(Captions by SplashyTrash280, UnlistedTiger90, and more.) You ever been afraid of that one scary ride?
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For me, that theme park was Six Flags.
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And the specific ride I was afraid to go on
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You got people going on the big roller coasters, the pendulum swings,
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and I'm just sitting there on the one ride I can tolerate.
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I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay.
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I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay.
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You think this is a ride, don't you?
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[Elevator beep] (High anime girl voice) *Welcome to the 6th floor gift shop!*
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Now, I don't know about your school, but at the one I went to, the coolest kids
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were the most fearless.
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The kind of dudes that lived for danger.
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Seatbelts are lame!
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When I weld, I don't wear a mask!
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And the one thing these kids loved to mess with was roller coasters.
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So. I'm gonna tell you a little story about a school trip we took.
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Now I'm sure you've got a good idea where we went, but what you don't know...
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So, I better start explaining.
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Now the most important thing to know is that when I was a kid, I was petrified of these things.
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Like, when my family and I'd watch TV in the living room,
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I'd be the only one wearing a seat belt on the couch.
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And so originally, I didn't even want to go to Six Flags.
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And side note: this all happened before I worked at Sixty Flags, which,
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if you don't know what that is you gotta watch my "First Job" video.
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But basically, I did not wanna go.
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Be labeled one of those lame kids that watches everyone else go on the rides.
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And so I was banking on my parents refusing to sign the permission slip.
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(Father) Son, this costs $20, are you insane?
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(Mother) Oh, you're staying home. We don't need an upset Mr. Tummy.
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Oh, man. Oh. Alright.
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[Father] That's right, you're staying here, where you're safe.
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If you know my dad, you know he does NOT say things like that.
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So I was not suprised when I realized
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he was talking to a $20 bill in his wallet.
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Everything was going according to plan until my buddy Bobby found out.
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Sorry, Bob. My parents won't sign the permission slip, so my hands are tied.
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Ah. You don't need them for nothing.
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Wait, what are you doing? Okay. My mom does not sign her name with a Stussy 'S'.
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And if you wanna be one of the cool kids,
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Now, Bobby knew I was scared, but he's a great conman.
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He tricked me with his enthusiasm!
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I got you covered, bro.
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We're gonna make you... a pro.
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More or less, the plan was to go to the park, a couple days early, and have Bobby take me on the rides, no matter what.
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I handled it pretty well.
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoho.
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It's his first time.
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Please don't make me do that again!
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I was actually terrible at first, like,
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legs shaking, eyes watering, kept working our way up to more dangerous rides,
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and every single time, I'd still freak out.
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No! No! No! No! No!
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But by the end of the day, it actually worked.
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I even got one of those photos they take at the end of the ride.
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[Bobby] We'll take it.
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[Employee] Uh, $75.
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You know what? My treat, 'cause you just conquered the most dangerous ride in the park.
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I remember being really proud of myself that I pulled it off.
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And also knew that there was no way I could do anything worse.
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Actually, the most dangerous ride is now the Vornado.
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As you can imagine, I was not a fan of the Vornado.
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Was like, 30 stories high.,
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spins at like 200 miles an hour,
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centrifugal force pins you to the wall, so the floor can drop out,
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[Employee] Whoa. Don't queaze, bro. No worries here.
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Ride's closed for the rest of the week.
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[Alex] Thank God, because to this day, that is the one ride that I refuse to go on.
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Now, something I still haven't told you,
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and it's actually really interesting if you've seen my "First Kiss" video,
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is that way before any of that happened, before she even knew who I was,
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the first time I said anything to her ever
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was that morning of the trip.
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Gettin' on the bus.
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Hey, is this seat taken?
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Actually, that's Tom's seat.
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I guess he'll have to find a new one, then.
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I don't know if it was conquering all of those rides that made me do it,
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but I just had this newfound confidence.
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And I was ready to show it off.
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Charged to the first ride like a madman,
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absolutely nailed it!
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I got off, said some cool stuff like,
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"I never wear my seat belt."
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I remember getting closer and closer to that final ride,
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I was actually surprised how many of the cool kids started bailing.
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But we're sitting there, on the final ride,
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This isn't working!
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It was one of my happiest memories from school.
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I remember at lunch, all the "cool kids" were sitting with me.
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Dorothy was laughing at how many corn dogs I was stuffing in my face.
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I mean, I survived a broken ride!
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That makes me a hero, right?
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Type it in the comments!
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You're my hero, Alex!
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You know what you could do instead? Click that like button, baby!
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'Cause it's not over!
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I was sitting there enjoying, like, 47 celebratory corn dogs,
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*We're happy to announce that our new ride, the Vornado, is officially reopened.*
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Yeah but what about the uh, the Tilt-A-Whirl
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I already did that!
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I did all the coasters!
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this is uh, it's it's OVER!
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*no it's not, and if you don't ride it, you are super lame.*
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now obviously the announcer didn't talk back to me alright, but the point remains... The ride was open.
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The only way that I was going to pull this day off, was going on it.
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It started off, sorta allright
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y'know the room started spinning, slowly at first
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pickin' up a little speed
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that's when it hit me... how many corn dogs I just ate.
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[Announcer] Well, Bob. It's just pure mayhem here at the Six Flags.
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We got a category five vomit tornado.
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[Alex] I threw up all over everybody, alright, Dorothy included. Alright.
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But, on the bus ride home, she did sit next to me.
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And that's kind of how we became friends.
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So I guess the lesson learned here is that being brave doesn't mean you don't have to be scared.
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You just have to try.
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That, and, if you like a girl,
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Wow. You guys had a hard time finding last week's screenshot.
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Hopefully you can find this week's a little bit easier.
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And thanks to my friend, Kat, who voiced Dorothy in this video.
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And it you want to check her out, I'll have all her info down below.
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And you can stop typing that comment asking where the babysitter video is.
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We are working on it! It's taking a little bit of extra time.
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But it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!
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Thanks to everyone that's sending that fanart.
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Oh, that's one of my favorite ones right there!
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I'm ItsAlexClark, and I will see you...
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Okay? BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (Captions by SplashyTrash280, UnlistedTiger90, and more.)
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