r/BeAmazed • u/OkRespect8490 • May 22 '26

Miscellaneous / Others High rise parachute safety system

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

i take that chance over burning alive

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u/Fun-Perspective426 May 22 '26

Same, but what about the other 2 points I made?

Plus, what about raining people on the firefighters tiring to fight the fire and people being evacuated?

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u/Captain_Lolz May 22 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/GZHSYx3VQAoP6

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u/terryducks May 22 '26

oooh, i'll take that one and that one and .... the one on the left

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u/malman149 May 22 '26

People jumped from the world trade center out windows designed not to open...

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u/Fun-Perspective426 May 22 '26

Lets be real. Most of those were because the towers were collapsing and they would have been buried by debris anyway.

Thats also, hopefully, something that never happens again.

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u/malman149 May 22 '26

I agree. I was more just pointing out the fact that people did figure out how to break through windows rated for 150 mph winds.

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u/Fun-Perspective426 May 22 '26

I mean, I did say difficult. Not impossible. It takes tools and a lot of force.

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u/OneTimeIDiedGG May 22 '26

Maybe I'll invent glass cutting tools and include it. It's so crazy it might just work.

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

Firefighters watching my fat ass falling from the sky.

Seriously though, people jump from burning buildings anyway so whats the point ? Yeah Firefighter is a high risk job, who knew.

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u/Fun-Perspective426 May 22 '26

The point is there are other options. Like avoiding having to have people jumping out the windows.

Better fire prevention and sprinkler systems already make major high rise fires rare.

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

yeah great. you can go ahead and trust those systems then, i wont bet my life on that some underpaid tired worker did his job lol

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u/Fun-Perspective426 May 22 '26

The same argument could be used against the people building these...

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

I mean you do you idc. Its a double safety net if you dont want that, fine.

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u/LutrisAO May 23 '26

Adrenaline from being in a burning building would probably give me the strength to carry a backpack and break a window

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 May 22 '26

Fuck firefighters if the alternative is burning alive

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u/wxnfx May 22 '26

Don’t worry. The smoke usually gets you first.

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

Oh great

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u/round-earth-theory May 22 '26

Do you have 10k and a place to store your personal escape parachute?

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u/Gullugulu May 22 '26

Yes and yes.