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Who stopped the UN escalator? Likely Trump's videographer, says UN
(www.reuters.com)
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OMG.....it became....stairs. Walk up them you slob.
Sorry for the convenience.
RIP Mitch
Wrong Mitch died
Wait who is the right Mitch?
All I can say is that if a specific other Mitch had died in 2005 instead of Mitch Hedberg, the scotus might've prevented the US from doing a fascism. But alas, we're in this timeline.
I still have no idea who you are referring to unless it’s McConnell
I mean, first of all you have to remember he's afraid of stairs. Probably less so on an escalator because it has big sides but still.
Melania deserves a lot of shit but she just said fuck it I'm walking and kept moving which was the right thing as it happened. Demented Donny Rapist would have just stood there for another half hour.
Trump's description of this is so hilarious
Like I get it I guess but it just became stairs. Are we seriously acting like conquering a flight of stairs is some heroic feat that requires Herculean strength and athleticism?
He looked dumb, so of course its the evil Democrats out to get him. United Nations, whatever. They didn’t hire him to remodel their building.
It is in a gerontocracy.
As Mitch once said, they can never break!
Technically, you shouldn't walk on stopped escalators. There's the obvious (though less bothersome) issue of the uneven and higher-than-normal rise...but also that escalators aren't designed for a static load, and other components can suddenly fail, leading to a partial collapse.
There's also the issue that the escalator could suddenly start moving again, which, if you're using them as stairs, could really throw you off (in more ways than one).
Not trying to side with Trump here...not at all...just pointing out the lesser-known safety concerns of stopped escalators. They aren't "temporarily stairs", like Mitch said...especially in high traffic areas, where people of mixed physical capabilities may be using them.
I think the whole world knows by now we couldn't get that lucky 🤣