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OSCgal t1_jbliiid wrote

Reply to comment by cruel_delusion in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree

Norman doors! They're doors designed in such a way that you can't immediately tell if you need to push or pull. Named after designer Don Norman, who denounced them as bad design.

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nectarine_dasheen t1_jbn21cz wrote

Struggled today alternatively pushing and pulling on a huge door to exit a fast food joint and there were a couple people behind me asking, “What is going ON?” Not only was it a Norman door, but it was also kind of wedged closed by insulation and a floor mat. But I couldn’t explain all that and just looked like an idiot shoving and yanking at a door for a quarter of a minute.

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_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN t1_jbn3q1i wrote

Fifteen seconds

A quarter of a minute

… you picked the longer option. Haha.

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OwlHex4577 t1_jbn5ufq wrote

“ A quarter of a minute” really makes you feel the weight of how long those seconds felt.

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