TIL escalators in the UK move 1.5x faster than those in Korea. What this means for us all is yet to be revealed.
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@TheBreadmonkey I was on a giant escalator in Denver at Coors Field after a baseball game, and it broke down. No one knew what to do, and we were stuck. True story!
@TheBreadmonkey 🎶"Escalation, escalation, escalation that's what you need.
If you wanna be the best..."🎶
RIP Roy Castle
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Korean visiting the UK for the first time: well, that escalated quickly
@TheBreadmonkey here's a rabbit hole if you haven't encountered them before: have you heard of or been in a paternoster lift?
are there any movie action scenes based on them and if not, wtf not?
@TheBreadmonkey @internetsdairy if you'd like a rabbithole... this talk by @deviantollam and Howard (not on Mastodon afaik) is a favourite of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvGfuLlZus
edit: the talk starts with a warning not to fuck around with lifts and escalators, there's an image of someone injured by an elevator at about 3:00, but there's a fun bit about escalators starting 3:20 that's what brought this to mind
@TheBreadmonkey the ultimate goal is to replace escalators with launchers and crash mats.
@TheBreadmonkey The fastest ones I've found were in Hong Kong. Now those were escalators.
@TheBreadmonkey When the escalator designers were asked about the benefits of the speed difference they commented "It has it's ups and downs".
Also - escalators in Turkey are sensor powered. So they are dormant until engaged.
@TheBreadmonkey So they lie in wait until someone rests a foot on the first step. Then they grab a shoe lace and drag the unsuspecting victim thru the shredder hidden beneath the stairs. Do I have that right?
@TheBreadmonkey Today I learnt I am a Turkish escalator.
@TheBreadmonkey having lived there some years I can confirm many are permanently dormant.
@TheBreadmonkey I think we have those? In Denmark. But the timeout is so long that you rarely see them dormant and you just assume they are broken when they don't go.
@TheBreadmonkey I too am dormant until engaged.
@TheBreadmonkey stairs until the situation escalates
