This is the second comic in my feed that features the main character getting eaten by an escalator in the last 30 minutes.

Weird.

This is true. I’m an old man now, and I STILL have a fear of Down Escalators, because when I was a kid, I had these two elderly aunts who had never had children. When we went to the store, they would both pound me with dire warnings to BE CAREFUL on the escalator, because if I fell, it would “SHRED MY LEGS TO RIBBONS!”

I think of that every single time I approach an escalator.

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This gag was also in Arrested Development, and it got better every time

It’s a good comic, but escalators can kill: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/27/escalator-death-china-cctv.cnn

I’d like to think that even if your shoelace got caught that either the lace would fail or your fit would fail (and the shoe would come off) before your person got caught, and if not that, hopefully someone would be able to find the emergency stop before you were mortally injured.

But, be careful out there. It’s getting increasingly rare for organization responsible for maintenance and safety to be held meaningfully liable, even though many safety regulations are “written in blood”.

This is the 3rd “eaten by an escalator” post I’ve seen today. Did I miss something or is this just a weird coincidence?