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Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Imagine taking your kid to a waterpark and his head gets cut off jesus

Imagine taking your kid to a waterpark and her eye gets ripped out by some kid's skull shrapnel.

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Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Imagine taking your kid to a waterpark and his head gets cut off jesus

Yeah seriously. This is awful. :sigh:

The crazy poo poo is that they knew this thing was risky:

quote:

Verrückt’s history

Verrückt is the world’s tallest water slide and has faced a lot of controversy.

There were concerns about the safety of Verrückt before it was even finished. In fact, the park delayed the opening the slide at least four times.


At 17 stories high and over 168 feet tall, the ride had issues from testing. Schlitterbahn admitted problems with the conveyor system, gearbox and shafts. The angle of the slide was altered and the company denies it was because rafts were flying off the slide.

Riders have to be at least 54 inches tall and the weight of the four-person raft needs to be between 400 and 550 pounds.

Jeff Henry, the co-owner of Schlitterbahn was quoted in the past talking about Verrückt saying, “It’s dangerous, but it’s safe dangerous now.


They also seem to be deleting all comments about it on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/notes/schlitterbahn-kansas-city/statement-from-schlitterbahn-kansas-city/1165433366849406
(it says there are 57 comments but when you click it, there's only 2, meaning they are deleting them)

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

mind the walrus posted:

"Decapitated by waterslide" is one of the cooler stories you could leave your family to tell so good on that kid very thoughtful

i dont think he.did it on purpose

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

Carlos!

Vastarien
Dec 20, 2012

Where I live is nightmare, thus a certain nonchalance.



Buglord
Waterslide Decapitation would be a bitchin name for a Cannibal Corpse song.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Enfield posted:

i dont think he.did it on purpose

then that kid's a dick

Bluemillion
Aug 18, 2008

I got your dispensers
right here

Applewhite posted:

This is why I never ride waterslides or rollercoasters or leave my basement.

Or ziplines.

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Imagine taking your kid to a waterpark and his head gets cut off jesus

Sounds like it was probably more ripped off by the impact than cut off
:goonsay:

Yorkshire Pudding
Nov 24, 2006



Uncle at Nintendo posted:

It's dangerous, but it's safe dangerous now

Hahaha, what the gently caress does this even mean.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
This thread is harshing my jive

Punk da Bundo
Dec 29, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
these puns arent even slick gently caress you people

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Tequila Sunrise posted:

Hahaha, what the gently caress does this even mean.

"I've been up for 72 straight hours playing damage control and still have to act like I'll have a job come tomorrow."

Kirk Vikernes
Apr 26, 2004

Count Goatnackh

Vastarien posted:

Waterslide Decapitation would be a bitchin name for a Cannibal Corpse song.

Or a grindcore band.

BigBadSteve
Apr 29, 2009

Sad.

Lolie
Jun 4, 2010

AUSGBS Thread Mum
This is the ride for anyone else who's having trouble visualising it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Enfield posted:

yeah thats what decapitate means idiot

Nice meltdown :smug:

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Vastarien posted:

Waterslide Decapitation would be a bitchin name for a Cannibal Corpse song.
alternatively, Blinded By Waterslide Decapitation

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
Schlitterbahn sounds like a German automobile themed strip club.

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Dreddout posted:

Nice meltdown :smug:

:drat:

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Dreddout posted:

Nice meltdown :smug:

idgi

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Lolie posted:

This is the ride for anyone else who's having trouble visualising it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y

worth it

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

You melting down, homer Simpson is at the cobtrolls in your bran

Cephalectomy
Jun 8, 2007
When waterslides attack

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
waterslides are a man's game. He shouldn't have been on it if he couldn't handle his poo poo.

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

Lolie posted:

This is the ride for anyone else who's having trouble visualising it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y
Up Next:

10 Most Tragic Waterslide Accidents

:smith:

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Lolie posted:

This is the ride for anyone else who's having trouble visualising it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y

Ok so the kid flew up at the bend at the bottom and got his head lopped off by the metal guards, then either his decapitated head or some part of his body flew back and blinded the little girl. loving hell

Lolie
Jun 4, 2010

AUSGBS Thread Mum
US media can't make up its mind whether the kid was 10 or 12. Kansas media says 10, national media says 12.

Maldoror
Oct 5, 2003

by R. Guyovich
Nap Ghost

A ILL BREAKFAST posted:

wheres the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXfhO5vkWXg

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

mind the walrus posted:

Ok so the kid flew up at the bend at the bottom and got his head lopped off by the metal guards, then either his decapitated head or some part of his body flew back and blinded the little girl. loving hell

At least the girl found an eye donor in record time

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Lolie posted:

US media can't make up its mind whether the kid was 10 or 12. Kansas media says 10, national media says 12.

it doesnt teally matter anyways because hes a headless corpse

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013
ISIS has infiltrated USA so deeply that it's now radicalizing r waterparks!! :wth:

e: i can do this joek better, p robalby.. but i don't thingk it's worht it. i'm sorry to let every1 down.

Ork of Fiction fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Aug 8, 2016

YeahTubaMike
Mar 24, 2005

*hic* Gotta finish thish . . .
Doctor Rope

Pick posted:

I always think it would be kind of cool to be instantly killed on a ride because then the settlement can be distributed among my friends and they can have happy lives and then I don't have to loving listen to people talk about game of thrones

holy poo poo i can't wait to die now

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

resting bort face posted:

that's awful

and in this heat, too

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Ork of Fiction posted:

ISIS has infiltrated USA so deeply that it's now radicalizing r waterparks!! :wth:

Rahu
Feb 14, 2009


let me just check my figures real quick here
Grimey Drawer
Do we know if any SA mods were aware of the potential danger of this slide? I don't want to throw around accusations like this lightly but I suspect that they may have!

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

Ork of Fiction posted:

e: i can do this joek better, p robalby.. but i don't thingk it's worht it. i'm sorry to let every1 down.

Maybe.. The waterslide was quoted by observers as saying "god is great" immediately prior to the event?

The pointis, there's two things that decapitate ppl, usually, and one is accidents. I think.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

jBrereton posted:

Up Next:

10 Most Tragic Waterslide Accidents

:smith:

Hahahaha most of them happened at Action Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8aF6u96LOY

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Was the decapitation fatal?

Lolie
Jun 4, 2010

AUSGBS Thread Mum

Enfield posted:

it doesnt teally matter anyways because hes a headless corpse

One of the articles I read said that in addition to a height requirement to ride and a weight requirement per raft, the age requirement to ride was 14. It's going to matter when the lawsuits start flowing.

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afeelgoodpoop
Oct 14, 2014

by FactsAreUseless
when i was a kid i almost got knocked unconscious bouncing around in one of those huge closed waterslides. hoping this leads to all outdoor fun and games being banned forever.

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