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I agree with your sentiment, but https://youtu.be/o1SjQfwLieU
They also catch fire:
https://brooklyn.news12.com/escalator-fire-prompts-evacuation-of-macys-in-roosevelt-field-mall
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/jfk-airport-fire-terminal-8-evacuated/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire
Veritasium video about this incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8ehplVFp4
Trump cant handle a flight of stairs.
Notice how Melanie hiked up quickly so Don would have to strain his heart....she doesn't even look back.
I need some Mitch tonight.
Tell that to Italy.
RIP Mitch Hedberg! I truly miss him! He was so funny! All his stand up had me laughing so hard! No one since has truly compared!
"Rice is great when you are hungry and want 2,000 of something."
Escalators have two failure modes: stairs, and meat grinder. Fortunately the former is the more common of the two.