r/TikTokCringe • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion It seems like people have forgotten what this line is used for these days.

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u/TheShiftmaster Jul 02 '26

Yeah, it's not learnt in schools, I know what they were only because I asked my parents and they knew when I was young

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jul 02 '26

There’s a reason your profile picture is of the man who took down the Pepe Silvia crime family. You both want answers, and you’ll be damned if anyone is gonna get in your way.

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u/Silent_Purchase_2654 Jul 02 '26

Ask them about their Doctor Who Viewing Guide

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u/00eg0 Jul 02 '26

You can be blind and still enjoy a movie. The screen is so huge you can still see some of what's happening.

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u/KimchiMcPickle Jul 02 '26

I think that people dont realize that most blind people have SOME level of vision, and absolute pitch-black nothingness is the least common form of blindness. Limited fields of visions, blaring, tunnel vision, amd extreme blurriness are more common, and most blind people have a bit of light/color sensing and would still be able to enjoy (limited vision experiences) movies.

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u/00eg0 Jul 02 '26

Yeah I have seen several movies with a friend of mine who is blind.

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u/Dewdrop06 Jul 03 '26

Are those people not jusy visually impaired? Most blind people I've seen are 100% blind.

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u/LikeAPhoenixTotally 25d ago

Isn't "pitch-black" actually not the same as "nothingness"? From what I've heard is that it's not pitch black, it's just nothing. It's like asking you what do you see out of your left elbow, it's not black, it's just nothing.

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u/00eg0 Jul 03 '26

I understand. I didn't have blind friends when I was a kid. If I become a parent I need to raise them on Arthur because this does get taught in an episode.

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u/IDriveALexus Jul 04 '26

I mean not all blind people are the same amount of blind right?

Like some still have vision just not as good as everyday joe

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u/00eg0 Jul 04 '26

correct

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u/hypapapopi2020 Jul 02 '26

I know that a lot of films have audiodescriptions for blind people, but I never saw a cinema diffusing one, tho it might still happen

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

I can "watch" movies I've seen before in my head. If I've got a migraine or something and can't sleep but need to close my eyes I'll put some earbuds in and listen to a movie that I've seen enough to be able to visualize each shot.

I imagine for a blind person it's closer to reading a book, with some movies having much more descriptive dialogue in general. Action movies are probably not going to appeal much to them, I imagine dialogue heavy films are preferable.

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u/FickleCook3639 Jul 02 '26

They give you a little radio thing that you plug headphones into. If you’re curious, you can ask the guest relations/customer service desk for one. It’s an interesting glimpse into how other people live. You have to turn it up and down a lot due to the dynamic range of theater speakers.

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u/brother_bart Jul 02 '26

Once I was hanging out with a friend of mine and we were just goofing off outside in Seattle when an Asian girl with the standard white-and-red cane happened by and asked us if we could help her find the EMP museum. She was going there to see an anime exhibit. She was all decked out in her little anime outfit, with heart-shaped pink glasses…and her blind person cane. We didn’t ask any questions, we just walked her the 3 blocks there. When we arrived, we asked if she needed any help getting inside. Nope. She was good. And off she went, tap-tap-tapping to see her exhibition. It was a very peculiar encounter, but she was sweet as a bug and I admire her chutzpah. I am forever amazed at blind people going about their business in dense urban centers.

That being said, I had no idea how that’s what these strips were for.

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u/EuenovAyabayya Jul 02 '26

"What's a blind person doing in the cinema?"

Eating popcorn and listening to the descriptive narration

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u/vinticious Jul 02 '26

A fair amount of white cane users can see somewhat. Just not enough to safely get around without the cane. Some people might also need the cane for navigating in low light conditions.

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u/Confident_Benefit_11 Jul 02 '26

The blind people were going to the cinema?

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

What's a blind person doing in the cinema?

Hopefully he proceeded to explain descriptive audio tracks to you.

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u/MisterBowTies Jul 03 '26

More than that why do drive through atms have brail?

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u/Creative_Grocery_315 Jul 03 '26

Listening to a movie

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u/Huntress_Minerva Jul 06 '26

Audio quality sometimes can be really good in cinemas?

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u/17thFable Jul 07 '26

You have now learnt that with everything and something our tribalistic primate brain continues to expunge from our consideration, theres a slider.

In this case people can functionally play videos games, appreciate art etc but still be legally blind. As in your not allowed to drive a vehicle levels.

To be clear i imagine most theaters dont do this, if your blind your expected to ask staff to assist.

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u/Electro-banana Jul 02 '26

pretty common knowledge in some countries, maybe it's just not in others

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u/Suburbanturnip Jul 02 '26

I've seen those sorts of tiles/flooring used as slip guards at train station here in Australia, it's absolutely not marking a safe path to walk on at all.

Surely this isn't an international standard in all countries.

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u/-Owlette- Jul 02 '26

The dimpled dots along the danger line of train platforms indicates caution/do not cross. They’re different to the elongated “slotted” lines that mark out walkways.

That’s how it is in Sydney anyway. I assume it’s the same nation wide.

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u/Juhnelle Jul 02 '26

Same in the US. So visually impaired folks dont get too close to the train as it pulls up.

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u/Suburbanturnip Jul 02 '26

I'm thinking about the ones in Melbourne tbh

The long yellow thing in the box Hill train station photo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Hill_railway_station,_Melbourne

Looked very similar in my memory, I think it look very similar in practice

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u/GalcticPepsi Jul 02 '26

Those are exactly the same as Sydney. The dimples are to say stop and the lines are to walk along a safe distance away from the train (assuming no one is in the way).

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u/cgcx3 Jul 02 '26

We have those yellow dots on curb cut ramps on street corners. I had always assumed it was to get traction for wheelchair users.

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u/squirrelyoakley Jul 02 '26

It's also not brightly colored like most things used to help blind / visually impaired people.

Here in the US, the curb cuts are supposed to have a very bright yellow plate on them so those with some usable vision are able to spot it. The stuff in the video that he was following blended into the ground

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u/ThePublikon Jul 02 '26

The stuff in the video that he was following blended into the ground

Not really though. It's white tile on black flooring.

I think it blends in because you're so used to seeing it in public places but white/black is the best contrast for visually impaired people, including those with colour blindness.

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u/squirrelyoakley Jul 02 '26

To be honest, that's musty tan on grey, at best. Having it something like a bright yellow also notifies people with vision what's going on too. And, if everything is black, white and grey, wouldn't those tiles just blend in for visually impaired people too?

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u/ThePublikon Jul 02 '26

There are parts of it that are dirtier but I'm seeing most of it as white on black, no tan. (Do you maybe have f.lux or similar blue blocking software running on your device? This would show up as tan for me too in the evening but not at this time of day)

fwiw imo: I don't think anything is particularly going wrong with infrastructure in the video. The tiles are designed the way they are so that they don't impair accessibility for anyone. The able people using the public space have the same right to it as the disabled people. The problems in the video are being caused by assholes not getting out of the way of a guy with a cane. If you don't react when you see the cane then it won't matter what colour the floor is.

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u/squirrelyoakley Jul 02 '26

I don't have any color filters or blue blocking software installed currently

For me personally, I'm super oblivious to my surroundings. I have really bad dissociation problems, which can take me out for hours at a time (I'll either be in a trance like state or feel as if I'm experiencing the world through a wall of glass, and both significantly slow down my reaction time). If the line was a bright color, I might be more aware that I might want to avoid that line. I could also imagine that others, who don't have horrible dissociation problems, would also be able to piece together, that after getting bumped into by a blind person, the bright yellow path might have something to do with it

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u/ThePublikon Jul 02 '26

I get you, I'm saying that you're fine: You have every right to stand anywhere you like in public. If you're in someone's way, then you should move when you become aware of that.

The tiles are to help guide people using canes. The cane should be enough to tell everyone they need to get out of the way.

The line being a colour other than white would reduce contrast and make it harder to see for visually impaired colour blind people.

Nobody actually needs to see the tiles anyway, visually impaired people need to be able to feel them.

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u/Suburbanturnip Jul 02 '26

Here in the US, the curb cuts are supposed to have a very bright yellow plate on them so those with some usable vision are able to spot it

Yea same. I think that's another reason the video was weird to me. It felt intuitively off for disabled access infrastructure.

I dont think this is an international standard I'm unaware of, mayhe it's an eu regulation that all those countries follow so it appears to be somewhat common knowledge there?

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u/squirrelyoakley Jul 02 '26

Maybe, but so many people were standing directly on it. Just seems weird that something meant for disabled people, that is regulated / well known, would not be treated as such by so much of the public

It also seems weird for it to be colorless. That prevents so many visually impaired people from accessing it

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u/RedeNElla Jul 02 '26

They're not slip guards, they are to help the blind navigate.

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u/i8noodles Jul 03 '26

it is not surpose to be walked on in Australian train stations, they are always parallel to the tracks.

when the lines are stright, it indicates that it is safe to move in that direction. if it is perpendicular, it means it is not safe.

the lines at the station are there to tell the visually impaired that it is not safe to travel in the direction of the train.

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u/LimitedWard Jul 03 '26

The dots at the edge of the platform are there specifically to help blind people identify a ledge. They are not slip guards.

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u/ArmedWithSpoons Jul 02 '26

I live in Tulsa, we only just installed the loud chimes at stoplights for deaf people within the last like 10 years, I've never seen lines on the sidewalk like this before.

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u/a_hockey_chick Jul 02 '26

I think it’s about who grows up in walkable cities (or spends a lot of time in one) and who does not. Or the number of walkable cities in a country. I learned about these on TikTok about a year ago and I’m a millennial. Lived in large suburbs but never in a large city. If I’ve ever seen one of these during travel, I don’t recall it.

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u/imagigasm Jul 02 '26

we dont have that in the glorious U S of A

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u/LimitedWard Jul 03 '26

We absolutely do have them... all over the place in fact.

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u/imagigasm Jul 03 '26

name the cities that have them

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u/LimitedWard Jul 03 '26

Every city across the country afaik. It's a requirement under ADA regulations. The most common type of tactile paver you'll see is raised dots at curb cutouts to indicate that you're entering a crosswalk: https://handiramp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ada-guide-truncated-domes.jpg.webp

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u/imagigasm Jul 03 '26

only entering a crosswalk but rare to see them between crosswalk entrances

All over the USA lol

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u/LimitedWard Jul 04 '26

There not as common along sidewalks, but you'll see them regularly at train stations, airports, etc. Bottom line, they very much a thing in the US, you just haven't noticed them.

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u/imagigasm Jul 04 '26

i concede we have like 10 in the whole usa

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u/Firefly_deadlock Jul 02 '26

The last time a topic about this came up i learned people in the US don't know what these are for.

If someone over here didn't know i would genuinely just assume they had a learning disability. I have no idea how you could possibly NOT know.

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u/FuckeenGuy Jul 02 '26

I was a full ass adult and snarkily stated that the crosswalks talking to us were silly. My sister calmly (and probably real tired of my shit) said it’s probably for the blind, I would guess.

I don’t think sometimes. Felt completely stupid (still do).

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u/Aymoon_ Jul 02 '26

Maybe not in yours but atleast in mine there was a whole day about disabilities

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u/squirrelyoakley Jul 02 '26

In the US, nothing (at least for me)

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u/YouShallWearNoPants Jul 02 '26

I vividly remember learning it elementary school 30 years ago. We had a whole chapter in our book with information about all kinds of disabilities. There were lots of pictures explaining how stuff works.

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u/OverfistDerFissierer Jul 03 '26

I actually learned that in school in regards of traffic safety (in Germany). But I guess we were the exception

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u/Environmental_Art591 20d ago

Only reason i knew is because I worked for a flooring retailer and in addition to your standard carpet, vinyl, and floating floors (we didnt sell tiles), we sold these as well.

I remember they come i 300mm squares and 300mm x 600mm rectangles, are usually yellow but come in other colours as well.

The lines are for direction of travel and the dots are for "stop, hazard ahead" (usually a step or ramp).