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The everyday defeat of pushing a door the wrong way

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Despite giant helpful text directly at eye level, we all regularly slam our bodies into a perfectly immovable sheet of glass, instantly looking like a completely confused pigeon in front of everyone.

The everyday defeat of pushing a door the wrong way
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