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Why is everyone so ina hurry, slow the f**k down. Buddha said, every person  in a hurry (chasing this or that), is only rushing to the end. The end. The fucking end. Slow down accept what is happening and enjoy. Stop chansing the end.

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Escalators have got the wrong name – well half of them do.

I have no problem with the ones that go up. To escalate means to go up, so that is fine. That is the correct use of the language.

Bur what exactly is a down escalator? One that escalates you downwards? Sorry, no, that makes no sense – it is a contradiction, an oxymoron.

.. and you can’t just call it a de-escalator, since de-escalate means to stop going up. Oh, and don’t get me on to when they stop working and you have to try using them like ordinary steps – that really is really, really , really annoying – worse than stubbing your toe, hitting your thumb with a hammer or a paper cut – aargh.

Anyway, a down escalator should really be called something like a descentator. Similarly the up escalators should be called ascentators.

In fact, if you really insisted on these terms, pokes people in the ribs, slapped them in the face and forced them to use these new words, they would be so annoyed with you, they would stop being annoyed about anything else and this whole thread could be simplified.

What do you think?

Something similar was being discussed on here about 2 months ago about people walking up and down escalators.  If they are the stair-shaped escalators then I don't see the point in also walking up or down just to gain a few seconds, and it could cause an accident,  but if they are the flat conveyor ramp style then walking up (or down as appropriate) is ok.

I think I termed them up-scalators and down-scalators to differentiate the direction of travel.  

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My daughter is going through a phase of pressing random buttons on the remote control and we ended up on a shopping channel, I don't think it was QVC but one of the other ones. 

 

The presenter was 90s "Run the Risk" presenter Peter Simon. He was trying to sell some golf trousers and hadn't aged well.

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People who walk up escalators are running away from other things in their lives, probably BEAST charges from the law. Weirdos.

You want to walk on stair like contraptions?

GO USE THE FUCKING STAIRS THEN.

 

 

Yes.

I find Valium eradicates this particular problem.

^^^loves life so much he wants to be conscious for as little of it as possible

Also my home Subway station only has escalators, no stairs, and I want to get home

Swing and a miss, thanks for playing, etc.

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Not guilty :) was going through the channels to see if there was anything on worth watching (there isn't!)

I believe you, but my point still stands.

Part of my job involves visiting customers and potential customers in their homes. Occasionally I will go in and folk will be watching Jeremy Kyle. I find that as depressing as hell.

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