RollerCoasters
A place to talk about roller coasters and parks that have them. Everyone is welcome here to both learn and to celebrate these magnificent machines designed to scare you.
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I know there are certainly people that genuinely found it painful but I think the reality is a vast majority of people would have never noticed it had they not been told prior to their first ride on the coaster. It's become such a meme that it's been an expected thing for anyone. Unfortunately there isn't any way that this can be proven one way or the other but, at least for those around me, the ones who knew nothing about the coaster going into it (typically more general public leaning friends and family) really enjoyed the ride and didn't experience any pain.
Interesting. Hopefully it won't be bad for me.