Submitted 3 days ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Wondered if this was actually real since I saw the post and realized what community it was posted under, haha:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/bus-ticket-20-squats/
Mostly true
In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a so-called “health ticket” was introduced that allowed individuals to use public transportation for free by completing 20 squats. However, the organizers only implemented it in one city for a limited time. As of this writing, it’s unknown if the program will resume at a future date.
I would think people with disabilities prohibiting them from performing such an activity would also be given regularly free or discounted passes anyway. Even most places in the US will even do this.
Most places in the US don’t have any public transport to offer a discount on.
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Variety of exercises
Yes but how many help you see more great asses?
how many percent, do you think, was this the inventor’s motivation?
how do they not already provide free transport or at least discount for people with disabilities?
That’s… kinda clever
Doing their bit to preserve Slavic traditions.
(Yes, I know Romania is not Slavic, though they share the region’s squatting-in-tracksuits culture to an extent.)
I was gonna say. It’s Eastern Europe. That’s like free bus passes for UK residents if they complain about the weather.
That would be Balkan traditions darling.
Loanslavsquats
And it’s all paid for by one pervert who sits across from the machine.
That man’s name? Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein
Misread that as Albert Epstein, got me thinking.
It’s true, I am 20 squats
This is where I come in. I genuinely believe no one can be physically attracted to me. I can use the machine and the pervert can rethink his life as he sees a butt crack out of my stained jogging pants. It also sounds like I’m farting, I’m not though. My shoes makes a weird sound on the tongue. I can’t figure out why.
He sells the footage on the dark web to degens
In the USA, the machine would be accompanied by a paramedic team and several vultures (lawyers) circling above. In case of a heart attack.
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Something like this appeared near the Miramax offices in LA, where if you showed it your bare feet it gave you a milkshake. It remains a mystery who put it there.
A rich feet fetishist?
These types of efforts might save money on health care costs long term
public transport in general does, as it typically involves 10 minutes walking per trip.
Unfortunately I suspect that the people who it would reduce costs for most wouldn’t consider taking the bus in the first place.
It’s a long-term thing, like good primary education. Get 'em into good habits while they’re young. Probably work great if kids have bus passes for school most of the year and so get into the habit of using public transit, then suddenly need to either pay or exercise over the summer break
This of course assumes a robust transit system, making the idea of taking the bus or train somewhere even worthwhile in the first place. Some places have that, some not so much
Looks like she gets a lot of free bus tickets.
One of the biggest strains on a government is the health of its citizens. Decreasing obesity and other risk factors through physical activity will save them quite a bit more than a bus fare.
…and most governments learned nothing…
What a great idea!
That’s ridiculous! They should hook it up to an autocycle and generate electricity off of it instead.
great, you just generated 0.01 kWh
Depending on the length of the workout a more realistic number would be 30 to 90 W, 100 if you really push yourself.
Still, anything is better than nothing.
She’s not a machine. She’s a woman, a human being. Do not objectify her.
Maybe she’s a digital fantasy. Did you look for extra fingers and such?
omg, I just realized she has hands
Wait until you find out where she prints the tickets from.
It’s the machine in front of her.
So curious about the downvotes. Please keep your vote how you did, but it would be interesting to know if it’s primarily one of these reasons below, or is it something else?
A. The downvotes express that my comment is just not funny, but the voter completely understands what I was going for B. The downvotes express not liking being told not to objectify women C. The downvotes express not liking me objectifying this woman D. The downvotes are based on a misunderstanding of what I was going for
I think you got a minority of downvotes to start, then others piled in. There are plenty of similar jokes in the thread that didn’t get that treatment. Also, people on the internet are generally pretty bad at reading and the venn diagram has a lot of overlap with people looking for an excuse to be offended.
I usually do 10 squats. Would I get half a ticket?
Yeah, it’s enough to get you to the bus stop but not on the actual bus.
You need a ticket just to get to the stop? How do they know if you’re not just walking somewhere close to it?
Ten squats? You will be allowed to run after the bus as it leaves the station but the but won’t stop and wait for you.
Dang that picture is low quality. When was this taken, 2009?
I have been doing weight training with my 70 year old mom for a year and a half; At this point she can do 15 front loaded squats with a 10 kilos barbell easily. She would be zooming on free tickets all over town!
Ableism 🤗🤗
I don’t know how it is where you are, but here disabled and elderly people already ride the bus for free.
Having to prove you’re disabled is also often ableist
I was about to comment this, but now you saved me from lots of downvotes
Didn't they have these in China years ago to promote exercise or some shit.
They did it to promote some shit.
Whenever I see this I think “wow, cool idea, wish we had something like this in the US.” And then I think “it’s just asking for a discrimination lawsuit so unlikely.” And then I think “well we should be making public transit free anyway.” And then I think “until we get our housing affordability and mental health crises resolved, free transit just becomes roving homeless shelters.” And then I get sad.
I wonder whether it checks that you’re going to parallel at least or no reps you 😂
Does it accept video loops ?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“Hey gurl, you must take public transit.”
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
That’s some next level line xD
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
seriously asking, under what context wouldn’t that be “sexual harassment”?
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
When your wife appreciates it?