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xkcd #2935: Ocean Loop (imgs.xkcd.com)
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I can't believe they wouldn't even let me hold a vote among the passengers about whether to try the loop.

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 54 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Next try to calculate what it would actually mean to make that much water follow a path like that. My guess is, it’s going to get very spicy.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 56 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The xkcd explained brushes near it.

Many of the passengers would suffer extreme injuries from the changes of velocity (up to 230 mph based on a loop radius of 3 x ship length) and rotation (unlike rollercoasters, or even airplanes during simple take-off and landing, passengers aren't normally strapped down).

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Can't you just tell them to hold on to something?