And that is why you always leave a note.
I was eaten by an escalator once. I was around five, and going up with my toes pressed forward against the stair above me. As I got to the top, the stairs slid together pinching the ends of both my tennis shoes between them and trapping me. I yelped and a quick-thinking adult family friend who was just ahead of me pulled me up and right out of my shoes. The ends of both of them got shredded by the grating at the top of the escalator and I was walking around for a while with my (fortunately unharmed) toes sticking out the ends of them.
I’m 41 now and still wary on escalators. I carefully position my feet in the center of the stair and will hold up any long clothes like skirts that might get caught accidentally. My husband thinks it’s funny.
Traumatised by that one video from China ages ago of a mum falling into an escalator and throwing her son clear while she is dragged to her death.
I linked to the video elsewhere in the thread, behind a spoiler tag.
豆腐渣工程 (Tofu Dreg) in a nutshell
Today’s weird rabbit hole for you: if your (or your children’s) shoelaces keep coming undone, there’s a better knot (which is just as easy) that doesn’t come undone accidentally.
As this comic shows, it can save your life.
I learned the Ian Knot and never went back.
Yeah it’s a neat party trick to show how fast you can tie them. I still had the same problem of it sometimes coming undone though.
Why did you link to a knot that’s not the ian knot?
I used to triple tie my shoes, but they would keep getting untied. After I learned a balanced ian knot my shoes would never get untied again.
Balanced friction > total friction
Fancy seeing someone link this site.
Great resource and an inspirational passion project.
That kid is back on the escalator!
Oh my god, his arm came off!
Wait what is that meme template? That should be Michael from arrested development.
Fear not, lovely people! Just like with shredding paper, changing the direction of the machine will push dad back upwards. Such a happy ending!
He’s so chill about his death like in a mideval painting.
He knows his son is finally actually listening, for once.
Escalators are dangerous
graphic video
And loose clothing around machines (ties, watches, laces, etc.) compound the dangers.
Don’t forget loose hair.
Yeah, plenty of traumatic scalpings around spinning shafts; safety regulations are written in blood.
Or just wear footwear with no laces
Uggs, Crocs, Vans, Toms, loafers, double monk strap, cowboy boots
That’s not a scooner, it’s a SAILBOAT
A schooner is a sailboat, stupid-head!
Toxic parents be like “let’s traumatize our child for life, surely that will teach them not to do something”. Nah it’s just causes sever issues in there life and probably have bad PTSD
