▲ 412 ▼ This HAS to be satire (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50908658
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) There’s lots of places they do work, even in the US, which is the only place I’ve heard about them not working, it’s just not universal. In Germany, they often just don’t have close buttons, which is better than the placebo, but still annoying permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) I lived in the US nearly all my life and literally never saw one that worked, they must be extremely rare. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) I’ve timed them in multiple public and housing buildings in New England and New York (but like, handfuls, not thousands- I’m just exactly this type of curious and autistic, so whenever I use an elevator for long enough to get the opportunity, I do experiments). Around half work in my experience, but that may change depending on where you are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) Timed them? Is there a delay before they work? Over here in asia, you press close, it instantly starts closing. Maybe thats why I assumed they never worked in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) I lived in the US nearly all my life and literally never saw one that worked, they must be extremely rare. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) I’ve timed them in multiple public and housing buildings in New England and New York (but like, handfuls, not thousands- I’m just exactly this type of curious and autistic, so whenever I use an elevator for long enough to get the opportunity, I do experiments). Around half work in my experience, but that may change depending on where you are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) Timed them? Is there a delay before they work? Over here in asia, you press close, it instantly starts closing. Maybe thats why I assumed they never worked in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) I’ve timed them in multiple public and housing buildings in New England and New York (but like, handfuls, not thousands- I’m just exactly this type of curious and autistic, so whenever I use an elevator for long enough to get the opportunity, I do experiments). Around half work in my experience, but that may change depending on where you are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) Timed them? Is there a delay before they work? Over here in asia, you press close, it instantly starts closing. Maybe thats why I assumed they never worked in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 child) Timed them? Is there a delay before they work? Over here in asia, you press close, it instantly starts closing. Maybe thats why I assumed they never worked in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it). permalink fedilink source parent
