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angelanna17 t1_jblhosj wrote
Reply to 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
And all this time I thought I just had a terrible sense of direction.
sjk8990 t1_jblggr6 wrote
Reply to 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
I'm calling my mall Hotel California.
alexxerth t1_jblf2mw wrote
Reply to comment by Greenfire32 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
I'll be honest, I don't think I've ever gone to the mall because I want something specific.
I'll go because I'm Christmas shopping and want to see what they have, but if I know what I want I just buy it online.
whooo_me t1_jblegc9 wrote
Bierculles t1_jble58e wrote
Reply to 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
I am completely immune against that because i am always disoriented, i have no clue where i am most of the time.
DryCoughski t1_jbldvdr wrote
Reply to comment by obscureferences in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
Ok fair enough, same as me. I don't have a problem with eating meat as long as the animal has been treated well and killed humanely.
My only other question is; if lab-grown meat was indistinguishable from the meat of a slain animal, what reason would you have to pick the latter?
obscureferences t1_jbld1hj wrote
Reply to comment by DryCoughski in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
Yes, I prefer if it lives well fed and free ranging, while still protected from wild animals, disease, and the like. I also prefer it to be killed in the most humane way possible.
CalculatedHat t1_jblcacp wrote
Reply to 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
Its also why they don't have clocks
obscureferences t1_jblc4ub wrote
Reply to comment by OkThereBro in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
They're not stopping me because they can't, there is no option to, which is why I'm referring to when there is that option.
Also what do I get when you break your guarantee?
RedShadow120 t1_jblbqks wrote
Reply to comment by Wouldtick 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
MOA is just a ring and the only stores with multiple locations are coffee shops. Camp Snoopy Nickolodeon Universe, however, has winding paths that go nowhere and is 100% this.
obscureferences t1_jblbply wrote
Reply to comment by OkThereBro in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
I didn't have a better word for the group. What would you call people who have a problem with you eating produce specifically because it involves animal suffering?
obscureferences t1_jblb5fg wrote
Reply to comment by SuperManta3 in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
Of course I have. Sorry if the comment was abrupt, I was in a hurry.
PM_ur_boobies_pleez t1_jblavbk wrote
Reply to comment by Jollyjacktar 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
Horton Plaza was open to the outdoors, which made it pretty easy to not get lost (in my opinion).
PM_ur_boobies_pleez t1_jblagnl wrote
Reply to comment by p4y 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
They also have shortcuts if you want to skip things.
PM_ur_boobies_pleez t1_jblacza wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod 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
It doesn't work with me, either (with casinos). Even drunk as a skunk, I'm like a homing pigeon.
Omnivud t1_jbl98qx wrote
Reply to 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
I get lost as soon as I enter that shit, good job I guess
angeliswastaken_sock t1_jbl7o0h wrote
Reply to 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
>It is named after Austrian architect Victor Gruen, who disapproved of such manipulative techniques.
How nice of them......
littlebubulle t1_jbl7liz wrote
Reply to comment by p4y 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
The main path is the longest one.
People looking for specific sections instead of walking the whole are the ones getting lost.
Philo_T_Farnsworth t1_jbl7e79 wrote
Reply to comment by bikeidaho 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
It really is disorienting every time I travel to Vegas the first day I'm there I literally am just memorizing landmarks to get around the hotels up and down the Strip.
obsertaries t1_jbl7d3p wrote
Reply to comment by RonSwansonsOldMan 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
IKEA just took the concept to its logical conclusion and made the store a literal maze.
p4y t1_jbl4317 wrote
Reply to comment by ButtersHound 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
Does IKEA layout their stores differently across countries? I keep hearing about people getting lost inside an IKEA and I'm like "How?" Mine has literally one main path to follow, they even put arrows pointing you towards the exit in case you accidentally go in the wrong direction.
mistyjeanw t1_jbl243l wrote
Reply to comment by RockItGuyDC 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
I would go to Sbarro's and get either the lasagna or the spaghetti with that huge meatball
EvlMinion t1_jbkztji wrote
Reply to 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
I've experienced this as well as the opposite. There used to be a really small one nearby. It had an anchor in the center and stores in a U shape around the side, plus 2 exits at either end. It was suuuper easy to get around in that one. Sadly, it's now a Walmart.
One of the remaining malls here is a sprawling monstrosity. Every time I've been there, I got a little confused trying to figure out which side I was parked on.
obscureferences t1_jbli3e6 wrote
Reply to comment by DryCoughski in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
If you could choose between drinking crystal clear glacial water, or water distilled from the piss of a public urinal, would you have a preference?
Even if the results are indistinguishable, the means still matter.