• ysjet@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It’s for holding onto while playing, there’s literally stickers on the machine saying to do it. The current machines even advise it during the health/safety prompts. Current songs are charted specifically with the bar in mind. This isn’t 2001 anymore. This guy has absolutely zero fuckin idea what he’s talking about.

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        11 months ago

        Okay, I just linked the fucken manuals for the machines. Sticker 7, do not hold.

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          11 months ago

          First time hearing about liability?

          Sometimes companies will say things that they don’t even believe themselves, just to protect themselves from the law.

          It’s called LI - A - BIL - I -TY

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            11 months ago

            That hardly proves the intended purpose. Either way, early 2000’s, if you held onto that during play you were weak.

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      11 months ago

      I have no idea, but its not for holding onto while playing. You’re more likely to twist your joints that way. Maybe it stops you from backing off the machine on accident?

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        There must be a legal point where something is so obviously meant for a use that no amount of “not meant to be used for this super obvious purpose” can no longer protect a company, right?

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          My toaster oven’s manual says I have to power it down, clean out the crumb tray, and unplug it after every use or risk starting a fire. After every use. That’s literally what it says. This is what you get when you give the lawyers free rein over the technical writing. It’s insanity.

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          If you like to dance around, while grasping something that is immovable. Go for it. You’re gonna hurt yourself like I watched tweens do all throughout the 00’s at Gameworks. The bar was not made to grab.