▲ 410 ▼ This HAS to be satire (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 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
[–] 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
