If you think about actors and their need for reference material, this could be a valuable clip. How much close-up footage is there of people's faces when they're in genuine terror? Not a lot!

I'm often stunned at just how scared people can be in situations which are, in all real terms, very safe. Roller coasters are sensational fun because you get to experience all sorts of sensations you don't usually get to, and to do so in the knowledge that you have a whole lot of safety equipment making sure that you're safe while doing it.

My question to these people (and I have asked some) is what exactly they're afraid of, and really, they can't say, they know that they're safe, it's completely irrational.

So, yeah, fascinating.

spoco, I ride roller coasters *because* they're scary and it's a fun way to face it. I'm acrophobic (fear of heights) and the fact is I can be standing on a concrete balcony with an iron railing and just looking down will terrify me. If someone were to run up behind me and jokingly grab my ankles I'd probably scream bloody murder -- something completely anathema to my personality. That's why they're called phobias. They're irrational, and it's irrational to ask someone "what are you thinking that makes you so scared?" "Duh, I'm thinking I'm fucking scared."

Oh, and you've gotta give this woman props for doing it. I once foolishly took my mom on the "teacups" because I thought that anyone could handle them. She screamed the whole time, and I distinctly remember hearing a few death threats lobbed in my direction. hehehe

Poor lady. Time to find a new job?

That coaster looks a lot like the Raptor at Cedar Point: great coaster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_%28roller_coaster%29

@coupland
I too am afraid of heights. It's just that feeling of falling I hate. Though I can get that feeling just by looking over a couple story escalator. I'm not afraid of much else.

I usually avoid roller coasters with the large drops, but I still enjoy the kind (pneumatic and magnetic like the Rock n' Rollercoaster in MGM, Florida) that don't need the big falls for acceleration. I love the loops.

Still, I'm the only one of my friends that will ride on the "barf" rides like the now defunct Chaos that used to be at HersheyPark. That thing was great!
http://users.wpi.edu/~avolfson/images/0506ARML/pic02.jpg

Hahahaha...at 1:57 you can actually hear the pee running down her leg.

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I imagine we've all done something for work that we didn't want to; at least we weren't filmed while doing it! That's what I call brave!

This is the exact feeling of approaching an attractive woman. Usually the first question they ask is "What's with the rollbars?"

Please... she had the time of her life...


If she was truly terrified, the second run would have never happened. Nobody put a gun to her head...

That's a Merril Streep performance then. How's her name spelled?

"I don't like it" - best endorsement ever.

Her name is Rachel, apparently?

I like the instant reaction/feedback thing.

Bravo! To go on the ride again, after she was scared the first time, took guts!

*fear
*1sttube

Adding video to channels (1sttube, Fear) - requested by Eklek.

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