A "Euthanasia Rollercoaster" design video is going viral on TikTok, and it is blowing the minds of its users. The deadly ride that has amassed millions of views was the brainchild of a designer way back in 2010.
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More than a decade has passed since the idea of a death ride was birthed, but due to a viral TikTok video, it is only now that people are becoming aware of its existence.
TikTok content has gone wild since it hit the mainstream as its downloads rise. More precisely, the extent of it has reached easing up a body disorder through a filter and, another video, leading a teen to burn herself.
But in a more appalling turn of events, a video is now talking about euthanasia, or the act of voluntarily killing oneself to avoid experiencing more pain.
'Euthanasia Rollercoaster'
Luke Davidson posted the decade-old concept on TikTok. He wrote in its caption: "You can only ride this roller coaster once." The ride could fit at least 24 passengers in it.
The now-viral TikTok users further explained that: "Once they're all on board there's a slow ascent to the top, which is 510 [meters] in the air - that's just a little bit smaller than the tallest building in America."
Furthermore, as it stops at the summit, the passengers are given an option to go back and choose to live. Also, a button is available to start the ride to end one's life.
Death Ride Designer
The designer of the 2010 idea was Julijonas Urbonas, who, according to his website, is multi-hyphenated: an engineer, researcher, designer, and artist, all at the same time.
Not to mention, he is also an associate professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
According to LadBible, the multi-hyphenate dubbed it as a "hypothetic death machine in the form of a roller coaster." Additionally, it is meant to kill a person in what he calls a "humane," "elegant," and "euphoric" manner.
@lukedavidson_ You Can Only Ride This Roller Coaster Once #facts ♬ orijinal ses - ponciklendin
How Does it Work?
Urbonas explained that the death ride travels at a track that produces "intensive motion elements." It will let passengers experience a rollercoaster of emotions — from euphoria and thrill—and later on—death.
To illustrate more specifically, at the start, riders will first be towed gradually to the summit of the course. Urbonas claims that the ride gives leeway to the people to decide if they are going to push through with the one-time experience. There will be half a kilometer before it finally reaches to the top.
After the ride falls steeply from the top, it will be traversing along with seven loops, one smaller than than the loop before it, which results in unconsciousness. According to the designer, the passengers will specifically die from "cerebral hypoxia," or simply suffocation.
He said that the whole ride certainly numbs a person's body, which in turn makes sure that the rollercoaster produces a successful euthanasia.
Fortunately, the Euthanasia Rollercoaster is still only a concept.
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Written by Teejay Boris
