Animaniac93-98
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What exactly would that have accomplished?
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Women dies after riding Space Mountain..very misleading headine
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What exactly would that have accomplished?
The Empress Lilly
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There are so many warning signs everywhere at WDW that you couldn't ride anything unless you're Spiderman (and the lawyers prevent him from riding too). Apart from that, they are not a blanket get-out-of-gaol card for Disney to begin with.
Intriguing about this case is that the woman died of septic shock. (She died after SM, and of infection. One denotes a time, another a cause). A bacterial infection. One does not get bacterial infection from riding roller coasters, in itself. Is the hospital ultimately responsible and are they trying to pass the buck to Disney? Or to the patient? Whose doctor is it who ends up in the WDW report, stating her past medical record, and according to whose interpretation? And why does it sound like a verbatim reading of pre-existing conditions as listed on the posted warning signs?
Intriguing about this case is that the woman died of septic shock. (She died after SM, and of infection. One denotes a time, another a cause). A bacterial infection. One does not get bacterial infection from riding roller coasters, in itself. Is the hospital ultimately responsible and are they trying to pass the buck to Disney? Or to the patient? Whose doctor is it who ends up in the WDW report, stating her past medical record, and according to whose interpretation? And why does it sound like a verbatim reading of pre-existing conditions as listed on the posted warning signs?
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Soon you'll have to undergo a battery of physical tests before riding anything. Currently, the upper echelons of management are trying to decide if a proctologist is necessary.
MaryJaneP
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We are not sure anyone here is unsympathetic to the family over their loss. We do not think there is any need to trivialize what is undoubtedly a horrible situation her loved ones find themselves in. Nonetheless, this newspaper's headline is a shining example of how poorly "editors" do in making sure their writers content supports the headlines. Chalk it up to laziness, stupidity, or greed. All are unforgivable.
We are reminded of the quote that "none of us get out of this alive." Thus, everyone who has ridden an attraction at WDW will, eventually, pass away. As another author has said, it is what we do during the dash, between the years of our birth and our passing, that mean anything, to us ourselves, or our loved ones. Hopefully this woman, and her loved ones, have more pleasant memories of their previous visits.
We are reminded of the quote that "none of us get out of this alive." Thus, everyone who has ridden an attraction at WDW will, eventually, pass away. As another author has said, it is what we do during the dash, between the years of our birth and our passing, that mean anything, to us ourselves, or our loved ones. Hopefully this woman, and her loved ones, have more pleasant memories of their previous visits.
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The Empress Lilly
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They once took me backstage and made me sign a statement from their proctologist before re-allowing me on Buzz, Mission: Space, or any other rides with protruding objects within riders' reach.
PhotoDave219
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I see nothing misleading here.
A woman with pre-existing condition Rode Space Mountain and died immediately afterwards
A woman with pre-existing condition Rode Space Mountain and died immediately afterwards
TeriofTerror
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Well, that's all well and good for you, but what about the rest of us? After all, there can be only one.
NearTheEars
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They definitely used it because it was click bait. Even the subhead left out the presenting condition.
So as a reader my experience was:
Woman dies after riding Space Mountain
Me: WHHHHAAAAAATTTT???? OMG
But it happened weeks ago over the summer
Me: Oh ... OK
And by the way it was because she had several prexisting conditions, not a fatal ride failure.
Me: Oooohhhhh ... (Clicks the X)
PhotoDave219
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Well, I won't argue this its clickbait. But it's the headline I'd write in a newspaper.
Quick thought on clickbait - if people weren't so gullible that they click on it, society would be a better place
NearTheEars
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To be true clickbait it should have said:
An at risk woman just road Space Mountain and you'll never believe what happened next!
Now those stories I refuse to click on because shocker, what happened is believable or obvious 99% of the time.
PhotoDave219
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Only two social media jobs I would want and those are based on whom I'd be working for. None of them involve click-bait.
Click-bait is destroying journalism.
PhotoDave219
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Try not to lose your head over it....
Victor Kelly
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Sorry she died, she had been warned like the rest of us.
ProfSavage
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So tired of clickbait headlines and mediocre journalism
ABQ
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Amen Dave.
The worst is that far too common new headline style, something you'd see on Facebook like this:
"He goes to Disneyworld, rides Thunder Mountain and then what happened next was amazing!" I hate that form of writing.
The worst offenders in click bait stories (IMO), are the headlines that end in a question mark (?).
China stock market crash to cause world wide financial crisis?
Cure for Alzheimers found in elephant dung?
Disney executives showing love to Epcot? (sorry I couldnt resist)
Betteridges law of headlines: "A headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word, no"
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GhostHost1000
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I was feeling pain after having to sit through Stitch's Great Escape and then passing by one of those dance parties...
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
There's a difference between being overweight and having congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I'm probably 80 pounds overweight but my heart works.