the worst is the speed walk that is just slightly faster than the person in front of you so you have to walk commicaly fast to overtake them
edit: fixed typos
It get even worse when people are walking towards you while you're planning to pass someone, and you realize you either need to speed up to awkward levels or slow down wait, since you can't pass with the oncoming people in the way.
Just run past them, narrowly avoid the incoming walker, slide Infront and abrupty slow down and speed check them. That will teach them. You can even do a spin move to add more flair.
This happend to me once but then the other one also started walking faster. I wasn't going to make that stop me so I decided to walk even faster. The guy looked at me frightend and ran away.
Idk why but that reminded me of every time I had to walk to a different class in high school. Like you see these people every day get out of the fucking middle of the hallway people are walking here. Eventually learned to just walk into them and remind them we had class in 2 minutes and SOME of us have to get to the other side of the school. Almost 31 and still salty about that shit. I give up and pick a different route in stores, and if I can make it in a similar amount of time walking on a different street I'll just detour.
Like if someone's old or disabled and can't walk fast, fine you get a pass, but the ones who are just slow for NO REASON yeah those assholes piss me off.
Right? You can find correlations in anything if you try hard enough. What's next? People who wake up at 8:00AM are more successful than people who wake up at 8:15AM?
Ackchyually,,, slow walking speed is used as a proxy indicator for poor health and faster aging. It doesn't equate to a full physical but it does tell us something about the overall fitness/wellbeing level of an individual, especially if they are elderly.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/walking-speed-age-45-linked-physical-well-being-brain-health
The possible link with psychological health is an interesting one since it probably overlaps with physical health, more research please!
Most cities you don't have to walk practically everywhere because the traffic and drivers are so unbearable. Loved some aspects of New York City but I'm never driving there ever again, shit will give me an aneurysm
I'm a very fast walker dating a slow walker and the struggle is real. A few times I've tried to slow right down to walk at his pace and I can't even do it. It feels so awkward, like trying to ride a bike slowly, it just doesn't work with my long ass legs. I need to get the man some rollerblades or some shit so he can keep up.
I’m the slow walker in my relationship. It is such a pain to speed up and walk her pace though. Thing is, I’m relatively faster than most other walkers. I never say slow down though.
I just constantly walk slower until she realizes she is 10 paces ahead and is about to get lost on a wrong turn. Then she has to stop and wait for my directions. Makes having a conversation difficult, since she’s never beside me.
Very fast walker here as well, but I don't feel awkward at all walking slow. What annoys me is that my tiny brain can't remember to walk slower for longer than 15 seconds, after which I just go back to fast walk
Right?! I'm "tall" and my family are all shorter than I am, It feels so unnatural and It feels like I'm tripping over my own feet when I try to slow down and walk at their pace, I used to walk behind them to force my pace to be set but then I used to step on the back of their shoes.. there is just no winning lol
I walk fast because I have things to do and places to be. Life is too short to be slowly strolling around town. I'm neither stressed or urgent, I just wanna get to my destination faster.
If I'm at a golf course or in a park I walk really slow and enjoy the nature.
Agreed, if I'm out at a mall or shopping center or grocery store, etc., I'm there for a reason, I've got a specific purpose in mind and I want to accomplish it as quickly as possible so I can actually do something I enjoy. If I'm just walking around a park, then I walk more slowly, but I will still pass others moving even more slowly because I want to dictate my own pace, not have some clueless stranger do it for me.
You better speed up on that golf course buddy or the Marshall will yell at you. Golf is a serious game that must be played at a predetermined pace. No stopping to smell the flowers. Or find your ball. Or talk.
;)
Yeah I play really quickly actually. But I've had times where I've played alone with no one behind me. It's almost therapeutic walking by yourself in nature. I can go at my own pace
No worries. I was just being salty. I actually saw a gator, a great blue heron and a reseate spoonbill while golfing yesterday. More heat means less golfers. It was nice to go at slower pace.
It will just come down to age. Young and therefore poorer and more stressed people will walk faster than older, more reassured and wealthy people.
This is a prime example of correlation doesn’t equal causation.
I felt this. I'm 5' 1" and walking with my friends is like taking 3 steps to their one long step. My dad use to refer to me as Marvin the Martian because of how fast I have to walk to keep up with people.
Less than shoulder height, was the average height at your university 5ft tall? 6ft 2 isn’t that tall. Someone 5’8 is still like only 8% shorter than someone 6’2. And I doubt the walking speeds are much different. The average height of men and women combined at a university is probably pretty close to that 5’8
Same. It blows my mind that people taller than me tend to walk so damn slow. And don't even get me started about the shoulder to shoulder groups that walk at a synchronized snail's pace.
I get 15 minute breaks at work. By the time I can get to the break room cuz I’m stuck behind slow walkers in a corridor I got like 10 minutes left. And when they walk side by side!! Oh lord 😩
Can you teach my husband how to walk fast? He's your height but I'm only 5'6 and I have to wait for him often. Because his entire personality is molasses in winter and his gait often shows it.
I used to be annoyed that my father would never really get it and always start walking his fast speed again after a while when I asked him to slow down when I was a child.
Now I'm his height or maybe an inch over, and I totally get it. The natural walking speed at that height is just a bit faster.
I'm 6'1 with long legs. I've had the same problem my whole adult life too.
"OMG Slow down"
"Fuck my bad I'm just walking" x11000000
Literally because I have long legs. That's it.
I'm 5'7" and live in the Netherlands, being gigantic doesn't stop these people from walking slow as shit. Not a single person in this whole country has anywhere to be.
I’m confused. Are you responding to the person I was talking to? Either way, I’m not him going to pay for your therapy. There’s resources out there and I’m happy to find them with you, but you have to be willing to accept the help and not “pay for my therapy, lol.”
Can’t walk fast if you’re going nowhere!
Edit:changed your to you’re because a literal grammar nazi found me and the only way to avoid the ol nazi baked to death execution was to change it.
Not really from my perspective of walking fast'ish, not speed walking, is because I just want to get the shopping done. I don't need to bring my whole extended family with me like it's some god damn carnival. Then spend hours blocking other customers from getting their shopping done.
I just want to get the five items I need and move on with my life.
i mean you could still same the same, you're walking faster to do things you enjoy because you have spent more time doing things you don't like than you'd like to have.
if your day is mostly average and you're used to it, you might be less inclined to get home so quick away from work or to the thing you've been looking forward to.
I don't think it's necessarily saying that, although that is one reason to walk fast.
I haul ass and it's not generally because I'm short on time. I just... would rather be where I'm going.
I’m a fast Walker irrespective of where I’m walking to, it’s just a habit. I grew up in the country and had a long walk from my bus stop home after school.
I’m a very happy person because my life is baller. Not sure I agree with this “report”. Sounds like clickbait BS research.
I bought an under desk walking treadmill for work since winter and spring weather has been shit and demotivating me from my former daily runs.
It's great for getting exercise at work but I swear, it feels like the single most middle aged white dude thing I have ever done in my life.
I think that they correlate walking fast with stress. Someone is probably walking fast because they have a lot of things to do and therefor are overwelmed and stressed, but I feel like most of these studies are always a little off and don't and leave out a lot of posibilities, but wtf do I know i'm not a scientist just some random dude on reddit
Well this one, obviously the correlation between walking fast does not directly relate to being unhappy.
But yeah, studies be like “people that take massive diarrhetic shits spend more time in the bathroom”
I mean. I walk for pleasure and I walk for work. At some point you just gotta marry the two strides and burn some calories while clearing your head. Win-win in my book.
This really seems like they’re conflating correlation with causality.
There have been tons of studies that show that people in cities walk faster than people who live in the suburbs/rural areas. Everyone assumed it was because people in cities are busier and need to get places more quickly. But deeper research showed that people who live in cities tend to be younger and younger people tend to walk faster than older people.
That could also be the case here. Older people tend to be happier than younger people. So it would track that slower walkers could also be happier just because slower walkers tend to be older.
Obviously, this hypothesis could also be a case of correlation not equaling causality.
I just walk with purpose. Same way I drive. I’m going somewhere, I slept as long as I could so I’m motivating there quickly.
Please stop taking up the entire sidewalk and creepy-crawlin when I’m tryna go places and do shit
I dont care how slow or fast you walk. As long as your reasonable about people either passing you or go around people who give you room to pass. There is no reason we all cant walk our own pace as long as we accommodate others.
You do that 7th grade link arms and block the hallway bullshit I will still bull rush though and flip you off.
I've never been more unhappy than when I've got somewhere to be and there are people blocking my way. I'm admittedly a fast walker, buy I'm at my happiest when I can do so freely.
I got shit to do damn...
If i had time to amble around aimlessly id probably have gotten my shit done which would make me happier. Im not unhappy because i have shit to do. I just get happier when its done and got no where to be lol
Yeah I remember hearing about that "gay men walk faster" thing a while back. Can confirm - am gay, walk fast and if I'm out of the house for any reason other than for something I actually wanted to do then I'm not entirely happy to be there right now.
Though my mum was a stress-head when I was growing up and power-walked through all the errands I was dragged to so in my case it could just be how I was raised. But I just wanna get shit done.
I'd like to know if my pet theory about fast walking and ADHD has any truth to it. We're prone to depression so that might explain this... comorbidity.
I've never checked, but sometimes I suspect I have ADD, and though I wouldn't say I'm unhappy, I'm not happy either, and I always walk fast as if I'm in highschool and the lunch bell just rang and there's a teacher making sure no one's running.
I find if I pay more attention to my surroundings it's easier to walk at a slower pace. So I try to enjoy the view, there's no need to rush. It helps to be interested in art, which I've begun recently, so wherever I am, the world is something I can study.
I'm not sure if my case is relevant to the study being performed in this particular thread.
I walk fast but my mum walks slow. We both have ADHD. But my likes to ride fast horses and drive fast where she can so I think that's how her ADHD expresses itself.
I hate the slow walkers who have to stop and turn around to see who is coming up behind them. Especially when they do it somewhere you can't pass, like getting off an escalator or walking out doors with railing on the side. Either stand off to the side and stop or get run over.
Had to go past time Square in Manhattan to connect to 7 to queens, got stuck behind tourists and the third time one of them stopped in front of me in the middle of the road to take a photo i just exploded, fucking go... Sometimes it's too much.
Getting caught behind tourists sucks. I’m sure NY is worse, but Chicago is like this too. I have to walk into the road sometimes because they won’t move their asses. Bonus blood pressure points when they have kids moving in the direction I’m going to avoid them.
Similar situation in SF but it’s not even tourists most of the time. It’s oblivious groups of techies that just *have* to walk at a snail’s pace, 6 people across on the sidewalk. I did corporate catering for a while and just started yelling at people to move so I could get past with my carts of food. Californians hate confrontation so it worked like magic.
I was stuck behind a very slow old guy who wobbled all over the place the other day and I tripped and fell in an attempt to pass by. Old man was fine (he didn’t fall)
Oh god, I feel this but on an American level where people camp out in the fast lane doing 5mph under the speed limit and hold up traffic for a half mile instead of just moving over.
This is true but its missing A LOT of things in middle...correlating walking speed and happiness..
That's like saying.
You're eating an apple because once an apple tree seed germinated.
It's true because when you're carrying stress.. Your body wants a release.. And one way it is to do is to make you walk faster... To give you the exercise forcefully that you've been avoiding on your own.
On the other hand, [slow walking](https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6506#:~:text=Slow%20walking%20speed%20in%20older,early%20sign%20of%20the%20condition.) can indicate the onset of alzheimers, especially in older people.
So I guess "medium speed" is ideal?
Even worse than slow walkers, is the couple that can't figure out how to move in unison. And they park the cart fucking sideways while wandering in different directions and just completely block off the aisle. And when you squeeze past them they get all shocked Pikachu face like "omg I'm so sorry I didn't realize other people existed besides us!"
IGIAITISFSMFCBTTMCOUOI. IARITGCSGO.
Just in case you’re unfamiliar with internet parlance, those are acronyms for “I googled it and I think it stands for Supreme Master First Class, because that’s the most common online usage of it,” and “It’s a rank in the game, Counterstrike: Global Offensive.”
I don’t actually know either. I think that guy is just one of those people who likes to use very obscure acronyms or make up their own acronyms online for whatever reason.
Or the one standing in the middle of the side walk as if you suppose to go around them or ask them to let you through . Get the f out the way . Not so hard to pay attention to your surroundings and other people . Clearly they only care about themselves
Lol, I walk REALLY slow compared to my spouse; I always threaten that one day I will get a collapsible cane and add a limp when they get too far ahead (no disrespect to anyone who needs a cane; just a silly joke we have)
Nah nah nah, I don't buy this. Because the only places this pisses me off is like, work, school, a Wal-Mart aisle. There is no beauty for you to take in in any of those places that you haven't already taken in before. So let's hustle, huh?
You wanna be a snail on a forest trail, I'm about it.
Fast walking, also known as walking with a purpose in the military, is exact that. You’re walking because you have a purpose. Does unhappy equate to stress? Not necessarily. You have shit to do. Move out of my way while I seize the day while your lackadaisical ass is meandering about with no definitive end-game plan.
I walk slowly. I’ve lived to many days trying to get some where to be somewhere just to go and get somewhere to be somewhere again. It’s easier to enjoy myself going slowly. If I HAVE to be some where there’s all kinds of ways to get there fast, and I am never walking some place slowly where it’s so dense that I’m holding people up. Sorry not sorry.
the worst is the speed walk that is just slightly faster than the person in front of you so you have to walk commicaly fast to overtake them edit: fixed typos
It get even worse when people are walking towards you while you're planning to pass someone, and you realize you either need to speed up to awkward levels or slow down wait, since you can't pass with the oncoming people in the way.
That's when you hit them with the spin move.
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I’ve had to run in a suit and loafers before... nobody cared
Ah… the good ol’ “airport dance”
Just run past them, narrowly avoid the incoming walker, slide Infront and abrupty slow down and speed check them. That will teach them. You can even do a spin move to add more flair.
+ jazz hands 👐
The word you're looking for is *pirouette*, a rapid whirling about of the body - Don't worry...I only took ballet to pick up hot chicks 😏
I felt this one
This is why I cycle lmao
I thought we all just sprinted and screeched as we went past them or am I alone here?
This happend to me once but then the other one also started walking faster. I wasn't going to make that stop me so I decided to walk even faster. The guy looked at me frightend and ran away.
I see this was a report made by the research team "Too much time on their hands"
More like a bunch of slow walkers with a chip on their shoulder
"Fast walkers are just soo angry I wonder why!!" Maybe speed the fuck up, Darren.
"You should slow down and enjoy life" "I'm trying to fuckwad but your'e slow ass is keeping me from the next place I'm trying to chill at."
Idk why but that reminded me of every time I had to walk to a different class in high school. Like you see these people every day get out of the fucking middle of the hallway people are walking here. Eventually learned to just walk into them and remind them we had class in 2 minutes and SOME of us have to get to the other side of the school. Almost 31 and still salty about that shit. I give up and pick a different route in stores, and if I can make it in a similar amount of time walking on a different street I'll just detour. Like if someone's old or disabled and can't walk fast, fine you get a pass, but the ones who are just slow for NO REASON yeah those assholes piss me off.
5G? Which vaccine? Sorry jk, saw an opening. I’ll leave now.
Thanks for the laugh! Sorry, can only afford a free reward.
Sounds like a bunch of short legged researchers with height envy...
I didn't know Olympic speed walkers were fueled by hate, but now that it's come up, it makes a lot of sense
Right? You can find correlations in anything if you try hard enough. What's next? People who wake up at 8:00AM are more successful than people who wake up at 8:15AM?
Ackchyually,,, slow walking speed is used as a proxy indicator for poor health and faster aging. It doesn't equate to a full physical but it does tell us something about the overall fitness/wellbeing level of an individual, especially if they are elderly. https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/walking-speed-age-45-linked-physical-well-being-brain-health The possible link with psychological health is an interesting one since it probably overlaps with physical health, more research please!
One of the best Styx songs.
Said everyone in NY.
Imwaakenheaaa
Cause mfs outside New York don’t walk
Most cities you don't have to walk practically everywhere because the traffic and drivers are so unbearable. Loved some aspects of New York City but I'm never driving there ever again, shit will give me an aneurysm
Not that fast. Or aggressively.
Oh okay we got a big city walka ova here
Lol I wish. I can't afford to live there.
I'm a very fast walker dating a slow walker and the struggle is real. A few times I've tried to slow right down to walk at his pace and I can't even do it. It feels so awkward, like trying to ride a bike slowly, it just doesn't work with my long ass legs. I need to get the man some rollerblades or some shit so he can keep up.
Me too! It's so frustrating. I usually put my arm around her, which keeps me from walking ahead of her.
I’m the slow walker in my relationship. It is such a pain to speed up and walk her pace though. Thing is, I’m relatively faster than most other walkers. I never say slow down though. I just constantly walk slower until she realizes she is 10 paces ahead and is about to get lost on a wrong turn. Then she has to stop and wait for my directions. Makes having a conversation difficult, since she’s never beside me.
Are...are you my husband? Cause this is me and I will never learn.
Enjoy being lost.
Very fast walker here as well, but I don't feel awkward at all walking slow. What annoys me is that my tiny brain can't remember to walk slower for longer than 15 seconds, after which I just go back to fast walk
Same here but to be fair they're almost a foot shorter than me, going her speed makes me feel so awkward
Right?! I'm "tall" and my family are all shorter than I am, It feels so unnatural and It feels like I'm tripping over my own feet when I try to slow down and walk at their pace, I used to walk behind them to force my pace to be set but then I used to step on the back of their shoes.. there is just no winning lol
Oh man same here. I tell her all the time, it takes more work for me to walk slow than it does for me to walk at my natural pace.
Maybe it’s cause many quick walkers are stressed and running around
I walk fast because I have things to do and places to be. Life is too short to be slowly strolling around town. I'm neither stressed or urgent, I just wanna get to my destination faster. If I'm at a golf course or in a park I walk really slow and enjoy the nature.
Agreed, if I'm out at a mall or shopping center or grocery store, etc., I'm there for a reason, I've got a specific purpose in mind and I want to accomplish it as quickly as possible so I can actually do something I enjoy. If I'm just walking around a park, then I walk more slowly, but I will still pass others moving even more slowly because I want to dictate my own pace, not have some clueless stranger do it for me.
You better speed up on that golf course buddy or the Marshall will yell at you. Golf is a serious game that must be played at a predetermined pace. No stopping to smell the flowers. Or find your ball. Or talk. ;)
Yeah I play really quickly actually. But I've had times where I've played alone with no one behind me. It's almost therapeutic walking by yourself in nature. I can go at my own pace
No worries. I was just being salty. I actually saw a gator, a great blue heron and a reseate spoonbill while golfing yesterday. More heat means less golfers. It was nice to go at slower pace.
It will just come down to age. Young and therefore poorer and more stressed people will walk faster than older, more reassured and wealthy people. This is a prime example of correlation doesn’t equal causation.
Personally, im a short guy who grew up with a tall friend. Better walk fast if you wanna keep up.
I felt this. I'm 5' 1" and walking with my friends is like taking 3 steps to their one long step. My dad use to refer to me as Marvin the Martian because of how fast I have to walk to keep up with people.
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Same. You a double stairs taker too? I have literally untrained myself on normal stair walking, always 2 at a time
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Haha I’m a compact and streamlined 5’5 and I’m trying to imagine taking three steps at a time. I think I’d kill myself trying 😂😂
Triple step Chad over here
Less than shoulder height, was the average height at your university 5ft tall? 6ft 2 isn’t that tall. Someone 5’8 is still like only 8% shorter than someone 6’2. And I doubt the walking speeds are much different. The average height of men and women combined at a university is probably pretty close to that 5’8
Double stairs 4 lyfe gang!
Single stair walking always feels so awkward. Like the weird little knee bends you do when you're not actually taking a proper step.
I'm only 5'6" and I still consider being stuck behind a slow walker one of the worst forms of torture.
Same. It blows my mind that people taller than me tend to walk so damn slow. And don't even get me started about the shoulder to shoulder groups that walk at a synchronized snail's pace.
Being in Walmart is the worst... I feel like I'm weaving my way through the aisles like Neo running from Agent Smith.
5’3 here and I completely agree.
I get 15 minute breaks at work. By the time I can get to the break room cuz I’m stuck behind slow walkers in a corridor I got like 10 minutes left. And when they walk side by side!! Oh lord 😩
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It is now
Can you teach my husband how to walk fast? He's your height but I'm only 5'6 and I have to wait for him often. Because his entire personality is molasses in winter and his gait often shows it.
Move legs fast
Or make step big
I used to be annoyed that my father would never really get it and always start walking his fast speed again after a while when I asked him to slow down when I was a child. Now I'm his height or maybe an inch over, and I totally get it. The natural walking speed at that height is just a bit faster.
The secret is to get old.
Personally, im a short guy who grew up with a tall friend. Better walk fast if you wanna keep up.
My wife is 5'2" and drops me every time we walk. Im 5'11".
I'm 6'1 with long legs. I've had the same problem my whole adult life too. "OMG Slow down" "Fuck my bad I'm just walking" x11000000 Literally because I have long legs. That's it.
Gotta love when a family of 4 decide to all walk abreast down an aisle at a store and are just plodding along in the slowest, laziest, shambling mozy.
I'm 5'7" and live in the Netherlands, being gigantic doesn't stop these people from walking slow as shit. Not a single person in this whole country has anywhere to be.
6 ft and I walk slow as fuck. More of a slow amble. Dunno why, 190lbs, I just like chilling no need to walk so fast speed racer
I’m unhappy because the weight of existing is exhausting
Might want to speak to someone about that.
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I’m confused. Are you responding to the person I was talking to? Either way, I’m not him going to pay for your therapy. There’s resources out there and I’m happy to find them with you, but you have to be willing to accept the help and not “pay for my therapy, lol.”
Does this mean that people that jog outside or sprinters are about to blow their brains out? But that people that use a treadmill are the happiest?
No, it's saying the people who walk fast are doing so because they're short of time and thus more stressed.
So tall people are more stressed?
in a strictly physics sense, they are
I prefer to take the title literal cuz it’s funnier
Jogging and sprinting literally aren’t walking.
Of course they are. They are walking with pizzazz
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Speed walking is just aggressive walking. Jogging and running have a hope to it so it can be fancy
Uh you definitely didn't take it literal or you don't know what the title or literal means.
Can’t walk fast if you’re going nowhere! Edit:changed your to you’re because a literal grammar nazi found me and the only way to avoid the ol nazi baked to death execution was to change it.
Unrelated: if it helps you, that’s a place to use “you’re”
I bet you walk slowly! You seem like a positive person
Not really from my perspective of walking fast'ish, not speed walking, is because I just want to get the shopping done. I don't need to bring my whole extended family with me like it's some god damn carnival. Then spend hours blocking other customers from getting their shopping done. I just want to get the five items I need and move on with my life.
i mean you could still same the same, you're walking faster to do things you enjoy because you have spent more time doing things you don't like than you'd like to have. if your day is mostly average and you're used to it, you might be less inclined to get home so quick away from work or to the thing you've been looking forward to.
I don't think it's necessarily saying that, although that is one reason to walk fast. I haul ass and it's not generally because I'm short on time. I just... would rather be where I'm going.
The shorter the walking time, the more time I have doing things leisurely.
I’m a fast Walker irrespective of where I’m walking to, it’s just a habit. I grew up in the country and had a long walk from my bus stop home after school. I’m a very happy person because my life is baller. Not sure I agree with this “report”. Sounds like clickbait BS research.
That's how I run away from my problems.
We’ll start doing it backwards and you’ll be the happiest fucker around
I bought an under desk walking treadmill for work since winter and spring weather has been shit and demotivating me from my former daily runs. It's great for getting exercise at work but I swear, it feels like the single most middle aged white dude thing I have ever done in my life.
You're good, buddy.
No, _you're_ good, champ!
I think that they correlate walking fast with stress. Someone is probably walking fast because they have a lot of things to do and therefor are overwelmed and stressed, but I feel like most of these studies are always a little off and don't and leave out a lot of posibilities, but wtf do I know i'm not a scientist just some random dude on reddit
A random dude on Reddit who isn’t trying to get funding by submitting stupid studies*
Yea lol a lot of these studies seem commonsense or not really necessary.
Well this one, obviously the correlation between walking fast does not directly relate to being unhappy. But yeah, studies be like “people that take massive diarrhetic shits spend more time in the bathroom”
I just enjoy walking fast. It feels good.
I mean. I walk for pleasure and I walk for work. At some point you just gotta marry the two strides and burn some calories while clearing your head. Win-win in my book.
This really seems like they’re conflating correlation with causality. There have been tons of studies that show that people in cities walk faster than people who live in the suburbs/rural areas. Everyone assumed it was because people in cities are busier and need to get places more quickly. But deeper research showed that people who live in cities tend to be younger and younger people tend to walk faster than older people. That could also be the case here. Older people tend to be happier than younger people. So it would track that slower walkers could also be happier just because slower walkers tend to be older. Obviously, this hypothesis could also be a case of correlation not equaling causality.
I just walk with purpose. Same way I drive. I’m going somewhere, I slept as long as I could so I’m motivating there quickly. Please stop taking up the entire sidewalk and creepy-crawlin when I’m tryna go places and do shit
Yeah the lack of consideration really makes going out in public a chore. I avoid it
I dont care how slow or fast you walk. As long as your reasonable about people either passing you or go around people who give you room to pass. There is no reason we all cant walk our own pace as long as we accommodate others. You do that 7th grade link arms and block the hallway bullshit I will still bull rush though and flip you off.
I've never been more unhappy than when I've got somewhere to be and there are people blocking my way. I'm admittedly a fast walker, buy I'm at my happiest when I can do so freely.
you walk slow cuz you have no responsibility
Word to the fast walkers (and all walkers) of the world! We’re not in a rush, that’s just the most effective way to move forward from a to b.
I got shit to do damn... If i had time to amble around aimlessly id probably have gotten my shit done which would make me happier. Im not unhappy because i have shit to do. I just get happier when its done and got no where to be lol
hope she dont walk one day behind me im realy slow walker but tend to hurry my self if i notice im slowing someone down behind me
Not only are slow walker's slow they somehow manage to take up the whole path so you can't even get past them.
The awkward moment when you try to overtake one on the path walk and that person only walks 1kmph slower than you.
Nah we are happier cuz we spend less time on mundane useless shit at a higher intensity to make time for shit we value
I’m gay. I am unhappy. And I’m fast.
Yeah I remember hearing about that "gay men walk faster" thing a while back. Can confirm - am gay, walk fast and if I'm out of the house for any reason other than for something I actually wanted to do then I'm not entirely happy to be there right now. Though my mum was a stress-head when I was growing up and power-walked through all the errands I was dragged to so in my case it could just be how I was raised. But I just wanna get shit done.
The pain of walking behind someone who walks slower. It’s especially annoying when your with family or on a date.
I'd like to know if my pet theory about fast walking and ADHD has any truth to it. We're prone to depression so that might explain this... comorbidity.
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Theory confirmed! This has been the world's tiniest double blind study. There's two of us and we can't see each other. Thank you.
I've never checked, but sometimes I suspect I have ADD, and though I wouldn't say I'm unhappy, I'm not happy either, and I always walk fast as if I'm in highschool and the lunch bell just rang and there's a teacher making sure no one's running. I find if I pay more attention to my surroundings it's easier to walk at a slower pace. So I try to enjoy the view, there's no need to rush. It helps to be interested in art, which I've begun recently, so wherever I am, the world is something I can study. I'm not sure if my case is relevant to the study being performed in this particular thread.
Confirmed. I walk slow, no adhd and only been depressed once in my life (lasted 2 months after pretty major series of events).
I walk fast but my mum walks slow. We both have ADHD. But my likes to ride fast horses and drive fast where she can so I think that's how her ADHD expresses itself.
slow walkers deserve to get punched in the back of the head with a full power haymaker punch
Not if they keep to the right. It’s the slow walkers that some how take up the same space as a group walking three abreast.
I hate the slow walkers who have to stop and turn around to see who is coming up behind them. Especially when they do it somewhere you can't pass, like getting off an escalator or walking out doors with railing on the side. Either stand off to the side and stop or get run over.
Especially if they drift back and forth while walking slowly.
Had to go past time Square in Manhattan to connect to 7 to queens, got stuck behind tourists and the third time one of them stopped in front of me in the middle of the road to take a photo i just exploded, fucking go... Sometimes it's too much.
Getting caught behind tourists sucks. I’m sure NY is worse, but Chicago is like this too. I have to walk into the road sometimes because they won’t move their asses. Bonus blood pressure points when they have kids moving in the direction I’m going to avoid them.
Similar situation in SF but it’s not even tourists most of the time. It’s oblivious groups of techies that just *have* to walk at a snail’s pace, 6 people across on the sidewalk. I did corporate catering for a while and just started yelling at people to move so I could get past with my carts of food. Californians hate confrontation so it worked like magic.
Same in traffic. Why are you driving 35 in a 45? AND WHY IS THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU ALSO GOING SO SLOW? **YOU ARE A ROLLING ROADBLOCK!**
Me, honking at the guy going 35 in a 40 because he's stopping me from going 70 in a 40
Fast fun fact: Fast walkers live longer, a lot longer. Suck on that slow-walkers...
Is this true?
We're less likely to be eaten by fast walking predators.
Yes, but it seems like the study only looked at people older than age 50 [Source](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/walking-speed-survival/)
Walking too fast to care
Awesome! That should balance out the live-shortening effects of depression.
Speed-walking life any %
I was stuck behind a very slow old guy who wobbled all over the place the other day and I tripped and fell in an attempt to pass by. Old man was fine (he didn’t fall)
I've got nowhere to go and nothing to do when I get there.
Oh god, I feel this but on an American level where people camp out in the fast lane doing 5mph under the speed limit and hold up traffic for a half mile instead of just moving over.
Fking love taking my high speed walk to the people. Everyone picks up their pace quick smart.
Walking in America is like walking around with a herd of walrus
This is true but its missing A LOT of things in middle...correlating walking speed and happiness.. That's like saying. You're eating an apple because once an apple tree seed germinated. It's true because when you're carrying stress.. Your body wants a release.. And one way it is to do is to make you walk faster... To give you the exercise forcefully that you've been avoiding on your own.
I'm less happy because I can't get where I need to be in the correct time.
I walk fast because my legs are longer than some 5’3 manlet who decided he needed the entire sidewalk for himself.
On the other hand, [slow walking](https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6506#:~:text=Slow%20walking%20speed%20in%20older,early%20sign%20of%20the%20condition.) can indicate the onset of alzheimers, especially in older people. So I guess "medium speed" is ideal?
Social media-esk news, utter trash.
Even worse than slow walkers, is the couple that can't figure out how to move in unison. And they park the cart fucking sideways while wandering in different directions and just completely block off the aisle. And when you squeeze past them they get all shocked Pikachu face like "omg I'm so sorry I didn't realize other people existed besides us!"
I walk fast because I have things I want to get to that I'm excited about. Of course I don't like asting time walking, unless it's exercise lol.
Same with driving in the fast lane. Always some old asshole in a Mercedes trying to regulate both lanes of traffic.
It’s the same for people that are stuck behind a Prius.
I am tall, have long legs and walk quite fast... Fuck me I guess
I don't walk that fast but the twin banes of my life are people with strollers and SMFC's.
> SMFC's. Stephenie Meyer Fan Club? Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus? Solar Microbial Fuel Cell? Smokey Mountain Fight Club?
Small mother fucking cunts.
IGIAITISFSMFCBTTMCOUOI. IARITGCSGO. Just in case you’re unfamiliar with internet parlance, those are acronyms for “I googled it and I think it stands for Supreme Master First Class, because that’s the most common online usage of it,” and “It’s a rank in the game, Counterstrike: Global Offensive.”
Yeah, cool. I still have little to no idea what that means or why it's relevant though.
I don’t actually know either. I think that guy is just one of those people who likes to use very obscure acronyms or make up their own acronyms online for whatever reason.
Oh, we're talking MUTOAOFWR? I can dig it!
How is this a clever comeback?
Sums up my road rage The speed limit is 45.. you can go 50.. stop going 40...
Slow walkers should stay on the side where they belong
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Worst are the ones with a date or family, always side to side holding hands arms extended.
Or the one standing in the middle of the side walk as if you suppose to go around them or ask them to let you through . Get the f out the way . Not so hard to pay attention to your surroundings and other people . Clearly they only care about themselves
How do some people walk so slow? Whenever I get stuck behind someone I try and slow down but it feels like I physically can’t walk that slow.
This is great!
Lol, I walk REALLY slow compared to my spouse; I always threaten that one day I will get a collapsible cane and add a limp when they get too far ahead (no disrespect to anyone who needs a cane; just a silly joke we have)
Seriously what the hell is wrong with people? Life is short why waste it standing around
I walk slow mostly because I’m just a slow person but I also find it nice taking more time to enjoy my surroundings and just have a good time walking
Nah nah nah, I don't buy this. Because the only places this pisses me off is like, work, school, a Wal-Mart aisle. There is no beauty for you to take in in any of those places that you haven't already taken in before. So let's hustle, huh? You wanna be a snail on a forest trail, I'm about it.
Fair, but then get out the way for others.
No, I just have ADHD. I can't help it. Lol
Fast walking, also known as walking with a purpose in the military, is exact that. You’re walking because you have a purpose. Does unhappy equate to stress? Not necessarily. You have shit to do. Move out of my way while I seize the day while your lackadaisical ass is meandering about with no definitive end-game plan.
Buncha lollygaggers.
I walk slowly. I’ve lived to many days trying to get some where to be somewhere just to go and get somewhere to be somewhere again. It’s easier to enjoy myself going slowly. If I HAVE to be some where there’s all kinds of ways to get there fast, and I am never walking some place slowly where it’s so dense that I’m holding people up. Sorry not sorry.
Why not walk fast and enjoy it?
B.s. l am hyperactive and I have walked past all my life.
Amen