The two-frame test
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A lot of people here seem stuck on the details of the metaphor instead of focusing on how some adults refuse to ever consider they are wrong or at fault, and that's a real problem in the world. You probably know someone who never admits fault for anything. If they're late, it's because of traffic. If they lose in mario kart, it's because the controller is bad. If they get lost, it's because the GPS is hard to understand. Never their fault.
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It’s a little more interesting than this even. Your brain knows the stair riser heights after 2-3 steps, so individual stairs can be different riser heights, 125-200mm (5-8”). Each riser can’t be more than 3mm different in an individual stair. Not uncommon for your upper stairs to be slightly different from the bottom if there’s a landing.
So those people do consciously need to remember step 15 is different or they can trip. The rest would be pretty normal.
Also varied tread depth.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Stumble_steps.jpg/500px-Stumble_steps.jpg
We had some stone steps in the yard of a house I grew up in and I could still run those even in the dark, but I'm sure anyone running after me, unfamiliar with the steps would stumble.
I'm just wondering whether the ingenuity was from someone who actually designed them as such, or someone who did a poor job, almost got a bollocking, but then launched into a rant about how it's actually a defensive feature.
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what about the person who put the bench there? if it was unintentional, the boy is to blame. but if it's intentional... well
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A lot of people here seem stuck on the details of the metaphor instead of focusing on how some adults refuse to ever consider they are wrong or at fault, and that's a real problem in the world. You probably know someone who never admits fault for anything. If they're late, it's because of traffic. If they lose in mario kart, it's because the controller is bad. If they get lost, it's because the GPS is hard to understand. Never their fault.
I think it's a way bigger problem how some adults refuse to ever consider that the system is at fault and think every single problem in the world must be reduced down to an individual failing instead of a badly designed system that makes it easy for individuals to fail for stupid reasons
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The artist is to blame for creating a boy who could only ever trip over a bench
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the bench didn't show up on the first frame so, duh, popping~
stuttering~
the game engine sucks.
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Adulthood doubles the frames: add one with no bench, and one with someone putting a bench in front of the child. The conclusion doesn't change: it's the kid's fault for tripping over the bench. We just collectively ignore that the kid was fine until someone put a bench in the way.
And the person has waay too many benches to last ten lifetimes. And yet, instead of using the benches to help people needing benches to sleep on, they choose to use it to trip kids.
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When did Lemmy ever get so political
/s for those who need it
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I think it's a way bigger problem how some adults refuse to ever consider that the system is at fault and think every single problem in the world must be reduced down to an individual failing instead of a badly designed system that makes it easy for individuals to fail for stupid reasons
I don't think "every single problem ... must be reduced down to an individual failing" is super common, but sure, some people refuse to recognize systemic problems. There are loads of people who say racism isn't a problem, for example, and that's bad. Kind of off topic from childhood development and people who refuse to admit fault when it is plausibly their fault. (And saying you're late because there was traffic because the city refuses to build effective mass transit may be technically true in a sense, but it's also kind of useless, maybe even counter productive, in the moment where everyone else is waiting for you. Leave earlier. Use the agency you have.)
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I actually sprained my ankle trying to read this thanks x
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Not the person who built the step?
Nope. That step deliberately shifted slighty with malice aforethought.
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I don't think "every single problem ... must be reduced down to an individual failing" is super common, but sure, some people refuse to recognize systemic problems. There are loads of people who say racism isn't a problem, for example, and that's bad. Kind of off topic from childhood development and people who refuse to admit fault when it is plausibly their fault. (And saying you're late because there was traffic because the city refuses to build effective mass transit may be technically true in a sense, but it's also kind of useless, maybe even counter productive, in the moment where everyone else is waiting for you. Leave earlier. Use the agency you have.)
I think it's pretty common that systemic problems are painted as personal failures. Poor? Get on that grind. Fat? cAlOrIeS iN cAlOrIeS oUt. Medical debt? Go do a Kickstarter. Got depression? Have you tried sunshine? Got ADHD? Just make habits. Anxious? Meditate. Can't find a job? Just walk into a place with your resume and a firm handshake and variations thereof. Etc etc.
It's everywhere because people want to think the world is just and they deserve their successes. This is just the other side of the coin, that people must deserve the misfortunes that happen to them.
But also screw people that can't show up on time habitually.
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Insufficient data!
Was the bench around a corner or jutting out? Was the boy part of a crowd that obscured the bench? Is the bench somehow camouflaged? Is it static and stationary?
Is the boy fully sighted? Is it dark? Did someone distract him? Was he panicked by someone? Could he have deliberately run into it?
That's what I came to say. In no case is it the fault of the bench but in some it is the fault of the individual who chose the installation location. At my old apartment there was a fixed display that only slightly jutted into the doorway in the front admin room. People would bump it constantly until it finally fell over. But like the other comment mentioned, this is a little too in the weeds for the point of the meme.
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The artist is to blame for creating a boy who could only ever trip over a bench
What else should he trip over?
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I mean at the same time we also have very strict building codes and are told to not place stuff where it creates tripping hazards.
In a flight of stairs, if even one step is off 1/8 of an inch or 3mm, it can cause someone to trip. The steps would be very valid to blame, so circumstances matter too.
In a flight of stairs, if even one step is off 1/8 of an inch or 3mm, it can cause someone to trip.
I like running up stairs. Specially when there are a lot of them.
When I enter a new building, I go slowly, getting a feel of each rise.
If it turns out to be not runnable, I then walk the same way all the time. Otherwise, I get to have fun, starting the next time.That 1 off-step would make me hate whomever worked on that stair.
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I finally fell down my stairs a few months back. They’re carpeted and each step is a different length and height. Nightmare stairs.
carpeted
Carpeted as in, the carpet will slide relative to the stair, so it won't matter how good and new your sports shoes are?
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carpeted
Carpeted as in, the carpet will slide relative to the stair, so it won't matter how good and new your sports shoes are?
Hahaha nahh the carpet is stapled in and doesn’t slide, but the carpet is slippery. Also no shoes indoors, so socks are extra slippery.
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Hahaha nahh the carpet is stapled in and doesn’t slide, but the carpet is slippery. Also no shoes indoors, so socks are extra slippery.
From what we know, carpets tend to create static electricity when rubbed, which might happen in situations where it is tread upon, which causes it to get charged.
We also know, that since the materials used for carpets are bad conductors of electricity, having them stapled at only certain points won't cause a significant grounding effect.Now to design socks that use said static charge to
electrocute the wearerhold onto the carpet better, reducing slippage. -
I think it's a way bigger problem how some adults refuse to ever consider that the system is at fault and think every single problem in the world must be reduced down to an individual failing instead of a badly designed system that makes it easy for individuals to fail for stupid reasons
Well yes but the system gave be table scraps from a meal i made once, so it being bad would mean im bad and my treats are bad!
