muelltonne@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agoCapacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study showswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareusername_1@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·4 days agoBritish lifts are so weak that they’re incapable of lifting even a single fat guy?
minus-squareFluke@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoMore that lifts haven’t gotten larger (floorspace) as people have become increasingly round, like the walking fucking parodies they are.
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoNot a problem then. An obese person takes up more floor space, so less people can fit on a lift. Limiting the realistic load it has to carry.
minus-squareFluke@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoBut think of how this discriminates against those poor butter golems. Taking up the space 4 normal people could fit in hurts their feefees. If lifts were bigger they wouldn’t fill half of them single handedly, see?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoNot so easy when he’s 40 stone
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYou’ll find some impressively tiny lifts.
British lifts are so weak that they’re incapable of lifting even a single fat guy?
More that lifts haven’t gotten larger (floorspace) as people have become increasingly round, like the walking fucking parodies they are.
Not a problem then. An obese person takes up more floor space, so less people can fit on a lift. Limiting the realistic load it has to carry.
But think of how this discriminates against those poor butter golems. Taking up the space 4 normal people could fit in hurts their feefees. If lifts were bigger they wouldn’t fill half of them single handedly, see?
Not so easy when he’s 40 stone
You’ll find some impressively tiny lifts.