Foxytosin 🏳️🌈I recently learned the name of a phobia that I always knew I had but didn’t have the words for
Submechanaphobia
I was always terrified of wave pools in particular
LeoBurr@Foxytosin Oh, you would have *loved* Action Park…
@LeoBurr the briefest of perusing Wikipedia on that tells me what I need to know lol
Born too late to be traumatized by Action Park 
@Foxytosin Burrs survived it. Though almost drowned once in the grave pool.
@LeoBurr dare I ask what the grave pool is
The wave pool there earned the name “Grave Pool” because people literally drowned in it… multiple times. Waves were waaay too aggressive, pool overcrowded, half the kids in there couldn’t swim, and the freshwater meant less buoyancy than the ocean that most people on the coast were used to.
My aunt just dragged us out there and let us go. The park had a steadily increasing body count until it was shut down. So no, “survived” isn’t hyperbole. :)
Well I’m glad you survived to tell the tale
I think the last wave pool I went to was at Hawaiian Falls in North Texas
@Foxytosin All wave pools should use salt water. #trufax
@LeoBurr this can be part of your political platform when you run for office
A tig in every home and salt water in every wave pool
Burr of the people
@Foxytosin And a yerf in every bed. ;)
And I'd never, ever run for office. :P
DeltaWye
@LeoBurr @Foxytosin
Video primer for Foxy:
The World's Deadliest Theme Park | The Story of Action Park
@Foxytosin @LeoBurr Yes it was, Foxy. Yes it was.
@DeltaWye @Foxytosin There are many fun things of my youth I could tell you about that I survived. Action Park was treated like a giant thrill ride and you were a pussy if you worried about getting hurt or dying. Just, you know, don’t.