• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    I lived in the US nearly all my life and literally never saw one that worked, they must be extremely rare.

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      2 days ago

      I’ve timed them in multiple public and housing buildings in New England and New York (but like, handfuls, not thousands- I’m just exactly this type of curious and autistic, so whenever I use an elevator for long enough to get the opportunity, I do experiments). Around half work in my experience, but that may change depending on where you are.

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        2 days ago

        Timed them?

        Is there a delay before they work? Over here in asia, you press close, it instantly starts closing. Maybe thats why I assumed they never worked in the US.

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          2 days ago

          Generally, yeah. Sometimes it’s as little as one or two seconds, but it can go up to fifteen seconds (it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it really feels like it).