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xkcd #2935: Ocean Loop (imgs.xkcd.com)
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I can't believe they wouldn't even let me hold a vote among the passengers about whether to try the loop.

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[โ€“] towerful@programming.dev 56 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The xkcd explained brushes near it.

Many of the passengers would suffer extreme injuries from the changes of velocity (up to 230 mph based on a loop radius of 3 x ship length) and rotation (unlike rollercoasters, or even airplanes during simple take-off and landing, passengers aren't normally strapped down).

[โ€“] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Can't you just tell them to hold on to something?