When I was 12, I was at the zoo with my dad, and we saw a camel. He said, "Do you know the difference between a one-hump and a two-hump camel?"
I said, "No," and he said, "The two-hump camel has been ridden on."
I laughed, thinking he was joking. He got pissed because he was serious. That's when I learned I was smarter than my father. I was happy to learn five years later that he wasn't actually my birth father. It wasn't because he was ignorant, but more because he mistreated me since he knew I wasn't his.
After a while I just thought that the string was a decoy that didn’t do anything and I believed the ride operator was just trolling them and waiting for the perfect moment to launch them…
But then it took so fucking long that I realized there was no operator and the string was really the only way to launch the ride and was just really hard to pull for kids
and the string was really the only way to launch the ride and was just really hard to pull for kids
You had to pull it to the left or the right, straight down does not work. The kid to the left was suppose to pull it but was so scared hoping that they could get out again without being launched. The girl in the middle pulled down but that does not slide the pull out. Finally the other kid realized he could pull the pin to his side if he moved the wire over the chair.
The string is just too long for her, her arms are pulling nearly as far as they can. She couldhave rolled the string around the wooden dowel to shorten it first, then pulled, or they could put a few more dowels up along the string.
Yeah, it looks like that, but I've never heard of nor seen an amusement park ride that requires manual action by the rider to activate it. Very odd design.
I understand how the interactive element adds to the excitement but the way to do it is make it actually controlled by the operator, and have a dummy string that gives the illusion of control to the rider.
That’s exactly how they usually work. At least the ones I’ve been on work that way. They usually have the person who is the most scared, sit by the string or lever and make them think they have to pull it. Really the ride operator controls it the entire time though. I have personally been fooled with this gimmick lol.
Which is what I thought was happening here the entire time and they were just messing with them. However the way it took off at the exact moment he pulled it made me second guess myself a bit lmao. Plus it’s another country so they may actually do it that way there. Or the ride operator is just that good lol.
This is the sky swing in Rotorua, New Zealand. I’ve ridden it before - quite fun! The pull rope releases the cage - it actually does require a bit of a solid pull to release.
The swing itself is literally just a gravity swing, not a bungee slingshot type
Yep, when I did it the amount of force needed to release the latch is much greater than you'd imagine. These kids aren't stupid, it's just poorly engineered
I once went on a county fair ride that was like this except the 3 of us were strapped together and we were hoisted up with a winch. Once up top, one of us had to pull the string and then we slingshotted down on our shared bungee cord, bouncing around everywhere. I was like 19. I would never do this shit now. Also I was the smallest so they put me in the middle. Turned out to be a bad idea because more force from the bungee seemed to hit my body and I was all bruised up after.
She looks like she's in total bliss at some points of the ride while the two boys beside her are passing out lol. Definitely an adrenaline junkie in the making right there.
My heart breaks for the kid on the left. Hearing his voice shaking with pain as he cries "I hate myself" when he's unable to handle this situation. I remember being a kid that age and how much damage lies under words like that. Wrestling with suicidal self-loathing every single day.
Why do I feel like an adult said: "Well, your little sister (cousin/friend) can't go on the ride herself. You're her big (brother/cousin/friend), you should go with her)!" Emphatic objections because he didn't want to go. "Just do it and I'll get you Pokemon, I don't want to go either."
From a 90s girl who's brother had to "protect" her from snakes.
Actually, you can hear a woman from the ground tell the boy on the right if he pulls the chord, she'll buy him Pokémon packs. That's why he suddenly starts yanking on it before realizing the girl isn't just weak, it's actually stuck.
I'm 99% sure she was trying to bribe the kid in blue with Pokemon packs and the kid on the other side FREAKED out and tried to do it himself. That kid is certainly Pokemon motivated.
The big one wasn't ready for any of that and the little girl seems completely unfazed by anything. This is definitely siblings and a cousin if I've ever seen it
Yeah that girl is definitely a badass, I’d have been bawling like the other kid. I would have tried to pull it eventually, but I’d definitely be crying. That girl just had no fear. I’d also probably have been yelling “I can’t pull it”. But she’s so calm about it, I wish I could be that chill even as an adult. Honestly I think most adults would be less chill than this girl lol
There's a control on the ground that can abort and bring them back down slowly and safely without the cord having to work, but then you miss out on the actual ride.
I’ve done this swing on two separate occasions. It is petrifying. When it’s time to pull the string you are literally facing down towards the earth, and it feels like you are miles and miles off the ground.
The first time I was not the string puller, I was also screaming “pull it, just pull it” and a lot of foul language was coming out of my mouth in terror. It took the person releasing the swing a while and every second felt like hours and compounded the fear. Despite the restraints I was clinging on for dear life. Thinking about it, I can still feel the panic I experienced at the time.
The second time, years later, I was the string puller. As an adult I had to yank it a few times to get it to release. I managed to keep it PG that time lol.
Having the control is part of the fun/adrenaline rush. The boys are not wimps, their fear is totally justified. The girl is just incredibly brave.
I have to say those are really good restraints, because usually the people passing out wobble all over, snapping back and forth - I didn’t see the boy too afraid to pull the rope whip around at all
Love this video, such a funny illustration of different psychological responses and personality types. One collapsing in freeze mode and turning blame inwards ('I hate myself' 'I'm a pussy') one calm, not panicking, actually enjoying the situation (adrenaline junkie?), one going into fight mode turning blame outwards ('fuck you' 'I want my pokemon cards!!!').
Thats a great observation! Like, sure the fact that they're all super different is what's so funny. But the inward vs outward focused aggression is quite actually quite a curious point.... Great video for a psych 101 class 😅
The girl reminds me of Thora Birch from Hocus Pocus when she giggles!! It's just so cute! She's genuinely tickled by the fact that the boys are terrified !!
I've seen this video few times and I have no idea what's going on. I mean, what is this string, what is it for and what the girl was doing wrong if anything??
I don’t think the girl was doing anything wrong, she just didn’t have the strength or the reach to pull the cord far enough to release the swing. Looks like one of those rides where you get all strapped into a seat and get pulled up to a height, and the seat(s) are released at some point, and you swing and spin until the handlers catch the swing. Only in this one, the riders pick the time for the release. Personally, I think the girl should get all the Pokemon stuff. The other two, well, let’s just say I don’t think they’ll be in the RAF anytime soon!
I think the girl is unable to pull the string to release the mechanism because it's snagged up on the back of the seat or something, when the lad moves it to the other side it works first time.
The cord is to release the latch on the swing and start the ride. She couldn't pull it because it had wrapped around the top of her seat and was being pulled at the wrong angle. Prompted by someone on the ground, the boy on the right eventually unwrapped it and then it worked.
As a father of both a daughter and a son, truly girls are awesome! My daughter never seize to amaze me. I love being a man but other than that, she is everything that I wish I was at her age.
And the little girl in the video, is absolutely adorable and brave! She made me smile
I like her. She’s just giggling the whole time and enjoying the whole thing while the two boys are having complete meltdowns. Someone else said she should fly jets when she gets older and I agree.
This is a metaphor for the current state of the world.
I'm just genuinely curious how the release mechanism works and what made the difference between all the pulls that failed and the one that worked. That would've had me frustrated trying to figure it out, especially if I was alone.
It looks like the cord was wrapped around the seat back so the force of the pull was being absorbed and redirected away from the release pin. i think if the boy on the left had tried it would've probably worked from his angle, but the one on the right had even less chance than she did until he got it unwrapped so he could directly pull the catch pin out.
Ok I am so confused on this. 1st, why does the girl have to pull the cord?, 2nd, why are they crying because she can’t pull it? 3rd, why don’t the other kids try to pull it? And 4th why is that cord there? It could swing around one of their necks.
This thing works like a swing. They get strapped in to the seat, then pulled up by another rope from behind. After they get to the high point, the passengers themselves have to yank the cord to release their seat, so it can swing freely. They cried because they thought they were stuck
Anyone has to pull it, it's part of the fun, its a scary ride and even scarier when you have to literally launch it yourself. Both the boys are pretty terrified and don't want to pull the chord. The left one is too scared to move at all, the right ones scared but eventually builds up the courage to get it over with. There's no tension on the chord, even if it managed to wrap around one of their necks it would be loose, there's nothing that would tighten it
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u/MindlessStomach 11h ago
They really should have a electronic remote release for situations like this.. But that little girl was a champ and asked to go again.