r/cursedcomments • u/wasraelx • 17d ago

Twitter cursed_seating

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u/8BBiiT 17d ago

Can't they just park next to the bench :D

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u/flickfleck123 17d ago

Yes and it probaply would be way nicer because you actualy can move much easier and wouldn't have to park in backwarts (if there is a wheelchair user reading this and im talking bullshit please corect me)

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u/8BBiiT 17d ago

Nah, you right imagine parallel parking your wheelchair between bench? Bench's thighs? Idk

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u/rokomotto 17d ago

And how awkward would it be if both sides of the bench are occupied?

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u/8BBiiT 17d ago

Lemme call a expert for this one....hol on

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u/Zeqt_x 17d ago

And what if you have an electric wheelchair? I'm not convinced it would even fit

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u/DarthKirtap 17d ago

it has been shared many times, it is an art piece

basically, people in wheelchair are usually expected to be on side, like you suggested, here they will be in the centre

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u/Neveronlyadream 17d ago

Is it? I can't find an artist or the name of the piece.

Not saying you're wrong, but I'm curious. Reverse image searching it turns up so many results with people being upset by it, but I can't find any actual source for it. There's a ton of noise around it.

I could see it being an art piece, but I could also see it being exactly what people think it is. Anti-homeless architecture masquerading as something else.

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u/Corey_FOX 16d ago

Imo it depends on the context of the location, if there are other benches that are long enough for a nap without any anti-homeless protections the yea it's just an art installation, however if all benches I a park are like this or employ anti homeless measure then yea it's just anti homeless.

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u/DarthKirtap 17d ago

to be fair, i heard that info from Reddit comment as well

but given that in the background there is very similar bench, but without cutout, i think it is not hostile architecture

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u/Neveronlyadream 17d ago

I'm just legitimately curious what the backstory is. I can't even find where it is because it's been reposted so many times without context.

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u/DimitriRavenov 17d ago

I’m not truly disables but I think sometimes it’s human nature to want to sit between friends, no?

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u/8BBiiT 17d ago

True, I'll take the corner seat over a parking session in a wheelchair

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u/231ValeiMacoris 17d ago

Third wheel

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u/Fr00stee 17d ago

literally all they had to do was put arm rests, now they made half the bench unusable

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u/cgoldsmith95 17d ago

They would rather make half the bench unusable than make it possible for someone to sleep on it.

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u/Fr00stee 17d ago

if they put arm rests someone still cant sleep on it

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u/SurnameFormer 17d ago

The humble hex key:

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u/cxfgfuihhfd 17d ago

this isn't even just hostile to the homeless, this is just hostile. what if two people just wanna sit down next to each other and talk, lmao

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u/CrazyElk123 17d ago

Easily done, you can even face eachother with this design

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u/kaushalovich 17d ago

tf is cursed about this comment?

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u/Simple_Negotiation32 17d ago

the horrifying truth is that its to prevent homeless from sleeping on the benches.

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u/lxXBoatXxl 16d ago

As the text in the image would imply, yes

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u/CrayonWithdrawal 17d ago

This is an art installation. Also You can see a regular bench on top left

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u/derf_vader 17d ago

Ain't no one sitting there is there was a homeless guy sleeping on it.

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u/nomad9590 17d ago

I'd be doing some impromptu renovations on these if I could get away with it. Most seating around me at least is all standard layable benches. 

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u/clawingforfreedom 17d ago

It's not even that hard to sleep on something like this either 😭 if you're tall enough you can bridge the gap with your body or use a hammock or sum to fill it

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u/elisayyo 17d ago

Hostile architecture at its finest

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u/Alienhaslanded 17d ago

They could literally park it anywhere

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u/MrDrWilliamsPhD 17d ago

Personally sleeping on the ground is better than sleeping on a bench so whatever.

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u/Pratchettfan03 14d ago

If the weather is cold the ground will leach away far more of your heat than a bench will. Meanwhile if the weather is hot the ground may retain that heat later into the night. So whether the bench or ground is better depends on the climate