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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah well maybe an icon that usually tells people where to take a shit shouldn't be so fucking critical.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

finally, accommodations for Americans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Korean are savage, you will meet someone you haven't seen in a while,and they will look at you straight in the eyes znd tell you " Wow, you gained weight!!!" Just after saying "hi!"

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like how it says save energy, but also says you burn 0.5kcal per step

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Calories" that would otherwise be burned by the escalator (electricity), I'm sure it uses more when under load, some of them even go in low speed mode when no one's on it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I haven't seen escalators that do that where I'm from, but I was just joking that the claims of saving energy were in reference to doing physical work instead of not using power for the escalator.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

8 SECONDS FOR EVERY 2 STEPS CLIMBED? Did Korea just discover the secret of immortality and it's to keep climbing stairs?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Its possible to climb 4 steps at once

Assuming you can do it in a second and that the way back down takes the same amount of time, you can increase your life by 8 seconds per second

If you do this for 20 years continuously, you could live to over 160 years old

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just spend 3 hours a day climbing stairs and you live 1 more day. Ez. Doctors hate this one simple trick.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (5 children)

But then they put a pole in the middle of the escalator access. LOL.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (6 children)

The pole is to prevent people from taking carts and similar objects up and potentially causing an accident

Though it does have unintended consequences

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You must be THIS BIG to ride this ride.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

But no more than THIS WIDE because of the pole

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ever tried to climb 5 flights of stairs after a redeye, with 56 lbs of luggage?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm a skinny bastard, so I'm taking the escalator

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Idk why you're joking but i used to be underweight and couldn't afford a lot of food, and i genuinely tried to burn as few calories as possible, making choices like you're describing all the time.

Edit: some weird typo autocorrected, i meant to say 'I know you're joking but[...]'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

calories are cheap, it's nutrition that costs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Some of us even have to skimp on the rice and beans

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you even try being born wealthy?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

No, way too lazy for that. My own fault, i know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In your next life, do more crime.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's been less than a decade and it seems I'm already in my next life

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Boy, the comment section should be fun with this one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good chance to curate my block list.

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