http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540/comment-page-1#comment-11793 Tru Thu, 03 May 2007 14:35:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540#comment-11793 My mom has always used the roller coaster as an analogy for relationships. The ups and downs... the slow parts and the fast parts... the thriller and the fear. My mom has always used the roller coaster as an analogy for relationships. The ups and downs… the slow parts and the fast parts… the thriller and the fear.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540/comment-page-1#comment-11757 Aimee Thu, 03 May 2007 02:05:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540#comment-11757 Not to be dirty, but my mind was elsewhere on the positive G's one! Not to be dirty, but my mind was elsewhere on the positive G’s one!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540/comment-page-1#comment-11743 Jessica Q Thu, 03 May 2007 00:10:11 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5540#comment-11743 The mathematical term for the sideways force you feel during turns is jerk. Coasters in the past did not take jerk into account hence so many early cases of whiplash and other injuries which you almost never hear of today. The relationship issue side is obvious. The mathematical term for the sideways force you feel during turns is jerk. Coasters in the past did not take jerk into account hence so many early cases of whiplash and other injuries which you almost never hear of today. The relationship issue side is obvious.

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