Ferris Wheels terrify me too. I was the same way my first time on one, I didn’t expect to be scared at all, but damn.
Peakatlife on
Great safety!!!
Pororonpompero on
Not an easy thing to accept in front of your child, tho. Massive respect for that.
the-awesomer on
Poor dude has white knuckle grip on little dudes arm
Tychus_Balrog on
To be fair, that thing doesn’t exactly look new.
RawToast1989 on
I know that tense feeling. It’s not me I feel it over, it’s others near the edge like his son that worries me. Lol
G_Art33 on
Every girl I dated when I was younger wanted to go to the carnival / amusement park and kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel. It was “romantic”
What they didn’t plan on was me absolutely white knuckling the safety bar, giving them a quick peck on the lips, and getting the hell off that thing before it could kill me.
APartyInMyPants on
50,000 people used to live here.
bradland on
Fear of heights is really something. My dad will do shit like walk in to a dark forest at night. I’ve seen him confront strange men for harassing womein in the middle of the street. I’ve seen him stake his entire reputation on doing the right thing when people were actively plotting to run him out of an organization. All the things that make someone brave. But you put him on anything taller than a 6′ step ladder and he’s more frightened than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
kri1st on
Father says: “yob tvoyu mat,” which literally means “f**k your mother”
Not a nice thing to say to your little boy.
Tremor0135 on
What the hell. Is that ferris wheel in Chernobyl?
FreneticPlatypus on
I got on a ride at a traveling carnival when I was younger and as the guy slammed the gate closed a big bolt fell on the floor from somewhere. He said not to worry about it, it’s probably not important. I was still worried. Then it happened a couple more times on different rides and I figured it out.
SafetyMan35 on
I identify with this guy. We visited Gatlinburg TN and walked across the SkyBridge…correction, my family walked across the skybridge. I got maybe 20’ across a 700’ bridge until I moped out and turned around. I don’t like heights.
davidlpower on
Thats great that the kid named the emotion and asked about it. He must have good parents.
nl_Kapparrian on
50,000 people used to live here….
Khaztr on
me at Scheels with my kids
EDIT: apparently there’s no apostrophe in “Scheels”
tnp636 on
So we were in the mountains in Yunnan, China. I can’t remember near what city, but it’s a fairly touristy area and there’s a chair lift to go up to the top and back down. On its way up the mountain it doesn’t look like it’s too far off the ground, but its situated so you can’t really tell what it looks like from behind when you walk up to it.
We get in line and as we’re getting closer my stomach just starts to sink. There’s no… nothing. It’s just a bench on a pole, going up the mountain. No bar, no strap, no belts, nada. But at this point, we’re committed. My wife got on the first one with our 9-year-old, and I had to take our wiggling 3-year-old on the next.
My wife took some pictures from ahead and you can just see me holding onto this little dude next to me for dear fucking life.
We took the stairs back down.
Gerrut_batsbak on
I absolutely hate these things.
Im terrified of falling when im on a ferris wheel.
Justthe8ofus on
This is 100% me. Single dad, and I’ll go on these things for my 9 year old son, but I’m panicking and hyperventilating inside the whole damn time.
My freaking hands got sweaty typing this.
Overpaid_pharmacist on
This fear may be tied to his kid being “in danger”. I was never afraid of heights and had no issues on balconies and such. But now with kids, man when they get within reaching distance of a balcony rail up high I panic. I know they probably won’t fall, but would never forgive myself if they did, so I keep them away from that stuff.
The way he is holding his kid, and not the bar which is actually solid , makes me think his fear is for the kid being clumsy and making a mistake
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Ferris Wheels terrify me too. I was the same way my first time on one, I didn’t expect to be scared at all, but damn.
Great safety!!!
Not an easy thing to accept in front of your child, tho. Massive respect for that.
Poor dude has white knuckle grip on little dudes arm
To be fair, that thing doesn’t exactly look new.
I know that tense feeling. It’s not me I feel it over, it’s others near the edge like his son that worries me. Lol
Every girl I dated when I was younger wanted to go to the carnival / amusement park and kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel. It was “romantic”
What they didn’t plan on was me absolutely white knuckling the safety bar, giving them a quick peck on the lips, and getting the hell off that thing before it could kill me.
50,000 people used to live here.
Fear of heights is really something. My dad will do shit like walk in to a dark forest at night. I’ve seen him confront strange men for harassing womein in the middle of the street. I’ve seen him stake his entire reputation on doing the right thing when people were actively plotting to run him out of an organization. All the things that make someone brave. But you put him on anything taller than a 6′ step ladder and he’s more frightened than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
Father says: “yob tvoyu mat,” which literally means “f**k your mother”
Not a nice thing to say to your little boy.
What the hell. Is that ferris wheel in Chernobyl?
I got on a ride at a traveling carnival when I was younger and as the guy slammed the gate closed a big bolt fell on the floor from somewhere. He said not to worry about it, it’s probably not important. I was still worried. Then it happened a couple more times on different rides and I figured it out.
I identify with this guy. We visited Gatlinburg TN and walked across the SkyBridge…correction, my family walked across the skybridge. I got maybe 20’ across a 700’ bridge until I moped out and turned around. I don’t like heights.
Thats great that the kid named the emotion and asked about it. He must have good parents.
50,000 people used to live here….
me at Scheels with my kids
EDIT: apparently there’s no apostrophe in “Scheels”
So we were in the mountains in Yunnan, China. I can’t remember near what city, but it’s a fairly touristy area and there’s a chair lift to go up to the top and back down. On its way up the mountain it doesn’t look like it’s too far off the ground, but its situated so you can’t really tell what it looks like from behind when you walk up to it.
We get in line and as we’re getting closer my stomach just starts to sink. There’s no… nothing. It’s just a bench on a pole, going up the mountain. No bar, no strap, no belts, nada. But at this point, we’re committed. My wife got on the first one with our 9-year-old, and I had to take our wiggling 3-year-old on the next.
My wife took some pictures from ahead and you can just see me holding onto this little dude next to me for dear fucking life.
We took the stairs back down.
I absolutely hate these things.
Im terrified of falling when im on a ferris wheel.
This is 100% me. Single dad, and I’ll go on these things for my 9 year old son, but I’m panicking and hyperventilating inside the whole damn time.
My freaking hands got sweaty typing this.
This fear may be tied to his kid being “in danger”. I was never afraid of heights and had no issues on balconies and such. But now with kids, man when they get within reaching distance of a balcony rail up high I panic. I know they probably won’t fall, but would never forgive myself if they did, so I keep them away from that stuff.
The way he is holding his kid, and not the bar which is actually solid , makes me think his fear is for the kid being clumsy and making a mistake