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Not being jaded
Sep. 2nd, 2011 12:19 amA thread on CoasterBuzz about what sounds like coaster-enthusiast burnout.
You know, for the past couple of summers I've posted a lot here about roller coasters (ever since, I think,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
derspatchel's visit to my former local park Busch Gardens Williamsburg got me thinking about them again), but I don't think I'm ever going to get to this point. Because I'm never actually going to ride that many, or keep obsessing over it if it's no longer fun.
Part of this is specifics of my history: I only got over my fear of them in adolescence, and never really started getting a nerdly sort of interest in them until I had a family, and when I go to parks with them I'd rather spend more time with my family than spend it all on solo coaster rides.
But part of it is, I think, the thing I do more generally. ( On being a dilettante geek... )
I don't know, I guess there's something to be said for developing discernment in one's tastes. But I think for now I'm enjoying not having much, while absorbing all this geekly information in the abstract about giant machines, most of which I'll probably never get around to riding.
You know, for the past couple of summers I've posted a lot here about roller coasters (ever since, I think,
derspatchel's visit to my former local park Busch Gardens Williamsburg got me thinking about them again), but I don't think I'm ever going to get to this point. Because I'm never actually going to ride that many, or keep obsessing over it if it's no longer fun.Part of this is specifics of my history: I only got over my fear of them in adolescence, and never really started getting a nerdly sort of interest in them until I had a family, and when I go to parks with them I'd rather spend more time with my family than spend it all on solo coaster rides.
But part of it is, I think, the thing I do more generally. ( On being a dilettante geek... )
I don't know, I guess there's something to be said for developing discernment in one's tastes. But I think for now I'm enjoying not having much, while absorbing all this geekly information in the abstract about giant machines, most of which I'll probably never get around to riding.