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When otherwise benign activities go terribly wrong! Whether as a result of their own stupidity or through no fault of their own. Accidental suicides, slips, and falls, along with falling chunks of concrete and the like are what you can expect to find here.
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Well, walking on the stairs is good for your health
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Don’t be fooled stairs are hella dangerous too. Maybe more so than elevators. The fall risk is real.
Edit: Google says stairs are more dangerous than elevators.
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cars are more dangerous than airplanes, but we all know what people are more afraid of
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I think there was an episode of Freakonomics where they discussed this. Their finding was that psychologically, people are more afraid of things that are outside of their control (airplanes, elevators) even if they're less dangerous than things within their means of control (cars, stairs).
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Honestly this explains a lot of the irrational fears people can have on this site, like amusement park rides. You’re more likely to die on the way to the park than in it.
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Also, the types of fears of deaths can increase or decrease due to changes in circumstances. For example, people became a lot more afraid of dying in a terrorist attack after 9/11, even though it's an incredibly rare cause of death.
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I ride elevators many times every day at work and this site is why I'm extremely cautious and nervous around them.
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Are stairs an ethical option for you or are you kind of forced to ride them? Cuz you could try the stairs plus it’s good for you anyway lol
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My apartment is on the 17th floor and I have to float between the 8th and 18th floors at my office. Hypothetically, I could do it. But, man that's a lot of stairs going back and forth like that haha. I do sometimes look sideways at people who take the elevator for one floor but then remember some people have bad knees, backs etc...
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sorry i’m late to respond i forgot ab this app for a bit. but i get you that’s a tough one to work around. i wonder if cutting the amount of floors you’d ride in it for would give you a bit more peace of mind. ride it for half the floors take the stairs for the rest or something like that
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So you work in the same building you live in? At least your commute is just riding the elevator lmao
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If the doors open and the damn thing starts going down don't get jumping out. If he'd just stayed in the elevator he woulda been fine
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Happened in Atlanta. Here’s a news story about it
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Aye a /r/makemycoffin callback.
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Wish Trappy was here 😔
There were more videos in the comments of the MMC post but the comments aren’t archived
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No way, is that the legendary Trappy in the flesh?
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Could they have crammed a few more riders in there?
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At least it's not like the subways in Japan where they literally have workers to shove people in so the doors can close
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If there’s a will, there’s a way.
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Yeah, that thing looks overloaded to me - they're dealing with waffle house grade tonnage there.
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Looks like they were goofing off and trying to see who could get out of the collapsing elevator without getting crushed
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https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/teen-dies-elevator-building-issues/85-018d4c49-7d8b-4f19-ace7-6a7be0a2095c
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I can't see it... And I love elevator crushes 😢
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Bunch o' dindu nuffins
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This is why I'm scared of elevators 😓😓
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Snapshots:
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the future is female! We be helpin' ye, right enough - we'll ne'er let ye post or comment anythin' that doesn't be expressin' yer love an' acceptance o' minorities! Heave to an' resubmit yer comment withthe future is femaleincluded, or it'll be the deep six for ye, savvy? This be an automated message; if ye need help, ye can message us 'ere. Arrr!Jump in the discussion.
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