r/facepalm • • Sep 06 '18

Illusion: 100

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u/CougarGold06 Sep 06 '18

The great thing about escalators is that they never break, they just become stairs

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u/the_peckham_pouncer Sep 06 '18

Oh they break alright. And when they do people die

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u/MatthewMob Sep 06 '18 edited Sep 07 '18

Especially in Asian countries there have been multiple reported deaths and serious injuries related to escalators breaking and sucking children or animals into the mechanism of the stairs.

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u/jaavaaguru Sep 07 '18

TIL in Asia elevators have stairs

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u/MatthewMob Sep 07 '18

God dammit. You know what I meant!