Rollercoasters – Puke, Screams, Fear… And Fun?
Rollercoasters are scary. And there’s an arms race between theme parks to come up with bigger, faster and wilder rides every year. So why do we love them?
Alex talks about the history, the technology and the fandom of rollercoasters and explores the intersection of fun and fear.
BTWs include puke and syphilis.
In the moment of meta we follow up on last week’s challenge: Get a magazine about something you don’t normally care about and find something cool in it.
Links
- RCDB.com – the RollerCoaster DataBase
- The history of rollercoasters
- Top Thrill Dragster POV video
- Portrait of an artist – the article Katie talked about
- Pastel Journal
- The art of Glen Maxion and the painting Alex loved
- Article on the psychology of fear
- Article on the Toxoplasma Gondii parasite