ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1427arrow-down1external-linkAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-21 month ago We’re talking about this generation, right?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoThere are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoEvery single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoYes, and I don’t share their sensibilities. Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI’d like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it’s above a other floor. And it’s really only like 13 feet up
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoMaybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOh oops, my comment was supposed to reply to the other picture of the works sitting on the I beam
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAh, that is somewhat more plausible.
minus-squarefreziklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoA 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoKnowing a construction worker’s usual sense of humor, I’d be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.
We’re talking about this generation, right?
There are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.
Every single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.
Yes, and I don’t share their sensibilities.
Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.
I’d like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it’s above a other floor. And it’s really only like 13 feet up
Maybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.
Oh oops, my comment was supposed to reply to the other picture of the works sitting on the I beam
Ah, that is somewhat more plausible.
A 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.
Oh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.
Knowing a construction worker’s usual sense of humor, I’d be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.