Walkalators

[Gimmick]

Ever been on one of these things and felt the urge to walk in the other direction so it acted like a treadmill?

[Cherry]

Are there seriously people who don't spend 2 minutes just doing that

[Viper50]

I've only seen those in person once but turned down the opportunity to use it haha.

[hecticjon]

why does this thing exist anyway

[LDAF]

I've never had enough contact with them to experience such a luxury, I don't travel much...!

[SmartyPants]

At 2/17/13 08:54 PM, Gimmick wrote: Ever been on one of these things and felt the urge to walk in the other direction so it acted like a treadmill?

I have never seen one in real life yet, but I think there was one in Dead Space 2. Does that count?

[TB1ZZL3]

I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

[ToddM]

At 2/17/13 09:10 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

Its supposed to help people move faster over vast distances.

[iamgrimreaper]

At 2/17/13 09:10 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

You're actually supposed to walk on them so you can get to the other side faster than if you were just walking. However, some people (read: OP) use it improperly or don't walk on it. That defeats the purpose as staying stationary on it is slower than actually walking, and OP is an idiot.

[Suprememessage]

I used to do that on the ones in Dead Space 2 but by accident. I've never seen one in real life, sadly.

[KillerSkull]

They're called moving walkways. And I once saw an empty one and I decided to dash across on the one going the opposite direction. It was fun.

[BigBadtheBazz]

At 2/17/13 09:18 PM, iamgrimreaper wrote:

You're actually supposed to walk on them so you can get to the other side faster than if you were just walking. However, some people (read: OP) use it improperly or don't walk on it. That defeats the purpose as staying stationary on it is slower than actually walking, and OP is an idiot.

Fat people just stand on them so they don't gotta burn energy moving around all that meat.

because you know, they are fat and stuff.

[sweet21]

I understand someone using it for moving luggage around, but other than that it seems pretty useless.

[EJR]

At 2/17/13 09:05 PM, shitposter wrote: why does this thing exist anyway

Sometimes a brother just needs to be able to move forward while standing still.

[Entice]

At 2/17/13 09:10 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

To walk on so you go fast if you're late for your plane or something.

[Scintillating]

At 2/17/13 09:57 PM, Entice wrote:

At 2/17/13 09:10 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

To walk on so you go fast if you're late for your plane or something.

If you ran on it you could probably get to 10% of light speed.

[satanbrain]

No. Why would I waste my time doing that?

[BumFodder]

Ive only ever seen them at the airport

[LeenaIce]

isnt it just a long treadmill anyway?

[Halberd]

I've seen those at airports a lot. A lot of people use them. They are actually pretty long too so sometimes it comes in handy sometimes if you have heavy shit with you.

[Cyberdevil]

At 2/17/13 08:54 PM, Gimmick wrote: Ever been on one of these things and felt the urge to walk in the other direction so it acted like a treadmill?

I haven't just felt the urge, I've done it! You get much more exercise walking the wrong way on escalators though, that gets really heavy after a while.

[ZeroAsALimit]

Never been on one, nor seen one. I would like to do that, yes. Horrible idea though, the thing themselves. As if people aren't fat and lazy enough!

[Cyberdevil]

At 2/18/13 05:41 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Never been on one, nor seen one. I would like to do that, yes. Horrible idea though, the thing themselves. As if people aren't fat and lazy enough!

Just like all motorized vehicles. They should ban all cars and trains and planes and make us all walk instead. :) Boats might still be necessary to travel between continents though...

[ZeroAsALimit]

At 2/18/13 05:55 AM, Cyberdevil wrote: Just like all motorized vehicles. They should ban all cars and trains and planes and make us all walk instead. :) Boats might still be necessary to travel between continents though...

Why would I want to visit Johnny Foreigner?

[Phobotech]

When I visited the UK, the London airport had one. You can get a nice brisk pace if you're walking like you need to be somewhere in the proper direction.

[Cyberdevil]

At 2/18/13 06:03 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Why would I want to visit Johnny Foreigner?

So... ban boats as well? Why not! Swimming is also good exercise. :)

[ZeroAsALimit]

At 2/18/13 06:19 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 2/18/13 06:03 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Why would I want to visit Johnny Foreigner?

So... ban boats as well? Why not! Swimming is also good exercise. :)

Yep, although I wouldn't swim in the ocean, we've destroyed it beyond repair. :'(

[Cyberdevil]

At 2/18/13 06:25 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Yep, although I wouldn't swim in the ocean, we've destroyed it beyond repair. :'(

Banning boats just might be a cure! No more netting.

[Gimmick]

At 2/17/13 09:18 PM, iamgrimreaper wrote:

At 2/17/13 09:10 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: I'm not sure I understand the point of those things.

You're actually supposed to walk on them so you can get to the other side faster than if you were just walking. However, some people (read: OP) use it improperly or don't walk on it. That defeats the purpose as staying stationary on it is slower than actually walking, and OP is an idiot.

lol you caught that just from what i didn't include?
tell me more about myself, psychic

[dreaming-loudly]

At 2/17/13 09:05 PM, shitposter wrote: why does this thing exist anyway

I think it's to do with weak ass old people who can't carry their luggage very far without dying of a heart attack or sumth'n