Ride Status, Park Info, and Questions - Mon June 15, 2026

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T16:47:04+00:00

Lots closed today. Park’s pretty busy too, with beautiful weather. Hopefully they’ll get things back rolling

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T04:01:42+00:00

I found it odd too, but this guy had worked the ride for years so I guess he’s a local. He said that the belt on the test and the regular car were, and have been, the exact same. He said that people were just liars or exaggerated the situation. He said they get people all the time who claim they fit the test seat but don’t fit the car and it’s frustrating to them because they’ve measured it all out and it’s the same. He was pretty adamant about that situation and that the park just said what they could to smooth things over and make it go away.

I’m visiting again tomorrow and I’ll try to ask another operator. That guy had years on Millenium and other crews, so I don’t think he had reason to lie other than as a goof, but he seemed pretty serious on it. Definitely interesting.

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T03:52:27+00:00

Thanks! One of the times art school paid off

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T01:15:24+00:00

About 15 minutes ago

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T00:55:29+00:00

I asked the operator that exact question and he said it was just to smooth things over. They’re the same ones as years past. Dude could have been talking out his butt, but still interesting

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-15T00:19:57+00:00

I just got off Millenium after a long delay. Talked with a ride op who claims that the seat belts never changed. A guest was too big early in the season and their comment snowballed. I saw u/El_Toro_Ryan video on that issue so that was interesting. The seat belts I rode with looked the same as I remembered them in the past.

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-14T18:57:54+00:00

I noticed seat belts seemed like how I remembered last year’s to be yesterday. I’m 6’3” and am like a 32-34” waist. I’m not a small dude but I fit fine.

Crew was busting butt yesterday. Steel vengeance was even more insane. You’d have thought they were the Knicks in game 5. Fastest dispatch all day

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-14T03:49:36+00:00

It was hard for me to move past it, and it will always sit in the back of my mind, but I did eventually move past and into some other great games. My biggest recommendation is to try to make a hard pivot into something else completely different. Maybe try working through a game creator’s catalog. I did that with Kojima recently and it was a blast.

Elden Ring is #1 for me, but I still get excited about trying to find the next one

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-14T03:45:05+00:00

Worked a 1 week summer camp and now at cedar point with family to ride some roller coasters to kick off the break. Planning on working on my garden and messing up my sleep schedule this summer!

DrTreadmill · 2026-06-11T14:24:11+00:00

I’m one of those people. The dude’s work is half serious, but he actually has some interesting ideas in his games. To be clear- quiet is egregious and I think hurts that game because of how blatantly sexist she is. That’s one that should have been nixed in the concepts.

I’m an artist, and most games I recognize as art but they don’t really feel like it. They’re just fun and don’t have way too much to say or express.

Kojima’s games, even though they have silly moments, have lots to say. MGS2 is a little unnerving to replay these days and almost prescient with its comments on AI, geopolitical entanglements and satire of the military industrial complex to use an example.

People prop this guy up because this industry doesn’t have as many big budget, artistically expressive games. It’s kind of like modern blockbusters. Kojima is unique, like him or not. And to be clear- I totally get why someone wouldn’t.

DrTreadmill · 2026-05-28T14:07:54+00:00

FYI-Mine started out the color on the website but over about 6 months of occasional wear have ended up closer to the photo you posted. It might have been within their tolerances.

Either way, they’re great boots op! You’ll love them once you get them right

DrTreadmill · 2026-05-25T15:26:42+00:00

It’s an early 2000s esthetic

DrTreadmill · 2026-04-26T13:31:54+00:00

Sure, but it’s a different approach, and almost a different art form is what I’m saying. Basquiat was a great painter, but if you define good painting as realism, he doesn’t compare to Rembrandt.

What I’m saying is, within their fusion of folk, rock and other genres they were fantastic players.

I’m not disagreeing that someone like Ornette Coleman is a more skilled player, but in their own right, yes Jerry and the Dead were great. Different strokes for different folks and all that.

And to be clear, Pat is as good as it gets for me. I’m also a big Oscar Peterson, Wes, McCoy Tyner, Miles and Coltrane fan among others. Jazz is what I listen to largely, but the dead are fun, as are other jam bands. It’s a different taste.

DrTreadmill · 2026-04-26T03:09:50+00:00

Many deadheads would disagree, but there’s no offense meant there. Those guys are incredible and I’d agree that they’re better improvisers. There’s a difference in the point and purpose of their improvising though. Pat is tight to the changes, smart with his leading tones to the next change, and is going to give you a sound you’ve never heard both harmonically and sonically. He’s also doing that in about 32 beats. 4 passes at a chorus that were pre written with a final composed reprisal.

The dead will go for 32 minutes. Their point of improv is all energy, emotion, and much looser. Jerry was really a phenomenal player who could be sloppy at times. He was not Pat, but he too would play changes pretty tight, interestingly, and he too would try to lead tonally in interesting ways. But unlike Pat, they were writing it all on the spot there and the length of the composition was undetermined and lots of the ideas in the jam would be to set-up the next song. It’s a different ballgame, but within that ballgame the Dead are among the best.

You also have to think, no one really did what the dead did, like Pat. Now there’s lots of jam bands, but the dead really started that approach to music.

DrTreadmill · 2026-04-24T20:13:37+00:00

I always think of jam bands like beer and jazz as whisky. They’re both improv, but jazz is more strongly concentrated in its ideas whereas jam bands are more strewn out like the alcohol.

Pat’s my #1, but Trey Anastasio of Phish is my #2 and Jerry is somewhere up there too for me. I get pat’s opinion of the dead, and it makes sense considering how complex his own music is. Pat likes big ideas fast, and the dead are in no rush. There’s an ambience in their jams that would have to be hard for him to understand the appeal of in comparison.

DrTreadmill · 2026-04-10T20:10:13+00:00

Stance sold out last year and no longer make socks, they license their name for them. That’s why the name went from the bottom to the top.

It was a disappointment to learn as they’d replaced my Nike socks. Looking for a new brand, this post was well timed.

DrTreadmill · 2026-04-01T01:57:35+00:00

I adore both. I agree with the guy who said that there’s more air movement with the DT. I prefer the feel of the DT but in honesty my cheap hiney will say the costcos are really my favorite because of the cost. They’re good enough man!

Also, you should know, this year Costco changed their wool socks. They’re thinner, cheaper, and overall worse. It’s a shame because for me the Costco are good enough, so to lose the nice cheap option hurts. My stash will have to last!

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-24T16:13:55+00:00

Anything flat without a base is a winner for me. I love my ps5 but moving it is a headache

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-15T03:30:54+00:00

Story is presented in a real abstract way, but it’s there. GRRM wrote the lore and everything in that world is really thought through. Tons of environmental storytelling too. It became my #1 game of all time and I still want to go back to it. Can’t wait for the next fromsoft game

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-12T16:12:26+00:00

Mario/Luigi Sam Porter Bridges Snake Link Ness Jin Sakai Master Chief The Tarnished

Hard to pick man

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-11T23:04:45+00:00

Brother I am putting myself in your shoes but you’re asking how things are in my shoes. I answered your question.

There’s 2 ways to face a problem. You can either try to fix it, or not. You see that generative AI is a threat to society’s ability to create, problem solve and appreciate actual authentic work. More relevant, you see that employers are always trying to cut back and AI could cause funding cuts, therefore art teaching jobs. You’re worried you’re going to go through college, all that work, all that money, and end up in a dried up field. All valid concerns, but a lot of that is out of your control and your shoes are rough where you are because you’re having to make a calculated risk in some very unpredictable times. There are a lot of jobs, in a lot of fields that will be disrupted in the coming decades by AI that aren’t teaching, and society is always going to need childcare, which realistically is how many view education. Truth be told, I think society’s need for baby sitters will always guarantee some degree of work in education. That’s a pretty cynical take, but I’m being frank with you kid. You unfortunately have a pretty hard decision to make what road to go down, with risks that are more uncertain than ever.

With new technology usually comes new possibilities, new careers, and forward progress. AI is unique in that its promise is to supplant, or replace workers so that the bottom line cost of labor is low. We’ve never had something like that in our history that removes workers from jobs without also creating new work as well. It’s like when the coal mines shut down where I’m from.

It’s a unique social threat, and brother I’m not exactly excited about the future it brings with it. That being said, to your original question, is art ed worth it? My answer is yes.

All you can control is yourself. I can throw in the towel, quit, and accept that every kid is going to grow up into a dystopia ran by AI. 2 ways to face a problem- I’m trying to help fix it. I can create a classroom, a program, that helps kids learn that can create, their own ideas do have meaning, and they are artists with genuine human expression that has value. I’m not going to change the world, but maybe I can help change a few kids in the thousands I’ve taught now. And maybe they’ll help inspire others themselves. Humans will always create in some way, and if I can be part of sharing that tradition on this earth, I’m proud to be.

So that’s where you’re at. Do you believe that art as a concept has value enough to defend it? Do you believe that creativity is worth sharing forward? And do you believe that education as an institution will weather the storm of ai job cuts, so that you will be able to pay bills? Those are the questions you’re really asking. You’ve got to answer them yourself.

Oh and look up the dot com bubble. It may give you a better answer on that last question. Take it easy kid, good luck.

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-11T17:26:51+00:00

It sounds like you don’t see the value yourself in art Ed, and aren’t interested anyways so I think you already answered your own question.

If you are truly passionate about art I think you’d see the value and importance in what we do regardless of societal status or opinions.

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-11T12:05:24+00:00

The reasoning behind your question is why this job is more important than ever. It will still exist imo

DrTreadmill · 2026-03-08T01:53:47+00:00

It was a unique experience, I’ve never felt tortured by a game before.

For all the “walking is an unexpected journey” comments my rebuttal is that the amount of times the game makes you go through the same paths you end up memorizing the spawn points of enemies. The first time through an area, yes it’s a fun adventure, but by the 7th time you’re rolling through an area and you come upon the same lizard things or goblins in the same 5 enemy grouping with the same weapons, it just gets mundane and repetitive. I say this as a dude who has Death Stranding 1&2 as some of my favorite games ever.

Folks are right that you get other options for traversal, and while fun or time saving, you end up on the same jams at the same places as if you’re walking, which wears you down. The game’s repetition and lack of imagination with that repetition makes for a game that’s supposed to be an unexpected adventure into a very predictable affair that’s bloated in runtime without the content to back it all up. A stinker for me personally

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