Rollercoasters and Existentialism

What do you feel when you fly down a roller coaster? The fast falling experiences a create a sense of existentialism that makes most people crave more. Whether a person consciously knows they could be walking onto metal deathtrap or not, one time or another they will experience a time of total bliss. Where social constructs crumble away, judgement is nonexistent, and everyone is the same. I'd be as bold as to say people actively go in search for it more often than one might think. When you're riding up the anticipation of the great fall eats away at all of the active riders. Making the buildup almost better than the fall. The thrill creates escape and fun for most people.

To escape from social constructs, society, the school system, personal life issues, etc, or whatever you were doing before you were falling, and have that all go away. That's the great appeal to them, they provide the ability to experience total ecstasy. Existentialism gives the idea to us to reject the social norms and embrace the absurdity of a life that is as random and inexplicable as we fear it to be.

To some people, a roller coaster is a fear: the fear of death, fear of falling or fear of heights. But being able to face those fears or go onto this not knowing what the outcome will be is what creates the excitement, like the idea of people finding themselves through experience. In today's society, everyone is trying to fit in and it is important that people go do things out of the ordinary if that means they get to make an opinion themselves. Existentialism is the belief is that people are searching to find out who and what they are throughout life as they make choices based on their experiences, beliefs, and outlook which I think can even be used in social situations or even trying something one can find scary like a roller coaster. A common theme is people judge things based on media or gossip rather than coming up with their own opinions, so they don’t really know them and I think our world/society would be better if fewer people judged based on opinions they didn’t make themselves then less “blackballing". Maybe people would try things and actually end up liking them before judging based on a rumour. Which is why facing fears to buckle safety belts and ride the ride we are able to escape and think of nothing else but the ride which is what creates a thrill.