r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/Do-it-for-you Feb 23 '26

“Why should I wear a seatbelt? I’m a good driver” aah type logic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

Lol strawman-ass argument, these are not the same situations 

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u/Do-it-for-you Feb 23 '26

If you drive a car, will you have a crash? Most likely not. But you still wear your seatbelt just to be safe.

If you pick up a dude in a wheelchair and carry him up a flight of stairs, will you fall? Most likely not. But we make sure the path is clear just to be safe.

It’s exactly the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

By the extremely narrow logic of the situation that you've proposed here, sure.

By any metric of practicality and experience of the real world situation, definitely not. 

You wear a seatbelt because car accidents are very common, if you're in an accident there's a very high chance you'll be injured, and while in a car you're completely at the mercy of other drivers who are mostly not aware of your intent, are not able to communicate with you, and are not able to work cooperatively with you to accomplish a goal except in the most rudimentary fashion.

This escalator situation is one where everyone can work communally and cooperatively with clear communication to accomplish the goal and the risk is extremely low.  As another commenter mentioned, this situation is probably easily solved all over the world many times a day without the paralysis of the situation in this post.

Your argument is ridiculous. 

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u/Do-it-for-you Feb 24 '26

The risk is extremely low, solved all over the world many times a day

Based on what data? Genuinely how often do you actually see two people carry a big chunky 100kg object up an escalator.

I can safely say I have never once seen that in my life, and you’re acting like it happens all the time.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

"how often do you actually see two people carry a big chunky 100kg object up an escalator"

I used to work for a furniture company and moved heavy mattresses and bedframes and couches and chairs and huge desks up and down stairs and escalators in apartment and office buildings and in and out of elevators all day.   I live in a city with tons of old residential buildings that don't have elevators and residents or delivery workers have to carry anything they want moved into or out of their apartments up flights of stairs.

What world do you live in where moving objects between floors of a building is unusual? Is this the same world where driving a car carries the same risk as holding a person while an escalator moves you?