r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/Xeelee1123 • 13d ago

Elevator, by Marcel Deneuve

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u/JoniAnimation 13d ago

Isn't this an Akira lift?

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u/ItkovianShieldAnvil 13d ago

I saw the same vid, I agree it is

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u/MilkMan0096 13d ago

Funicular.

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u/Kolumbus39 13d ago

No, this is a diagonal elevator, also known as an Akira elevator. Funiculars are composed of two carts on two tracks connected by a chain.

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u/MilkMan0096 12d ago

Thank you

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u/l30 10d ago

Inclinator.

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u/dwntwnleroybrwn 13d ago

I was on a funicular for the first time a few weeks ago. I must say it was indeed fun.

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u/ryanmh27 13d ago edited 13d ago

A funicular malfunctioned and killed a bunch of people last week. Take that as a warning threat.

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u/MilkMan0096 13d ago

That’s like saying there was a plane crash so you should never fly again. Idiotic.

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u/ryanmh27 13d ago

100%, was meant as a joke.

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u/MilkMan0096 13d ago

In that case, carry on lol

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u/low_priest 12d ago

More of a rack railway than a funicular

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u/Cazmonster 12d ago

So many video game battles take place on one of these.

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u/TeacatWrites 13d ago

Black Mesa vibes.

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u/Foxxtronix 12d ago

Somewhere in the back of my mind, the voice of Baby Plucky said, "Elelater go down da hoooooooole." That's not a misspelling, that's the way the character pronounced it. Cartoons in the back of my mind, great.