[SmooL]

This is slightly misleading - what matters isn't the peak G force experienced, but moreso the integral of force over time. In a roller coaster you might experience 5Gs, but only for a moment. Astronauts experience 3G, but for up to 5 minutes continuously

[nrb]

On the Gravitron, a centrifuge carnival ride in the shape of a flying saucer, riders experience 3Gs for minutes. Best carnival ride as a kid, we rode it continuously for ages.

[adriand]

Oh god, I will never forget that ride. I was at a carnival when I was around 13 or 14 and rode that ride, and midway through it had a malfunction. They stopped it to address the issue, and then decided to give us an extra long ride to compensate for the problem. When it was finally over and I was about ready to stagger off of it, the operator got on the mic and said, “who wants more?!?” Seemingly everyone but me screamed for more. At that point I was too sick to make any sounds at all.

That night, hours later, as I lay on the floor of my friend’s bedroom (it was a sleepover), trying to fall asleep, I still remember feeling like the room was spinning. I never went back on that ride.

[noduerme]

Funny, something really similar happened to me! 14 years old, at a friend's birthday party at Magic Mountain. The Superman ride was new. That's where you get into a bullet shaped gondola and get shot up a vertical tower, with a giant statue of Superman at its apex, go briefly weightless and then freefall backwards until you curve flat and brake to a stop. Never big on roller coasters, I got peer pressured into this one.

I didn't like it all that much. But what scared the hell out of me was when, on descent, the brakes malfunctioned. This caused the gondola to go screaming backwards past the platform where the next riders were lined up, fly through some butcher curtains and go crashing into a padded wall in a hidden cinder block cell at the end of the track.

We all sat there for a minute pretty stunned, and then some goofy employee came running out and jumped up on the front of the car. "Whoops! That wasn't supposed to happen!" He said. "But I have some great news for you! Who wants to go again??"

And of course, all the kids cheered.

[meling]

I thought they shut it down for a while after an incident like you describe.

[idontwantthis]

I remember it had a little window in the door and if I accidentally looked at it, I would realize I was spinning and Instant Nausea.

[orwin]

My brother and me tried this ~4 years ago (we are adults, but still, carnival is fun). I handled it well, but my brother was traumatized. I think you ought to check each future passenger if the sensation of being compressed and having troubles breathing won't trigger a phobia.

[twodave]

Oh man. I hit my head while riding one of those as a teenager. Ruined my whole night at the fair. Never again.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

Reminds me of this classic scene (retching sound suppressed for the faint of heart): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdWWqV0jUVc

[raverbashing]

> we rode it continuously for ages.

Until it stops

People who apparently don't have motion sickness are funny, I know proactively not to go on things like that

[dsfyu404ed]

The area under the curve doesn't matter if the peak isn't big enough.

A physically fit person can probably live normally at 2g all day with no problems other than feeling tired af until you get used to it and all farts being dangerous.

At 9Gs seconds matter no matter how fit you are.

[sho_hn]

Hang on. Explain the farts bit!

[JKCalhoun]

Guessing they meant "sharts".

[lostlogin]

Spent way too long trying to work out what a dangerous shart might do.

[Teever]

I know it's not exactly the same as living in a 2g environment, but many people seem to live surprisingly long lives with a body weight that is several times what it should be.

[baq]

Blood in veins still only experiences 1g in this case. At 9 it really wants to be… elsewhere.

[stametseater]

If you prop yourself upside-down against a wall before farting, you should be safe.

[mgiampapa]

On a large enough time scale the survival rate for everyone is zero.

[taneq]

Might as well join the military and get your citizenship.

[lttlrck]

and you experience a huge number of Gs if you fall and bang your head; Concussion occurs at 90-100G!