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[–] 115 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Yeah. We're unhappy because your slow ass won't get out of the way! XD

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    I do it without realizing it. I'm clumsy, awkward, and I really am unaware of my surroundings.

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  • [–] 67 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    (but also: What if you were moving toward a light source? Wouldn't that mean you get to see faster? 🤔)

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The light you see would be blue shifted because of the speed you're going and become gamma rays for you. Radio waves would shift to visible light. So you would see radio.

    If you would move that fast on the ground, you'd slam into air molecules at light speed, causing a huge shockwave like a continuous Hiroshima nuke going of. That would make you sad.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Do these fine gentlemen look unhappy to you?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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    "People in a hurry are experiencing stress."

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Hmmm actually ☝️🤓
    Sonic don't walk fast, he runs fast.

    Because he's addicted to cocaine

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Analyses for specific causes of death showed that participants with low walking speed had about a threefold increased risk of cardiovascular death.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4460

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago

    True. Walking fast makes me very unhappy with all the slow walkers

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    Yeah I'm unhappy about all these slow mother fuckers that are always in my way.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It used to be that when my girlfriend and I were walking, she would always be rushing me by walking much faster. After starting my current job, I've become the fast walker, always having to slow down for her.

    Uhhh I'm not sure I like the implication of this is

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    Idk I walk pretty fast and I’m pretty happy, aside from my crippling depression.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Depending on how slow the people in front of me are, I'm also more homicidal! At least Sonic has a lethal spin dash for such occasions.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    --rant start--

    I hate it I hate it such a shitty implication. This headline implies that walking fast makes you sad, but I'm willing to bet a lot that the study didn't actually find such a causal connection.

    My guess is that the causal link is stress here. Stressed people walk faster and are also sad.

    So make the headline say "scientists say stressed people walk fast" or something because someone will try walking slowly in hopes of that bringing happiness

    --rant end--

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    I agree with your rant, this kind of title is annoying.

    I do however also think that doing slow mindful walks will help against stress, so the implication that slow walking brings happiness is not a bad implication. Stressed out fast walking people really should try it. There's no reason to be in a hurry all of the time.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    But the headline doesn't imply a causal connection, it's your own bias that does

    I read it and immediately assumed it's because stressed people walk faster

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The tagline is still making a massive leap of logic to a clickbaity conclusion.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I didn't even think about taking the title seriously but now that you say it, it does sound ridiculous. I wonder if it's bait for people to come in explain causation (serious) to drum up engagement, or if it's actually just dumb.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    So, you're telling me that if I just walk slower, I'll be happier?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Honestly I’ve been very conscious of this lately as a fast walker and it turns out even when I’m in the best mood it’s just fucking painful to walk slow. I feel the same way driving slow in a car with a turbo — the car wants to move fast.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Are you able to meditate for more than a minute?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Now I know why I walk fast

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    But in sonic world, happy people run fast, sad people skate.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago*

    Gotta go pee!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Tracks, I walk so fast it makes people upset with me. I just hate wasting time, why not get where you are going quickly. I’m also deeply unhappy.

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    Never been to Africa so I wouldn't know. Or do you mean South America or Australia?

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  • [+] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    southern US

    c/americandefaultism
    (btw, do we have one? I should check after i write the comment ig)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    The whole fucking world defaults to the US

    I am sorry to tell you, but no

    But I'm guessing you knew what I meant

    Nope, why would i think about USA?, i thought it meant the southern hemisphere or smth (which pretty much confused me because i never hear a stereotype like that)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    This must be. I always walk fast or even run and im sad as fuck

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    said… people content to be slow? Or… might these be… most kindly… and not shaming anyone… lazy assed bitches?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This can’t be true although I only have anecdotal evidence to back up my claim.

    It’s me. I’m unhappy and a very slow walker.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Correlation does not imply causation, in this case it doesn't mean that sad people walk fast. A few years ago there was a similar study that said that people that walked faster were healthier or something, the reality was that younger people walk faster, they also happen to be healthier than older people.

    In this case, it's entirely possible that younger people are fucking depressed due to the state of everything.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Only until you are running so fast the runner's high kicks in and you are in heaven.

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    So much anger from the fast walkers. Hmm.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I've noticed anger makes me go faster when I'm walking or on the exercise bike

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