The singular problem with Disneyland is that it’s expensive as all hell. Being more concerned with cash these days, I can’t imagine a situation where I’d be dropping $80 or more a day just to get in to the joint. Also, now that I’m living in Brooklyn, I’d consider myself a real jackass if I dipped into my plane and hotel fund to chill out with Mickey, along with tens of thousands of screaming, barfing kids for a couple days. But nonetheless I’ve got the itch to go.Thanks to this Internet thing, I’ve found that’s totally possible in a virtual sense. YouTube is host to a number of different people who solely post point-of-view videos of roller coasters and amusement park rides. The good ones go for the full experience: a little taste of the line, checking out the elaborate scenes and entrances to the rides themselves, buckling up, and shooting off. Some are in night vision.I don’t know why, but It’s almost dirty feeling, like POV porn. The"full experience" thing is like call girls who provide a girlfriend experience; you’re getting someone to provide you with a feeling, an aura, that’s impossible to replicate. But just the bare bones, meat and potatoes — straight paid sex or roller coaster highlight porn — doesn’t quite cut it. What type of person needs a surrogate like that? After watching all of these videos, I’m wondering if I might be one of them.Read the rest at Motherboard.
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