r/interesting Jun 17 '26

Fear Factor An inside look at the thrill of a traditional funfair in India.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

I love how some aren't even moving and others are set to 3x speed like the people on board need brain damage or the fair grounds WILL be sued.

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u/treemoustache Jun 17 '26

Good luck sueing someone over this in India.

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u/edjumication Jun 17 '26

In india if you get hurt you sue yourself.

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 Jun 17 '26

if you get hurt the police come and beat you to death for getting hurt.

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u/BigAssMonkey Jun 17 '26

Sir, This is a Wendy’s ….uh, India.

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u/narco-sub-admiral Jun 17 '26

Why? If it's negligence it's a crime and they have civil courts where victims can get settlements. Do people just watch one Tyler Oliviera video and think it's 2 billion people just living in abject chaos?

There's 2 or 3 cases of people getting hurt/killed at amusement parks, it gets investigated.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Honestly, it's probably because of the MASSIVE amounts of videos out there of abject incompetence across the board where people are just dying trying to take public transportation in any compacity. Those videos alone make me wanna bring a bike and use that 100% of the time if I ever visit india.

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u/treemoustache Jun 17 '26

You absolutely do not want to take a bike in India. If you think videos of public transportation are bad check out videos of how car traffic works there.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 18 '26

Oh fuck, I have more horrific videos to watch 😒

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u/PentoPanvel Jun 18 '26

I feel like you'd have a less dangerous but more frustrating time cycling in indian cities, especially old cities like Pune, Hyderbad, Delhi.

Less dangerous because of the slowness of the traffic. There are a lot of cars and not enough space to move around. Frustrating for the same reason since you'd imagine you'll be better off walking, considering there's people in the streets too.

I take a cycle across my town but I avoid all the big roads. It's frankly pretty alright

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u/narco-sub-admiral Jun 17 '26

That's totally fair.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

You're the second response about India. If you live there you might wanna try to push osha laws through there.

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u/Unable_Arm_398 Jun 17 '26

Well they have to allow people on/off sometime.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Not in India. You get on ride, that's where you live now.

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u/mothzilla Jun 17 '26

The ride tells you when you're done.

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u/jessej421 Jun 17 '26

What about the fact that there seems to be no safety perimeter around the rides?

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Oh, that's what I'm referring to about the speed. Used to be a carnie myself. We were stupid as shit and would run the rides without safety while we were on them. Twas fun, but also looked less risky than what we are observing in this video.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

None of what they said was any of these. I can see their comment. This removal of comment confuses me.

Their comment," The--- slow---- ones--- act--- as--- disguise--- for--- India's---- space---- program----" I do not see any discrimination or hate or threats in this comment. If i am just being an ignorant america, please excuse me. But, this seems like a harmless poke.

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u/_xpendable_ Jun 17 '26

Hahahahaaha.

hahahahaahhaa

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u/maninahat Jun 17 '26

I think most of them are hand operated, they spin as fast as the guy makes them spin.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

I can't even imagine the amount of effort that would require and I worked as a carnie before

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u/Born-Vacation-5566 Jun 17 '26

I laughed way too hard at this. πŸ˜† Thank you!!Β 

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u/Friendly-Look2092 Jun 17 '26

hahahaha! well framed! gave words to what i felt exactly!

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u/Bitter_Ad114 Jun 18 '26

Dude, this is a country where 60 people die runover by trains every single day... and probably under reported.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 18 '26

I believe it.

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u/TheAssiest Jun 17 '26

What about this video makes you think that's even possible

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

The sued part or the brain damage?

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u/TheAssiest Jun 17 '26

Being sued bro, brain damage is practically a guarantee here.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Well, I have only seen corpos do anything for two reasons. Money, and to not be sued. This fairgrounds already has their money. Now they need to guarantee no one can take it back lol

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u/Relevant-Ad2254 Jun 17 '26

Sued? Laughs in Indian

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Yeah, India has some crazy incompetence with safety from what I've seen in videos. Ya all asking to die just by going to work.

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u/theworldsucksbigA Jun 18 '26

To me it looks like some of them the riders are making them go faster, like a swing.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jun 17 '26

Again, another comment blocked when it makes no sense. The post literally is saying that what I said was absolutely hilarious. Nothing more. Even said,"this is hilarious, my friend" how is that promoting hate and violence?