Saw it in an underground light rail train station in Seattle
That is an Outdoor Rated, Continuous Duty, Mobile Cart Air Sampling System
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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ORCDMCASS
just rolls off the tongue
ORC DMC ASS
Honestly this is very memorable.
Nailed it!
False!
I’m bringing one of these to the next family BBQ
So having a group of smokers regularly convening around it would lead to interesting results.
portable air quality monitor
so your saying, one should not fart near it?
no I'm saying you should definitely fart near it
I believe you should fart excessively around it and indeed encourage fellow commuters to join in, as it will provide terrible air quality results here. Which will in turn improve ventilation measures in this area, which would not have happened otherwise. Checkmate! The act of observing alters the results!
*some time later, in the AQ analyst office* "WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE EATING!!"-
The act of observing alters the results!
Well, that's normally the point of observing...
No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
10/10 reference
If your fart would set it off, you should absolutely fart next to it.
if your fart triggers alarms all on it's lonesome....
might want to go see a doctor.
Everyone needs a superpower
Yeah, fart right on it, will increase pollution captured
Are those pipes sticking out for the courtesy TP? Just in case it’s not a fart?
Better add that to the rider conduct
Seems likely, thanks!
If only we'd put those things in front of tree groups near highways, that somehow still exist
I'm only commenting this just to see if I'm right, but maybe an air quality monitor?
I love how they ran an extension cord just so they could park it in front of the information board.
If it's an air quality monitor, they likely need to move it around to get different sampling areas.
Perfectly in front of the "no smoking" sign 😂
K-9 from the new Dr. Who 😂
So much for that Disney budget
Affirmative!
It's an OPS monitoring device.
Bite through the wire to disable it
This is a screenshot from Half-Life: Black Mesa.