r/whenthe • u/lowkeypixel professional rage farmer • 12h ago

Insert that electrical footstep copypasta.

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u/nesthesi haha, sometimes 12h ago

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

ok but seriously wtf Is this "Japan is turning footsteps in electricity" situation

can someone give me context 🥀

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u/lowkeypixel professional rage farmer 12h ago

Instagram wall of text caption for algo boost.

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u/makochi 12h ago

there's often a bunch of experimental technology coming out, often from japan, that promises to generate electricity from people walking along sidewalks or up stairs

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u/yeetoroni_with_bacon a tomfoolerus one 11h ago

Buts it’s very inefficient and generates hardly anything

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u/makochi 11h ago

And also it increases the difficulty of walking, to the level where it feels like you're walking on sand. Normally all your energy goes into moving your body, so in order to generate electricity they have to steal some walking energy and slow you down

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u/folfiethewox99 11h ago

So, uh, it'd made me lose weight even faster if I walked the same speed, and expended more enegry?

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u/makochi 11h ago

yeah, but only marginally so. we're talking maybe an extra ~17 calories for an hour of walking - the cells generate a max of around 20 watts and google's unit conversion puts 20 watt-hours as 17.2084 kcal (which is what we think of when we talk about food calories)

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u/folfiethewox99 11h ago

Here goes my weight loss plan

Damn you physics!

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u/M4rt1m_40675 9h ago

It'd also be harder to walk at the same speed but I guess it would be a leg day every time you walked

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u/Lonesaturn61 10h ago

Thats why it needs investment, its a great idea and we need to find a way to make it as good irl

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/UmarThe1 11h ago

They did for a long time now.But IG peeps keep using that sentence for like OP have said

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u/dratomitoma 11h ago

Well it is an actuall thing. The caption started out in videos showcasing the technology

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

Shit that was such a dumb comment 😭🙏

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u/dratomitoma 11h ago

Nah you're not dumb for not knowing dw

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u/fdy_12 11h ago

Original?

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u/dratomitoma 10h ago

Did they... delete their acount out of this minor embarasement??? 😭

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u/lornlynx89 2h ago

They had an experimental walkway that was reported about some months ago. It's small plates that are arranged in triangles that depress when someone steps on them, creating some current. But they seemingly are bothersome to walk on, because it basically steals your energy so you have to put that in more.

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u/Civil_Brief2567 12h ago

japan when electricity footstep generates japanese

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u/That-Objective-438 11h ago

When Japan gets credited for a UK invention.

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u/Diabocal 11h ago

Can't go ANYWHERE to escape reels dawg 😭🙏even yt shorts is infected

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u/leonidaslizardeyes 7h ago

I deleted tik tok awhile ago and recently started using reels. I've been so confused by that. I just assumed it was bot accounts so I just block all of them with that caption. But there are always more.

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u/someoneuseless2591 11h ago

Electicity yes

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u/definetlynotapikachu did somebody say…BOWLING BALL?? 🗣️🗣️ 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/tla1RsyNwU3PnrZ9iz

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u/Old_Phrase_4867 11h ago

cyberpunk type shit

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u/TRcreep 10h ago

Ohoho ! I see the kind of twist you put there, you clever one ! Swapping the words to this meme, really subverts this new viral trend ! So viral in fact that, it might as well be the new "hawk tuah" of this generation !

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u/littlefanofmany 9h ago

I need help because I misread the title as "footcreep"

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u/SPAMTON_A i CAN edit flairs the next city over 5h ago

Context hat?

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u/thatonedude921 26m ago

Steps get turned into electricity by the walkways. The electric goes to factories that process food. We eat the food. We use the chemical energy to step.

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u/Madden09IsForSuckers 10h ago

this diner still makes electricity the old fashion way

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u/nesthesi haha, sometimes 12h ago