954: Chin-Up Bar - Revision history

Planer28 at 20:05, 3 March 2025

2025-03-03T20:05:02Z

Apollo11 at 15:37, 26 November 2024

2024-11-26T15:37:36Z

Apollo11: Just read the discussion about where this is located, it's not pretty

2024-11-26T15:37:09Z

Just read the discussion about where this is located, it's not pretty

Aaron Liu: /* Explanation */ shouldn’t contain summary, add elevator trivia

2023-12-12T16:20:01Z

‎Explanation: shouldn’t contain summary, add elevator trivia

172.70.211.119: Undo revision 324378 by 172.69.23.38 (talk) Multiple added Citation Neededs which aren't sufficiently funny individually or as a set.

2023-09-26T08:10:33Z

Undo revision 324378 by 172.69.23.38 (talk) Multiple added Citation Neededs which aren't sufficiently funny individually or as a set.

172.69.23.38: /* Explanation */

2023-09-26T02:06:51Z

‎Explanation

ClassicalGames: /* Transcript */ Fixed typo

2023-04-14T06:18:15Z

‎Transcript: Fixed typo

Gunterkoenigsmann: /* Explanation: Actually Black hat's answer in question form is quite complete - for the ones who know him */

2022-10-02T10:27:54Z

‎Explanation: Actually Black hat's answer in question form is quite complete - for the ones who know him

Whoop whoop pull up: /* Explanation */

2022-08-03T22:46:30Z

‎Explanation

Davidy22: Reverted edits by David the janny, he does it for free (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

2022-06-01T18:26:57Z

Reverted edits by David the janny, he does it for free (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

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 [[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere.
-It is possible that Randall was referring to the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where a 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, if this is Wheaton Station, the comic's depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, meaning it is most likely situated in  XKCD-land instead of real-life:
+It is possible that Randall was referring to the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where a 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, if this is Wheaton Station, the comic's depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, meaning it is most likely situated in  xkcd-land instead of real-life:
 * The Wheaton station has three escalators.
 * There are no vertical and perpendicular lines on the side of the escalators. Instead, they are perpendicular to the guard rail.

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 [[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere.
-It is possible that Randall was referring to the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where the 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, if this is Wheaton Station, the comic's depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, meaning it is most likely situated in  XKCD-land instead of real-life:
+It is possible that Randall was referring to the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where a 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, if this is Wheaton Station, the comic's depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, meaning it is most likely situated in  XKCD-land instead of real-life:
 * The Wheaton station has three escalators.
 * There are no vertical and perpendicular lines on the side of the escalators. Instead, they are perpendicular to the guard rail.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere. At the time of the comic's publishing, that placed the comic in the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where the 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, this comic’s depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, landing it in XKCD-land instead of real-life:
+[[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere.
 * The Wheaton station has three escalators.
 * There are no vertical and perpendicular lines on the side of the escalators. Instead, they are perpendicular to the guard rail.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere. At the time of the comic's publishing, that placed the comic in the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where the 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan.
+[[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual escalators|longest single-tier escalator}} in the Western hemisphere. At the time of the comic's publishing, that placed the comic in the {{w|Wheaton station (Washington Metro)|Wheaton station}} in {{w|Washington D.C.}}'s {{w|Washington Metro}} subway system, where the 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exact escalator for his plan. However, this comic’s depiction of the escalator has several inaccuracies, landing it in XKCD-land instead of real-life:
-Black Hat carries a {{w|chin-up bar}} over his shoulder up the escalator, resulting in a conversation with [[Cueball]], riding up behind him, about Black Hat's motives for doing such. Black Hat uses sly conversing methods to avoid saying his true motives. First he counters the question with another question: ''Why aren't you wearing a hat?'' Cueball's reply is a normal ''I'm not really a hat person'', whereas Black Hat's copy reply is a correct answer to the question, but only for the ones who know Black Hat which obviously doesn't include anyone who asks such questions: ''I'm not really a not-carrying-a-chin-up-bar person'', which is probably a sentence never used before this comic.{{Citation needed}} It takes Cueball a second to process this answer, but he doesn't give up and asks why again. Black Hat continues deflecting his questions by stating that he's ''not a psychologist'', although he clearly is aware of his own motives and intentions. (One could argue that it would take a psychology degree to explain those motives and intentions.)
+Black Hat uses sly conversing methods to avoid saying his true motives for carrying a {{w|chin-up bar}}. Black Hat continues deflecting [[Cueball]]’s questions by stating that he's ''not a psychologist'', although he clearly is aware of his own motives and intentions. (One could argue that it would take a psychology degree to explain those motives and intentions.) After this they reach the top and once they get off Black Hat quickly turns around and locks the bar in place at about waist height (i.e. as high up as possible on an escalator), just before the moving part of the escalator ends.
 Chin-up bars are typically capable of holding up a 300&nbsp;pound (130&nbsp;kg) person without moving, and a bar like Black Hat has brought with him can be [https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Health-Fitness-Door-Chin/dp/B0016BNDXI/ref=sr_1_6?s=sports-and-fitness&ie=UTF8&qid=1470541509&sr=1-6&keywords=chin+up+bar installed easily in a doorway], or in the opening of an escalator…

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 Chin-up bars are typically capable of holding up a 300&nbsp;pound (130&nbsp;kg) person without moving, and a bar like Black Hat has brought with him can be [https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Health-Fitness-Door-Chin/dp/B0016BNDXI/ref=sr_1_6?s=sports-and-fitness&ie=UTF8&qid=1470541509&sr=1-6&keywords=chin+up+bar installed easily in a doorway], or in the opening of an escalator…
-The unexpected appearance of a solidly attached bar at the top of a crowded escalator could be disastrous.{{citation needed}} The first people would probably stumble backward to avoid it or hit it and topple backwards, and collide with the passengers immediately behind them, knocking them off their feet and likely creating a {{w|domino effect}} all the way down.{{citation needed}} Indeed, this is exactly what happens and is depicted in the last panel. Black Hat and Cueball are seen on the descending escalator in the background, Cueball has turned around looking at the scene and displaying worry about what Black Hat has done, but Black Hat isn't even looking at the chaos he has caused, completely ignoring all the falling bodies. Although it might be possible, the two are fairly lucky to be unscathed, as they could have been hit by someone in the pileup falling all the way over in their side of the escalator. Since they are most likely on the way down to a subway, the traffic should make it easy for them to get away on the next train, before anyone has a chance to try and find the perpetrator, so Black Hat gets away with his schemes once again.
+The unexpected appearance of a solidly attached bar at the top of a crowded escalator could be disastrous. The first people would probably stumble backward to avoid it or hit it and topple backwards, and collide with the passengers immediately behind them, knocking them off their feet and likely creating a {{w|domino effect}} all the way down. Indeed, this is exactly what happens and is depicted in the last panel. Black Hat and Cueball are seen on the descending escalator in the background, Cueball has turned around looking at the scene and displaying worry about what Black Hat has done, but Black Hat isn't even looking at the chaos he has caused, completely ignoring all the falling bodies. Although it might be possible, the two are fairly lucky to be unscathed, as they could have been hit by someone in the pileup falling all the way over in their side of the escalator. Since they are most likely on the way down to a subway, the traffic should make it easy for them to get away on the next train, before anyone has a chance to try and find the perpetrator, so Black Hat gets away with his schemes once again.
 In the title text it is made clear that the few people that actually escaped the moving stairs were unable to use the emergency shutdown because Black Hat had disabled the system, presumably before ascending in the first place. This is stated to have caused the {{w|stampede}} to last for two hours and waves of falling people would end up reaching the bottom three times, before ascending with the stairs again. The reason for this extended mayhem could be that only the very first people at the top of this domino effect who actually hit the chin-up-bar know what caused the problem to begin with. Since they are likely among those people too hurt to explain anything in time, the next group of people trying to get out after the first wave of falling people might just proceed to run into the same problem at the top once again. The problem is exacerbated by the disabled shutoff, so even if someone sees the chin-up-bar and knows how to escape, they would either be pulled back into the crowd of traffic or be free but unable to help. This helps to explain why the cycle of crowd collapse happened three times, and the use of the word "stampede" connotes the panicked, unorganized behavior of the trapped people that serves to make the problem worse.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Black Hat is in the middle of on an escalator with five other people as it ascends. He carries something like a a pole.]
+:[Black Hat is in the middle of on an escalator with five other people as it ascends. He carries something like a pole.]
 :[Zoom in on Black Hat and Cueball.]