nothing for me. At the time I remember thinking, "well this is it, my life wasn't so bad at least" because I seriously thought that shit was going to fling me out of the ride. But after a minute, the guy slowed it down and I'm still here.
Anyways. The next logical step for grown ups after roller coasters is skydiving. I wanted to try that but there was a 200 pound weight limit for tandem diving.
