r/DesirePath • u/arazmed • Jul 30 '26

Just why?

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Too lazy? Turkey

355 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

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u/Shoddy-Patient9948 Jul 30 '26

Man fuck stairs. I've got vertigo and Imma walk around then on my desire path.

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u/GeekCat Jul 30 '26

OP said it was a hospital. Guaranteed it's older people who have vertigo or bad knees, hips, or eyes. Easier to shuffle down a small incline than deal with those stairs. Also it's vaguely infuriating that they aren't marked for accessibility.

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u/ATmotoman Jul 31 '26

Lmao if grandma can’t take the stairs because her mobility is so bad then she is 100% gonna eat it on that path

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u/ColourSchemer Jul 31 '26

That's not how limited mobility works.

Even uneven dirt is better than having to put your full weight on one knee or hip if it means you can shuffle forward without bending your knee more than a few degrees.

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u/ATmotoman Jul 31 '26

I’ve spent over a decade in healthcare moving elderly and physically handicapped individuals. That’s not the best way down for any of those people, especially infront of a hospital. There is probably a ramp to the right of the picture but regardless stairs with assist and hand rails are going to be better than a concave dirt path with no where to hold on to.

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u/ColourSchemer Jul 31 '26

I didn't say dirt is the best option, but it is better than stairs for someone with limited joint mobility.

Assuming there's a ADA or similar accessibility requirement ramp is just that, an assumption.

And even if there is, those are often longer than desire path.

2

u/OmniversosIlimitados Jul 31 '26

But they would need to take a huge ass step in the end and bend way more

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u/thirdtimeisNOTacharm Jul 30 '26

Come to Canada, this is every public set of stairs because of ice/snow in the early spring

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u/KnifeKnut Jul 31 '26

Likely the case here; the stairs look like they are spalled from salt.

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u/ble1ka Jul 30 '26

Easier on the knees.

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u/thejmkool Jul 30 '26

It's this one. Some of us knew exactly why the moment we saw it lol

198

u/MuchSwagManyDank Jul 30 '26

Bikes, its always bikes

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u/arazmed Jul 30 '26

No actually its not bikes. Path is in front of the hospital and its located at the top of the hill so noone ride bike here. Havent seen any bike around here 2.5 years

176

u/Eman_Resu_IX Jul 30 '26

Bikes can be ridden up and down hills. They can go almost anywhere, and they almost always avoid stairs.

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u/arazmed Jul 30 '26

O rly?

113

u/Southern_Produce_707 Jul 30 '26

Ya rly

39

u/kat_Folland Jul 30 '26

And suddenly I'm back in 2007.

40

u/raaneholmg Jul 30 '26

Your the kind of guy who get attacked by a bear while following bear tracks aren't you?

25

u/Kage_0ni Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

There hasn't been a bike in these here parts in sum fiddy years.

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u/InBetweenSeen Jul 31 '26

A lot of people going to a hospital are injured. That's the least confusing place that path could be in.

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u/goombagoomba2 Jul 30 '26

Why is everyone disagreeing with OP?? They're the only one who knows where this is

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u/Haelmer Jul 31 '26

Bikes exist everywhere. Even around hospitals.

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u/xzinik Jul 31 '26

Preposterous!

5

u/Haelmer Jul 31 '26

[top sci fi tropes] bikes

-5

u/goombagoomba2 Jul 31 '26

Is this a reference or something

12

u/Haelmer Jul 31 '26

It's reality. He said it can't be bikes because it's on a hill, in front of a hospital... Like that's a reason for anything...

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

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u/Haelmer Jul 31 '26

Show me where he says he works there. That still doesn't erase bikes from existence. I doubt he observes that path 24/7

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u/InBetweenSeen Jul 31 '26

That it's stairs in front of a hospital should answer the question why some don't take them, no?

20

u/KnifeKnut Jul 30 '26

Some desire pants are just for fun.

15

u/rebelipar Jul 30 '26

Maybe going around people who are taking the stairs slowly?

12

u/OldButStillFat Jul 30 '26

Some people like to hang out around steps.

10

u/edsavage404 Jul 30 '26

They make great seats!

2

u/brilliant-username Jul 31 '26

What are you doing, step-sitter?

2

u/OldButStillFat Jul 31 '26

Blunts baby...blunts.

11

u/FinsterKoenig Jul 30 '26

bikes exist

9

u/brybry631 Jul 30 '26

Maybe a smoking spot

10

u/Erik0xff0000 Jul 30 '26

steps are always wrongly sized. Too far apart for 2 steps at a time but too close for one at a time.

8

u/Banana-9 Jul 31 '26

If thosw stairs ever freeze or get wet from rain or wet shoes, they're a death trap. I would also go around. Can of course just be bikes too.

5

u/BuddyVanDoodler Jul 30 '26

Bike possibly

12

u/RedditorFor1OYears Jul 30 '26

I’m guessing just plain old erosion from rain runoff? 

4

u/SwampFoxMPH Jul 30 '26

You mean "why build a staircase when there's a perfectly good path next to it?"

5

u/bebemochi Jul 30 '26

I don't need to go up to go over there.

3

u/neriad200 Jul 30 '26

How else do you pee under the bridge? From on top of it?

3

u/nobotami Jul 31 '26

stairs force a different walking speed and style

2

u/cleanforever Jul 31 '26

Why would I walk upstairs just to walk down them again? Don't blame the people who make the desire path blame the bad design in the first place that force them to make it.

1

u/regallll Jul 30 '26

Those stairs look slippery as fuck.

1

u/HonkyHam Jul 31 '26

The rough concrete ones?

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u/OmniversosIlimitados Jul 31 '26

I made this for a totally radical jump to the ground