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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think it is more of presenting a choice.

Do you want to be fit and slim? Take the stairs.

Do you want to be fat? Take the escalator.

Anyone know what the speech bubble says?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (22 children)

it's not any less problematic if that's the case because it still assumes people taking the escalator do it because they want to, rather than having like a limp or something. that sort of normalized stigma isn't good.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Obviously I'm obese because I decided to be born with a spinal defect. I should make better choices.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried walking up the stairs to fix your defect

[–] theangryseal 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That's the worst excuse for being obese I ever heard. Does a spinal defect prevent you from eating less food?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I think I disagree with you on this one. With obesity reaching pandemic levels internationally, I think forcing simple healthy choices is actually a great solution that helps a larger majority than those who may be stigmatized by using the escalator (for what may or may not be a visible reason to choose the escalator). At the very least it increases awareness of those healthy choices.

Still curious what the speech bubble says though..

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

if obesity is reaching a pandemic level, it is obviously no longer treatable with "why don't you walk up the stairs for once, fatso?". if a majority of people are obese it is no longer a question of lifestyle choices.

[–] theangryseal 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Exactly. Go to a grocery store and load up on unhealthy shit, then go back to the same store and load up on healthy shit. The price difference is insane, especially when considering shelf life.

I buy frozen vegetables mostly, but I could feed my family a whole lot cheaper on cheap TV dinners.

Now we have (at least in my part of the US) dollar generals popping up in food deserts with the lowest quality shit on the planet. In the neighborhood I grew up in, most people didn’t have cars and the nearest grocery store was 30 miles away. That community is surviving on dollar general groceries now. When I was a kid we bought brown beans and white rice in bulk and lived mostly on that. We drank powdered milk.

When my brother and I refused to eat beans and rice, my mom would color it with food coloring to get us excited. “Who wants BLUE RICE AND BEANS?!” “WE DO! WE DO!”

If we had grown up in the world today, we’d probably be struggling with obesity.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Surely those people can disregard a picture on the floor, no? Anyone with any form of disability has to deal with far more nonsense than this (revolving doors, for example).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's not about the people who have to take the escalator. it's about what people who have the choice think about them.

if you've ever been mad at someone who parked in a handicap spot only to then get out and have seemingly nothing be visibly wrong with them, you know the thoughts i mean.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm only mad if they don't have handicap signage on their vehicle, because a lot of disabilities aren't immediately apparent. For example, my sister-in-law has been diagnosed w/ POTS, but can walk unassisted over moderate distances and frequently doesn't bother w/ a wheelchair (leaning on a cart is usually good enough). However, some days it's much worse, and getting back to the car can be a real struggle. She usually carries a pop-up stool in case she needs a rest, so that would be the only indicator (and hers is pretty compact and not super obvious at what it is).

I'm pretty sure nobody actually cares who rides an escalator, and if they do, they could see a cane and quickly conclude why they made that choice.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah as a disabled person seeing that would kind of suck.

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

Speech bubble doesn't have enough pixels to be read

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That’s why they’re black.

Edit: To be clear here I was attempting a pun based on read sounding like red. Hence not enough pixels to be red means it’s black.

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[–] Allonzee 47 points 1 month ago

You should see the names of asian big and tall clothing shops.

Asia doesn't fuck around when it comes to conformity.

[–] drmoose 43 points 1 month ago (15 children)

I think it's a good nudge tbh. Stairs are proven again and again to be an incredibly healthy workout given that you don't have issues with your knees.

I just came back from Japan and 20k steps a day and hundreds of stairs for a month really put me in shape and made me realize how important good shoes are lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stairs are proven again and again to be an incredibly healthy workout given that you don’t have issues with your knees.

I think stairs on the way up is good for health and fine for knees, stairs on the way down doesn't do as much for health and hurts my knees if I do too much.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fatter arrow is just the icing on the cake.

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[–] Professorozone 43 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month 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] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like the bollard that would make it uncomfortable for really fat people to get by.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess there's an upper limit where they're like, "Hey, this is getting ridiculous. Take the stairs."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I've seen escalator mechanisms fail before, I could believe that's a dual purpose for it (as well as presumably carts or scooters)

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[–] kn33 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I go on the escalator but walk because I'm only half lazy and also want to go fast

[–] teft 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Walking fast on the moving sidewalks makes me feel like Captain America.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Right to American embassy?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think it's more like parachute pants to the right, hipster pants to the left. No regular pants allowed.

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[–] ylph 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

finally, accommodations for Americans

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Boy, the comment section should be fun with this one

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago
[–] GrammarPolice 9 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

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[–] LovableSidekick 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You must be THIS BIG to ride this ride.

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