Fuck these doors

Do I push? Do I pull? Do I get it wrong both ways through?

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27 Comments

rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 94d

The kick plate and no visible hinges are indications to me that it's a push door

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 94d (7 replies)

Norman Door.
In essence, if a door does not accurately broadcast its proper use, the door is wrong.

BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 94d

The Design of Everyday Things is a fantastic book by the man the Norman Door is named after.

Gnugit@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 94d (5 replies)

Did you post the wrong link?

aaa999@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 94d (1 reply)
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 94d

Looks like the url is doubling up, it even quadrupled where you posted the double

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 94d (2 replies)

Contents

In the book, Norman introduced the term affordance as it applied to design,[3]: 282  borrowing James J. Gibson's concept from ecological psychology.[1] In the revised edition of his book in 2013, he also introduced the concept of signifiers to clarify his definition of affordances.[4] Examples of affordances are doors that can be pushed or pulled. These are the possible interactions between an object and its user. Examples of corresponding signifiers are flat plates on doors meant to be pushed, small finger-size push-buttons, and long and rounded bars we intuitively use as handles. As Norman used the term, a door affords pushing or pulling, and the plate or button signals that it is meant to be pushed, while the bar or handle signals pulling.[3]: 282–3 [5]: 9  Norman discussed door handles at length.[6][5]: 10, 87–92 

Nope

guillem@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 94d (1 reply)

The link is wrong tho.

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 94d

Oh, it pasted twice. Thanks.

ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 94d

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 94d

No hinges, it’s a push.

IpsumLauren@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 94d

This one is clearly a push.

deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 94d (1 reply)

Kick plate means you kick it open.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d

kicking doors is bad for your feet. Get a battering ram like the pros.

EffortlessEffluvium@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 94d (1 reply)

It's push because of the horizontal rails and their proximity to the door jamb on the left.

MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place · 4 pts · 94d

Yeah, this is a pretty easy one to tell. No hinges, it's on the other side of the door frame, I don't see a way to think this could be a pull door.

hobata@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 94d (2 replies)

Honestly, I don't get how a simple door could cause a nervous breakdown. Just try opening it.

BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 94d (1 reply)

Or my teenage child to have another thing to make fun of my old ass for...

ZebulonP@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 94d

Make them open the door then laugh at their misfortune.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 94d

Judging by the sides of the door hiding the hinges and the fact there is a kick plate on the bottom, it looks like you push this one.

Masamune@piefed.social · 6 pts · 94d

I'm surprised at all the wrong answers in this thread. The correct way to use this door is to shove your arm through a glass pane and go to the hospital.

MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 94d

Always push first if it doesn't open you just bounce back and pull

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 94d

Yesn't.

MrSelfDestruct@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 94d

Ugh, fine. unzips

QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 88d

fuck these doors

shit, I mean I can try

edit: ow

tomi000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 70d

over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 94d

Either the door is ajar, or the jar is a door.

Either way, don't fuck the jar, Randy learned the hard way last week...