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If you would like to traumatize yourself more, here’s a video about another dangerous water slide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIcekOTOqg

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23 points

Jesus, that is horrible.

State legislators from the area passed a law allowing Schlitterbahn to self-inspect its attractions without state oversight as it did in Texas, unlike all other amusement parks in Kansas, which were subject to state inspection.

Verrückt permanently closed in 2016 following a fatal incident involving the decapitation of Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Kansas state legislator Scott Schwab.

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1 point

A direct example of the kind of harm Republican policies can cause.

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That fucker stayed in office. He became speaker in 2017.

® Btw. For those that couldn’t guess.

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2 points

It is Texas after all.

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3 points

Traction Park was another good nickname for this place.

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in case the Wikipedia article is too hard to read:

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42 points

I had to look this up and here is the wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park#Cannonball_Loop. That waterslide is bonkers.

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18 points

Jesus christ!

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16 points

I think they should’ve built it open instead

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4 points

They did have to install a hatch because people got stuck.

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11 points

holy shit 9Gs is brutal

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9 points

Shoutout to Garrison

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20 points

“Is there a more american place than las Vegas?”

There was. Once.

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