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It sounds obvious but certain countries seem to need the hot coffee warning. A UK friend messaged me from Disneyland Florida yesterday with message 'Its unbelie

It sounds obvious but certain countries seem to need the hot coffee warning. A UK friend messaged me from Disneyland Florida yesterday with message 'Its unbelievable the amount of people in electric buggies, its almost as if 25% of population have given up on idea of walking'.

coffeevradar 9y ago
To be clear, the hot coffee warning is there because a particular McDonald's franchisee elected to keep their coffee at boiling levels and then serve it to unsuspecting customers at the drive-thru. This practice resulted in extremely serious burns to the genitals of the woman who famously sued. I take your larger point, but I feel your example is one better suited to Seinfeld or a comedy act.
- wtvanhest 9y ago
  Just to add to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau... One of the most misunderstood cases in american history and the misunderstanding means that many states created laws to limit exposure which IMO is extremely bad for the average american.
  - mitchty 9y ago
    Yep, its really sad how people think of the hot coffee lawsuit. For a quick lightish hearted overview in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DXSCpcz9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DXSCpcz9E
nradov 9y ago
WALL-E world?
- stevenwoo 9y ago
  In my experience a large percentage of people that are fat are in a scooter and most of the older people are either on a scooter or in a wheelchair. It definitely makes one deja vu to WALL-E. If everyone was in a scooter they would have to limit admissions even more, it's built to accommodate scooters but not for everyone to be in a scooter, yet. The fireworks show would be a total traffic jam without the mobility of walking. I used a fitness tracker last time I went and a full day at Disneyland/California was about 16 miles of walking.
  - nradov 9y ago
    Those places ought to require a doctor's note with a legitimate medical problem (not just obesity) in order to use a motorized scooter.
    - jmull 9y ago
      It's always so nice when the FPH shows up. Thanks.
      - nradov 9y ago
        What's FPH?
        always_good 9y ago
        Fat People Hate, in particular /r/fatpeoplehate which had to move to https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate. The commenter of course launching it as an ad hominem at you.
        jmull 9y ago
        No, not ad hominem because I'm not rebutting OP's argument, only expressing my distaste the sentiment. It's such a casually nasty thing to say, "We ought to make (easily identifiable group X) (do something obnoxious/humiliating, not to mention impractical)," that I don't like to let it pass.
- sitepodmatt 9y ago
  Great movie. Luckily, someone has made a correlation between sitting on your arse in front of TV all night and ones future mobility, what a long shot hypothesis, we could be saved...

coffeevradar 9y ago

To be clear, the hot coffee warning is there because a particular McDonald's franchisee elected to keep their coffee at boiling levels and then serve it to unsuspecting customers at the drive-thru. This practice resulted in extremely serious burns to the genitals of the woman who famously sued. I take your larger point, but I feel your example is one better suited to Seinfeld or a comedy act.

wtvanhest 9y ago
Just to add to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau... One of the most misunderstood cases in american history and the misunderstanding means that many states created laws to limit exposure which IMO is extremely bad for the average american.
- mitchty 9y ago
  Yep, its really sad how people think of the hot coffee lawsuit. For a quick lightish hearted overview in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DXSCpcz9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DXSCpcz9E

nradov 9y ago

WALL-E world?

stevenwoo 9y ago
In my experience a large percentage of people that are fat are in a scooter and most of the older people are either on a scooter or in a wheelchair. It definitely makes one deja vu to WALL-E. If everyone was in a scooter they would have to limit admissions even more, it's built to accommodate scooters but not for everyone to be in a scooter, yet. The fireworks show would be a total traffic jam without the mobility of walking. I used a fitness tracker last time I went and a full day at Disneyland/California was about 16 miles of walking.
- nradov 9y ago
  Those places ought to require a doctor's note with a legitimate medical problem (not just obesity) in order to use a motorized scooter.
  - jmull 9y ago
    It's always so nice when the FPH shows up. Thanks.
    - nradov 9y ago
      What's FPH?
      - always_good 9y ago
        Fat People Hate, in particular /r/fatpeoplehate which had to move to https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate. The commenter of course launching it as an ad hominem at you.
        jmull 9y ago
        No, not ad hominem because I'm not rebutting OP's argument, only expressing my distaste the sentiment. It's such a casually nasty thing to say, "We ought to make (easily identifiable group X) (do something obnoxious/humiliating, not to mention impractical)," that I don't like to let it pass.
sitepodmatt 9y ago
Great movie. Luckily, someone has made a correlation between sitting on your arse in front of TV all night and ones future mobility, what a long shot hypothesis, we could be saved...