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[LeoLeonardoIII]

I always wish I could deactivate my Insert key because it's useless to me and just causes problems when I accidentally touch it. I can probably do it in Windows but I haven't actually cared enough to spend the time to do it.

[Dutchling]

Same. I'd also love to disable my shut down button. It's right next the increase volume one Dx

It's like front brakes on a mountain bike. You're not ever going to use it, but when you do you're fucked.

[Gunner-Chan]

The Youtube options extension is going paid? What?

I hope it's just a day late prank, I really like this thing but I'm not paying money for features youtube should have anyway.

[Frumple]

Same. I'd also love to disable my shut down button. It's right next the increase volume one Dx

Well... you could. Particularly if you were willing to take apart the case. Just... get in there and take the button out.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Same. I'd also love to disable my shut down button. It's right next the increase volume one Dx

It's like front brakes on a mountain bike. You're not ever going to use it, but when you do you're fucked.

Like a bowl of condoms at a card game convention.

[Kedly]

Does this count as not being in Kansas anymore?

[Lagslayer]

Does this count as not being in Kansas anymore?

That can't possibly be safe.

[Flying Dice]

Does this count as not being in Kansas anymore?

That can't possibly be safe.

nopenopenope

[alway]

Does this count as not being in Kansas anymore?

That can't possibly be safe.

nopenopenope

Eh, could be worse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

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At least six people are known to have died as a result of mishaps on rides at the park. It was given nicknames such as "Traction Park",[2] "Accident Park", and "Class Action Park"[3] by doctors at nearby hospitals due to the number of severely injured parkgoers they treated.

Action Park made adults of a generation of Tri-State Area kids who strolled through its blood-stained gates, by teaching us the truth about life: it is not safe, you will get hurt a lot, and you'll ride all the way home burnt beyond belief.
...
Action Park was a true rite of passage for any New Jerseyan of my generation. When I get to talking about it with other Jerseyans, we share stories as if we are veterans who served in combat together. I suspect that many of us may have come closest to death on some of those rides up in Vernon Valley. I consider it a true shame that future generations will never know the terror of proving their grit at New Jersey's most dangerous amusement park.

Action Park and its defenders often pointed out that it was one of the first water parks in the nation and thus pioneered ideas that were later widely copied. This meant that visitors were using rides that had not been tested through practical use for very long. Ride designers may have had insufficient training in physics or engineering. "They seemed to build rides," one attendee recalled, "not knowing how they would work, and [then let] people on them."

Action Park's alpine slide descended the mountain roughly below one of the ski area's chairlifts, resulting in much verbal harassment and sometimes spitting from passengers going up for their turn, who would often be entertained by the accidents they witnessed while at the same time hoping to avoid similar fates.[14]
The tracks were made of concrete and fiberglass, which led to numerous serious abrasions on riders who took even mild spills. The tendency of some to ride in bathing suits so they could go on to Waterworld attractions afterwards made this problem worse.
The sleds were a large factor in the injuries. A stick that was supposed to control speed led, in practice, to just two options on the infrequently maintained vehicles: extremely slow, and a speed described by one former employee as "death awaits."

According to state records, in 1984 and 1985 the alpine slide produced 14 fractures and 26 head injuries.

Nevertheless, the director of the emergency room at a nearby hospital said they treated from five to ten victims of park accidents on some of the busiest days, and the park eventually bought the township of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the volume.

http://weirdnj.com/stories/action-park/

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The Legend Of The Loop
It is a ride of legend and fantasy, a waterslide that never totally was. Its 360-degree loop loomed over park-goers as they entered Waterworld, taunting them with both its inaccessibility and improbability. It supposedly dismembered test dummies and maybe even a few park employees in trial runs. It was the Cannonball Loop slide, and it was actually open for about a month in 1985 before being closed by the Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety––an act the Herald called “highly unusual.”
Employees who tested the ride reported that if you entered it going feet first, you’d come out of it head first, and vice versa. One person got stuck in the loop, necessitating the construction of a hatch that could be opened to extract people from that part of the ride. According to one employee who spoke with the Herald, “There were too many bloody noses and back problems” that resulted from riding the Cannonball Loop. It has long since been dismantled.

If you were injured, know that you were in good company. In 1986, the Herald reported the previous year’s reported accident toll at Action Park: more than 110, including 45 head injuries and 10 fractures. And it is important to stress “reported,” because the park got into a lot of trouble with the state for not reporting accidents.

[Steelmagic]

Ah, good old Action Park. New jersey's Most idiotic finest amusement park.

Seriously though how did that place stay open so long?

[Orange Wizard]

Seriously though how did that place stay open so long?

This is what I want to know. In New Zealand, a place like that would probably be shut down after 30 seconds and have to pay hundreds of thousands in compensation. Is the United States' legal system just broken or something?

[MaximumZero]

Er, yes. Yes, it is.

[NobodyPro]

I was so hyped for Kick-Ass 2 but I don't think Wadlow knew what made the first one good. I also think the 'fridging' of one of the movie's female characters was blown way out of proportion. If you were talking about the comic, you'd have a pretty solid point...

[Dutchling]

So this is an actual book:

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[mastahcheese]

So this is an actual book:

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Wat.