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Posted by wordglyph 14 hours ago

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978(wordglyph.xyz)
388 points | 151 commentspage 4
llasse 12 hours ago|
I really wonder where some people get this marvelous drive to create - as it apparently has resided in the author even before Disney replied.
quailfarmer 8 hours ago||
I sent this to Apple in 2007. Never heard back :) https://i.postimg.cc/52G8rGZJ/File0004.jpg
d--b 12 hours ago||
I just love everything about this.

I love that kids could be left alone in their home and would burn plastic over a gas stove to create models of roller coasters.

I love that Disney would respond to him and not even forget the typo in quadrupuler.

I love that he kept all that and thought of it as a foundational part of his personality (I think probably he was already like that)

droidjj 12 hours ago||
It's a nice reminder of how impressionable kids are. A little encouragement can go a long, long way.
bsza 11 hours ago|||
They did forget the typo though, the transcript is wrong.
d--b 9 hours ago||
Ah! Well spotted!
aethrum 10 hours ago||
makes me sad nowadays kids just want to watch short form video instead of create
-Brian- 12 hours ago||
Love it. Reminds me of when me and my friends got tired of launching model rockets straight up, so we designed and built a shoulder-mounted model rocket launcher. We made similar drawings and made some dumb mistakes (a face full of rocket heat is scary), but we ultimately succeeded. Kids learn a lot through playing and dreaming.
hodder 12 hours ago||
The best part about it is his rollercoaster the Quadrupler would have been much more fun than Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
bze12 11 hours ago|
It doesn’t even go upside down once, let alone 4 times
socalgal2 10 hours ago||
But it does have a goat chewing dynamite.
mattmon-og 10 hours ago||
I once emailed the (former) Logitech CEO asking them to produce a popular keyboard in a different layout than thier current product offering.

I actually got a personal response thanking me for my input!

Then a few years later that keyboard I wanted actually became a product.

Not sure if I really influenced their process or not; but I got that keyboard and its fun to think I did :)

zannic 11 hours ago||
At least you tried pitching something I used to write long emails to Riot Games back when League first came out cause I kept losing games haha
fortzi 10 hours ago||
This post and comments are wonderul
metabagel 11 hours ago||
Wow, he’s my age. I can’t imagine doing what he did at the age of 10. Impressive.
notxorand 8 hours ago|
Great stuff! Reminds me how I used to bother a lot of game publishers when I was younger
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