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Amusement parks, carnivals and state fairs around the country are notoriously shoddy and thoroughly trashy. From the places themselves to the people who attend them, there are few locations less alluring.

Here are 22 super-trashy pictures of people, rides and fails from state fairs and amusement parks. The thrill is not calling here.

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Setting up a ride too close to a truck.

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Structural failure of support beam on Fury 325 at Carowinds amusement park.

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An amusement park train derailed and flipped over.

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“Fireball” ride at the Forest County Fair in Crandon, Wisconsin was stuck, leaving riders suspended upside down for four hours.

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Six Flags Skyscreamer stuck in the air.

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Fried Pickles and Chocolate, Minnesota.

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