Tjeerd RoyaardsNov 1

A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

#wealth #poverty #inequality

Show threadBenjamin SchröterNov 1
@royaards @levampyre won’t block the gears each other?
Show threadGabriel Pettier

@irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre yeah, at first i though they needed cross belt drives, but you do want the two wheels to go in the same direction, you just don't want them connected, i think the downward one is just drawn too far to the right, creating confusion.

Good drawing though.

Nov 1 at 10:53amWeb
Show threadcafeinuxNov 1
@tshirtman
The other way around I think: wheels are connected and go in opposite directions. But the biggest one is not connected to the conveyor belt.
@irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre
Show threadGabriel PettierNov 1
@cafeinux @irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre yeah, but if that, then they need cross belt drives, as the two shafts turn in opposite directions.
Show threadcafeinuxNov 2

@tshirtman
I really don't get it.
Unicycle wheels go cw, the big shaft underneath goes ccw. As the unicycle wheels are connected to the thin shaft, that one goes cw. Cogs go in the direction of their respective shaft (opposite directions) and are connected. Small cog goes cw so the conveyor belt goes up.

I don't see where a cross belt drive is needed here, all the directions add up.
@irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre

Show threadGabriel PettierNov 5

@cafeinux @irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre Oh wow, brain fart on my side indeed, you are correct, i'm wrong, i think i missed the part that the big shaft runs opposite direction to the unicycle 😆

🙃

Show threadcafeinuxNov 10
@tshirtman
Oh well, I'm relieved I was not having a stroke then 😅. It was either that, or I would have humbly asked you to explain the reasoning there, because I was afraid I was just being stupid and doubling down.
@irgendwienet @royaards @levampyre