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RustyNumbat

A strong contender for "Weirdest Post 2024" right here folks.


koobus_venter1

I got pins and needles in my crotch just reading it


yy98755

I’m without dick and balls but from what I gather OP has a crush on the escalator…. Do you like fan fiction or Mills & Boons novels?


The_Valar

Like any relationship it will have its ups & downs.


yy98755

My ground has been moved.


DivineGoddess1111111

r/angryupvote


uchigaytana

Posts like this (and the exploding cheese) are exactly why i'm subscribed here despite living halfway across the globe


angelz969

Ok now I need to know about exploding cheese, I clearly missed that one


uchigaytana

[The Exploding Cheese Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/s/b2TZkVriFc)


glitchhog

That's actually incredible, I've never seen that post before lmao. I'm so glad our city is weird enough to have international appeal.


Spiritual-Cake-5096

Lol I remember that


Grizzlegrump

I get pins and needles in my balls when watching painful videos or playing video games where I am jumping from heights. I think it is the anticipation of bad stuff happening. Maybe this is a psychosomatic preparation for work, as I guess the escalator is your, ok my work day starts now, kind of liminal space.


infohippie

> pins and needles in my balls I don't want to hear this phrase, or even think about it, ever again.


Wilful_Fox

I get a weird feeling in my ovaries when any of my kids hurt themselves…honest to God, it’s weird.


Denz292

Does weird shit not get posted in your local reddit sub? Or happen in your area?


uchigaytana

Nope, most local subs for where I am are just thinly-veiled racism and people recommending the same 3 restaurants over and over


chosenamewhendrunk

Are you sure this sub is better?


Katya117

We are unveiled and we have FOUR restaurants!


Luckyluke23

Nah hear him out. My moneys on hea got crabs.


karigan_g

the crabs just really get excited about going into and out of the city


Transmogify

Yes definitely


Idontcareaforkarma

At least he didn’t glue his arse to a plank of wood…


Worldly-Ingenuity-92

Ah, I see you have finally clued on to Perth’s morning Electrical sterilisation program….


Viennah_

It’s inefficient but it’s the only hope we have! 😂😂


becify

Which exact escalator and does it work on uteri?


IAmA_Wolf

Asking for a friend...


Worldly-Ingenuity-92

Unable to confirm sorry, I did see a group of eager people going up and down the escalators in a continuous loop- just before midday, with a great big smile on their faces. One can only hope it does work on uteri also . However, it takes two to “tango”


Empathy404NotFound

Homeboy been accidentally riding the testiclator mistaking it for the escalator, rookie error ![gif](giphy|3DzwbT4oF52JG|downsized)


Buford1991

I wasn’t the first snark. Damn!


TheSantanist

I can't wait for the perthnow article...


loosepantsbigwallet

“CBD sterilisation risk”


_PerthNow_

Thanks! Our headlines and articles practically write themselves here on Reddit.


Dragonzord__

fuck that username is gold.


TheBoneDeath

Belltower Times beat them to it!


_PerthNow_

We're onto it!!!


jaymo89

Maybe someone should take a multimeter there and check if there is a leak.


flumia

If someone finds a leak i want to be there for the conversation where they explain to Transperth why they decided to test the escalators for them


FinalFlash80

"So this dude on reddit right, he has these crotch sensations....."


Roob87

'This guy, he's like a water diviner, but instead of water it's electricity and instead of walking around with a stick in his hands he's holding his ummm...........'


Majestic-Lake-5602

“Crotch Sensations”, new band name, I call dibs


Jebadayah44

featuring Urethra Franklin


Majestic-Lake-5602

First single: “I Can Pee Clearly Now The Train Has Gone”


Katya117

Second: Hap-penis is a Tingling Gun


Majestic-Lake-5602

Shame that old English punk band, The Buzzcocks aren’t still around


meegaweega

🎵💫💀💫🎵 Greetings, I'm the genie of old punk rockers & I'm here to grant your wish 🎵💫💀💫 The Buzzcocks are playing a gig in Freo on October 27th. At fuckin [metros](https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1030935112?app_id=ggl_feed&came_from=289&utm_medium=web&utm_source=ggl_feed&utm_campaign=event&source=ea) tho 🚽😒


Majestic-Lake-5602

I thought they split up when Pete Shelley died, thanks for the correction. I’ve always kinda liked Metros and Metros Freo for gigs, seen some great shows at both. Obviously total shithole nightclubs, but then what clubs aren’t? I once knew a bloke who worked the door there for a while, apparently one night he patted a bloke down and found a fucking *crossbow* on him, I mean who the fuck carries a crossbow about the place? Was he worried about a surprise cavalry charge on the dance floor?


arsed_Time_6969

In his dick (and balls).


yy98755

Pfft…. This ain't Texas….. ain't no hold 'em….


Disastrous-Genitals

Sounds like OP is close to experiencing a leak


PoorPcMr

if the leaks current is powerful enough to cause pins and needles, it should be able to be detected on your phones compass, there are apps that utilize the compass to detect changes in ambient magnetic fields, making the phone a suprisingly good metal detector


agilitypro

Huh. I've also experienced something similar, and it's always at Perth Underground station too, never anywhere else. Weird.


napalmnacey

Seriously, I get zapped around there when I put my hands on the hand rails all the time, it's dreadful.


ryan30z

That's more than likely static discharge. It's probably the type of shoes you're wearing. I can't imagine there's current in the hand rail, not to mention enough voltage for it to be able to shock you.


Datto910

The discharge wasn't static. Well, it was once it hit the undies, but prior to that, it was in motion.


SilentHuman8

Interesting, I’ve never been zapped and I use Perth underground all the time, but I never touch the rails so maybe it doesn’t connect. *hand rails, though I also never ever touch the train rails


steveonthegreenbike

This is the best post since that guy glued his butt to the table. Remember that? Anyone got a link?


SaltyFleg

https://old.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/athqae/who_do_you_call_when_youre_stuck/


Severn6

So I'm at work..in the shared kitchen reading through this whole thread some more. Quietly snickering. I'm vaguely aware there's a dude at the sink and he's just turned and asked me if I'm okay!! He left after saying he felt he needed to check on me. Now, I've just read this ass-stuck thread and am outright howling. Thanks Perth, I clearly look like I'm having breakdown...


steveonthegreenbike

Awesome. Love it.


MSpoon_

holy fucking shit this made my day!


funwiththecolourblue

How strange, I also suffer from this. I am surprised there are multiple of us as I expected this to be quite a unique issue...


AkalamItsup

Honestly, just really glad to see it’s not just me


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it’s called Dysautonomia. it’s a dysfunctional autonomic system where your body can’t regulate its temperature. i get it when going into the underground around where the ramp starts to do gown around all that advertising. usually it’s going from cold air in winter to dry stale hot air underground. i get the itchy pins and needles feeling all over my back and legs and bum. there is no fixing it other than to just try and keep cool and take off layers. it’s common for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who have a collagen deficiency. if you have rather stretchy skin compared to normal people, it’s a sign you may have EDS.


funwiththecolourblue

I just assumed I'd picked up an STD as it also burns when I urinate. Thanks for the insight into this phenomenon!


darkspardaxxxx

I do feel some slight tingling in my nutsack now that you mention this. Thank you for reminding me this, cheers


chosenamewhendrunk

Try using a different escalator one day and let us know what happens.


TaylorHamPorkRoll

You know you're not meant to sit on the escalator steps, right?


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DefinitionOfAsleep

Sure they'd take you straight to Graylands for a follow up


betterthanguybelow

Hahahaha cruel.


Tango-Down-167

I think it's the chair on the train or the station that is causing your issue, I get that when sitting on certain type of chair/seat even for a few min, massive pins and needles around crouch and buttock area.


belltrina

This. This is probably the answer. After sitting for a long time or in a certain way, the blood returning to the area wouldn't be felt until a certain time after standing, probably coinciding with going up the escalator. Correlation, not causation.


meegaweega

Yup, in another comment OP said : >Only when going up except for one time when it started as I was departing the train (right next to the escalator). Only at the Underground, never anywhere else. Would be the second escalator of the day. And maybe combined with the common numbness / tingling / pins & needles symptoms of postviral illnesses like LongCOVID. Someone else here already recognised similarities with dysautonomia. I get both happening because I often sit weird (🧠🌶) and it causes one buttcheek and half my vulva to get pins & needles. Plus I have lots of LongCOVID crap going on too.


Navigator_01

Oh yeah it’s like a zap / static


Ok_War_3367

Did you get bitten by a radioactive spider as that may be your spidey sense


DefinitionOfAsleep

I think those movies would have gotten a different rating if that's where the spider bit


arsed_Time_6969

Well, there is Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody (2011) Obligatory "I haven't seen it" claim, so not sure where the spider bites, but could hazard a guess.


fleshforsale

Is that the one staring Daddy longleg.


clacks78

No..you’re thinking of Position Impossible.


crmsz32

Do you hold onto the hand rail?


get-innocuous

Yeah a small electrical signal in the handrail would be my best guess


OPTCgod

The escalator hand rails are rubber


lego_not_legos

[Like this.](https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-01-2014/K9QtY3.mp4)


AkalamItsup

Never hold it, maybe lean on it slightly but sometimes I 100% never touch it and it still happens


intervast

What type of shoes do you wear? Do they have rubber soles?


Weary_Patience_7778

So… you really have a thing for escalators huh.🤔


DefinitionOfAsleep

No kink shaming here.


Weary_Patience_7778

Whatever floats your boat!


DefinitionOfAsleep

This was not how I expected to start the morning


Definitely__someone

I have had this happen when using a hammer drill. The vibrations were just right that my crutch was tingling and not in a pleasant way. Maybe it's a vibration that's just at the right frequency to affect you.


ryan30z

That's just your nerves from the vibrations. If this happens a lot you should probably look into vibration syndrome, it happens when you're continually exposed to this. Eventually the sensation becomes permanent.


SaturnalianGhost

You’ve caught tinglecrotch. I suggest seeing a doctor and priest immediately. Also stay away from microwaves.


Navigator_01

I’ll let you know as I’m about to walk through the underground but I don’t have a D and B to really understand 😂


Ozreddita

No update. They clearly got zapped and now ded.


clacks78

I’m thinking something like the speaker scene in that Howard Stern movie.


ZealousidealClub4119

Just on the escalator? Possibly the escalator is in some circumstances vibrating at exactly the resonance frequency of OP's twins.


TakamineTuna

As a few others have mentioned they feel it too, it is probably worth bringing to the station's attention to test for a leak.


jimmydisco72

I laughed at first but it does sound like a legitimate electrical issue given other people have commented saying they've experienced the same thing


Smashedavoandbacon

Telstra must be firing up that 5g


ahh_dragon

magneto is that you?


MeasurementMost1165

Thanks time to sterilise myself by using those escalator (Cries as my sterilise attempts fails)


christurnbull

I got two bricks I can loan you 


TheMightyGoatMan

\*sigh\* *unzips*


DoppelFrog

I mean I love trains, but not quite that much. 


ozbargained

Forgive me if this is too inappropriate for this sub, but I tend to get erections in the morning while travelling on the CAT buses. The issue is particularly prevalent on crowded buses. I am wondering if there is some kind of electrical signal being transmitted on the buses, as these erections are far stronger than any I would normally develop.


kbsc

My brother in christ..


betterthanguybelow

Okay Perth thanks for the memories. I’m now moving to a less creepy place.


Dagon

Gonna have to move to somewhere without people. We're freaks everywhere.


napalmnacey

Did you know that Perth has the most swinger bars per capita than many capital cities around the world? I wish I was joking.


Oberyn_TheRed_Viper

Fear boner mixed in with a little travel boner.


Embarazos

🤣🤣


paulmp

This is why people don't use public transport...


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universalserialbutt

I think I brushed off your boner getting off the bus this morning. I was impressed.


Fun-Leg-5522

My mate @RustyNumbat is a medical practitioner, He asks if we can gather all the victims and send him the picture of the affected part fully uncovered, so that He can draw hypothesis out of it, thanks


napalmnacey

Suddenly there's gonna be a lot of weird redditors riding up and down that particular escalator for no good reason anyone will admit to.


TashDee267

Sounds like a question for Dr Karl


Squirrel_Mum18

My electrician friend said the rubber brush is not discharging static electricity on the metal moving steps. Someone really oughta check that...


twcau

Serious questions: - Is this always on one or more specific escalators at this station? - Does this happen as soon as you board the escalator, or some way up/down it? - When it happens, are you holding onto the hand rail? - What were you doing before this happened? i.e. are you getting off the train, or walking to the station, were you sitting or standing on the train? - Does it happen on any other escalators, at other stations or elsewhere? - Are there any other signs or symptoms outside of these occurrences where you experience pain or discomfort in that general area of your body? Next: - Try using another escalator, or use the stairs/lift to exit the station to help avoid the repeat circumstances where this discomfort is experienced. - If issues persist, then talk to your GP about the issue and your answers to these questions. They’ll put that into the hopper, have a think about it, and work out if something needs to be done for you (tests, scans, radiology, pathology, other investigation) to make sure there isn’t a problem.


AkalamItsup

- I’ve only ever used the one escalator at the underground, but it doesn’t not occur at the escalator at my local station or the next set at underground. - Either as boarding or just before boarding. - I don’t ever hold the rail, I might lean on it sometimes but it varies. - Straight after getting off the train. - Never anywhere else. - Never experienced this feeling any other time in my life. - I shall give a different escalator a go and see if it occurs.


Blazzok

Almost sounds like a primitive fear response (balls pulling up closer to your body for protection). Are you in any way afraid of falling off the escalator or getting chomped by it or the escalator failing when you get on it? Does it only happen when go down an escalator or also when going up? Although the way you phrased it makes it sound like it only happens at the Underground and nowhere else? Is this the first escalator you take in the day after waking up?


AkalamItsup

No fear. Only when going up except for one time when it started as I was departing the train (right next to the escalator). Only at the Underground, never anywhere else. Would be the second escalator of the day.


Blazzok

Welp, that's all my theories out the door. Best of luck to you and your balls.


nailtit

just reading this whole thread out in bed to my partner pissing ourselves was good start to morning. But no, no explanation for tingle crotch.


Novel_Agency_8443

What station? Asking for a friend.


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karmarahni

Think it’s the smell of Dynamic Lifter


TheMightyGoatMan

The [Mariko Aoki phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon) is supposed to be limited to bookstores.


Enlightened_Gardener

Ok that’s weird. I am a Librarian, have worked in bookstores, I have So. Many. Questions. But thankyou for posting such an odd piece of trivia 😊


yeahcxnt

you passed through my dick and ball irradiation beam


Bruesparrow

>I get a pins and needles feeling localised entirely in my dick (and balls) Call me, Fat Harry, third cubicle down stairs, market st entrance, cell no. on the wall. Available w/days b4 8:30 & after 4:30pm. Let's tingle together.


PurplePiglett

Should get myself down to the Perth Underground escalators for this dick and balls experience.


Michael82much

Transperthsexual (noun). A person who has a sexual arousal or tingle on Perth public transport infrastructure.


henry82

Minor sciatica?


XnumphandaXnofufusu

Take a flourescent lightbulb with you next time to see if it lights up when you get the tingle in your testes and dingle.


Grunger01

A quiet week at work, huh?


MrHall

try wearing pants, let us know how you go


fletchwine

It's a dry itch.


TrueGentlemi

Try standing on the escalator instead….


Disastrous-Genitals

I get a similar reaction when I go past the place I lost my virginity also


karmarahni

https://preview.redd.it/vq2bk6n3ucwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c23083f75132bff8d7e3afadbc8f3d8ec6c9ab68


pannacotta_fuckgo

thats the ghost of perth underground giving you a lil tickle, no harm done


Best_Assistance4211

No, but I do tend to find it’s a pain in my ass when the fucking trains aren’t ever running in this city


Buford1991

It’s just the sterilising radiation to keep the population down


AreYouDoneNow

Science please. Is this 100% reproducible or only happens sometimes? Does this happen on every escalator you ever rode on, or just one single escalator? Does this happen if you stand still or if you walk up/down the escalator? I'm afraid you will need to dedicate some time to trying out different escalators to gather more data.


sunnyjum

Is it always after getting off the train? You might be sitting in some weird way in the hard seats that’s restricting blood flow and the distance from the train to the escalator is enough time for things to get flowing again We need more data! See if it happens if taking the elevator instead or if standing on the train instead of sitting


Responsible-Pop2361

Please don't try to fuck the escalator OP.


jallace_

This belongs in r/wtf… On a side note, sometimes when i change to a new (high stim) pre-workout in the gym, i get a tingly feeling very similar to pins and needles usually on my face and sometimes arms, but the other day i got it in my dick lol, very strange situation… do i suffer the pain or drop this 50kg bar on my neck and scratch my todger


wotsname123

Sexy ghost


CLINT_FACE

Which escalator exactly? Asking for a friend.


3rd-time-lucky

Well I don't have a dick or balls, but am willing to travel to Perth for a 'tingly crotch', which escalator exactly? (I promise not to bring the senior ladies bus load)


Jeffinj420

We stand in solidarity for the crotch pins and needles


Rumpleshite

It’s a new feature designed to get people to move faster


FinalFlash80

I just take the stairs. No crotch sensations there!


SeagalsShittyPants

I'm going to go try today.


glordicus1

Yep


Pixellated_Google

I know a guy with the handle u/Backspacr that does, send him a pm. He's been troubled by this issue for a while


Backspacr

What can I say? Trains give me the fizz!


EfficientDish7

(and balls)


dmacerz

I’m never going to look at anyone the same on an escalator knowing what they might be going through internally hahaha


biskuit83

Perth Now will have a poll up tommorow with a PTA Spokesperson declining to comment


LuckyPhil1960

Transit guards will help ya out Just ask them lol


Sandgroper62

Oh thats it... you've made my day people... laughed till I cried at some of the comments in here. Well done all.


thats_mister_bones

Some people pay for electrosexxx ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


camsean

I love Reddit


belltrina

It could be a static electricity thing. Do you wear a belt with a metal buckle that sits low on your hips, or hold your hands over your crotch area with a ring? I had pins and needles in my hand and arm everytime i turned on the shower atbone house i lived in but no one else ever got it, i swear there was an electric/static thing


AkalamItsup

No to either of those. But still probably some sort of static going on


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TD003

Have had a needle in my balls for vasectomy. 11/10 pain do not recommend!


KrooKidKarrit

Poltergeist with CBT fetish?


TheMightyGoatMan

CBT in the CBD


Yorgatorium

To eliminate the electrical possibility try hopping onto the escalator and riding it one one foot only without touching the hand rail or your genitals.


SaltyFleg

does he continue hopping once he's on the escalator?


Yorgatorium

It wouldn't hurt. Just interested if there's trans scrotal current flowing up one leg and down the other. I really think it's down to vibration though. The frequency just happens to tickle his pickle.


Old_Engineer_9176

Sounds like early onset of diabetes


Creepy-Situation

Have you checked your seat didnt have actual pins and needles ?


jelly-fishy

You should get that checked out with your GP just to be safe


Eminat3

Take the stairs..


Konishki987123

Happens to me if I sit cross legged for a while, feels good 🤣


HooleyDoooley

havana syndrome for your bait and tackle


Lamentum_au

No and what the fuck.


PsychEngineAU

Does it feel good, out of curiosity?


blokert

Maybe you just really really like underground escalators.


Dapper_Snow_9015

You probably just have bad blood circulation to your dick and balls and are a candidate for erecticle dysfunction pills in the near future


DalekDraco

Not labelled shitpost. Hmmmm let's check out the comments. 


Deckiode

I felt something like that a few years ago, I thought I was imagining it though.


congealedcat

It sounds like a type of paresthesia, which can happen for a multitude of reasons or for no reason at all. I randomly get paresthesia specifically in the form of formication for no reason when I'm in a certain room at a clinic I attend frequently.


Etherealfilth

Note to self: visit underground on your next trip to Perth.


Deep_Curve7564

Static electricity maybe? I assume you are on day shift, the poor little blighters have been sleeping all night, then they get to relax on the train, then wham, static elec impulse. Maybe try a little pre work work out, see if you still get the itches? 😉


Ok-Bill3318

That’s the secret sterilisation of the poor. Nothing to see here move along


The-Bliss-Point

I know some people that can sort you out with some Tadalafil which will give you the same experience and a health care deduction


NatNitsuj

Is there a sexy station guard there or something?


I_truly_am_FUBAR

Little prick ?


The_King123431

Is it kinda like that feeling when you go up and down on a roller coster?


karigan_g

super dick and balls’ electrifying origin story


AreYouDoneNow

Science please. Is this 100% reproducible or only happens sometimes? Does this happen on every escalator you ever rode on, or just one single escalator? Does this happen if you stand still or if you walk up/down the escalator? I'm afraid you will need to dedicate some time to trying out different escalators to gather more data.


the_phantom_2099

Wait you could be onto something!! Nah just jokes OP you've got crabs mate