East Coast amusement parks were simply built different at the turn of the century.

[u/Mek0nr]

[u/Blondie-Gringo]

A world before personal injury attorneys

[u/Mek0nr → u/Blondie-Gringo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1itJnruGIqwg9qGdK9

[u/_RedditIsLikeCrack_ → u/Blondie-Gringo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wYofc4fyCKCsM

[u/imnotgonnakillyou → u/Blondie-Gringo]

New York led the way in the development of personal injury law. Unsurprisingly. 

[u/800-lumens]

I laughed at the human pool table

[u/MostBoringStan → u/800-lumens]

Alternate name is Finger Mangler

[u/I_Miss_Lenny → u/[deleted]]

Today they'd get a "you can't tell me what to do, you commie!" and then when they lose their fingers they're like "you shouldn't have let me do that I'm suing your ass!"

[u/Pumpnethyl → u/MostBoringStan]

Head knocker

[u/Plebecide]

Imagine your hand pinched between those hand rails

[u/HoldEm__FoldEm → u/Plebecide]

Well, don’t put your hand there. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/sara666grind → u/Plebecide]

Oof or long hair in those spinning circles

[u/MuchachoMongo → u/sara666grind]

Or a finger. That's why they are folding their arms like that.

[u/akaMONSTARS → u/Plebecide]

That was my immediate thought. I was waiting to see someone pull their hand away real quick

[u/phillyeagle99 → u/Plebecide]

Those hand rails were by absolutely terrifying.

[u/Over-Tension-4710]

Imagine hearing this shit ass music in 1930s

[u/dedokta]

In Sydney we have Luna Park and inside that we have a Coney island section built 1939. It still has most of those rides going.

https://youtu.be/qEucTv0l6To

[u/Unsatisfactory_bread]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GWS8bXKxphfEI
Looks kind of familiar for some reason…

[u/Faustias → u/Unsatisfactory_bread]

BLACK 17! BET MY LIFE SAVINGS!

[u/ChopperChange]

This is the kind of society anti-regulation people yearn for!

[u/madsci → u/ChopperChange]

You know, one of my favorite things about Burning Man is that you do get rides and climbable or interactive things that aren't 100% safe. It's not like Disneyland where you need to go 50 years without hurting anyone - if your installation can make it through the week without breaking any limbs, that's doing OK. My contribution in that department is this thing, which has made it through a few years so far without hurting anyone, unless you count all the times I've whacked myself in the head while working on it.

Someone lost a finger to a giant spinning boar sculpture several years ago and there have been a few serious fall injuries but I can't think of any fatalities from fixed installations. More often they've been from vehicles.

[u/Mattyj273]

Ugh the music

[u/Dstln]

These are all faster than real time speed

[u/liarandathief → u/Dstln]

About twice the speed.

[u/GCU_ZeroCredibility]

Still safer than the Pride of New Jersey, Action Park.

[u/Aus_Scott]

First ride was last one wins?

[u/floppysausage16 → u/Aus_Scott]

This game is most popular at Octoberfest in Munich.

Not to brag but... I won once.

[u/EntertainmentTrue588 → u/floppysausage16]

RIP your DMs. iykyk

[u/Super_Aside_9315]

I Hope that first girl didn’t break many bones.

[u/adminsreachout]

Fuck yeah. I’d do these any day signing any document

[u/Norimakke]

I've been on one of those bouncy bridge things as part of a fairground "fun house" in the late 60s/early 70s.

[u/ultravires1215]

The fatality rate was only 6%!

[u/unk214]

Hell to the no…. I’m not trusting any of these washing machine devices.

[u/HoldEm__FoldEm → u/unk214]

I would.

[u/remishnok]

I hate that mysic

[u/Moody_GenX]

The turn of what century??? You should look that term up.

[u/Traditional_Isopod80]

Those are some wild rides!

[u/sinicalone]

Absolutely one of my favorite rides at Playland by the sea in San Francisco

[u/Trumble12345]

This is why regulations exist

[u/peachyvegandude]

Ah yes. The Yeeterator

[u/Swimming_Iron_619]

People enjoying the moment. Not a phone in sight.

[u/MrTacocaT12345]

What song is this?

[u/WorkingInAColdMind]

Where did the people on the first ride end up?

[u/Ok_Pause_7407]

Song?

[u/GoblinPunch20xx]

They look scary and like you could easily get hurt or maimed

[u/HangryWolf → u/GoblinPunch20xx]

Typical lib!! /s

This post looks like something a boomer would post, especially with that light hearted song.

[u/JELLY-ROCKET]

Downvoted

[u/Darkman101]

Down.

[u/thechungusamonguss]

So many crotch goblins

[u/I_Miss_Lenny → u/thechungusamonguss]

Children on amusement park rides? Major surprise lol

[u/thechungusamonguss → u/I_Miss_Lenny]

Why the fuck am I being downvoted

[u/StarChaser_Tyger → u/thechungusamonguss]

Because you said something stupid.

[u/RoabeArt → u/thechungusamonguss]

Crotch goblin? Didn't that phrase stop being edgy in like 2008?