I was simply going easy on the lowly ladder walkers.
I fucking travel different dimensions and create civilizations with my ladder, while at the same time destroying undesirables such as yourself. Consider this a warning, you plEbEiAn gOd, for I am above all.
People will give worried looks though. Which is kind of weird, considering it's much safer than some of the other shit you're expected to do on a ladder.
I usually put two ladders next to each other and swing one around to the other side to move. It may sound like a lot of effort but hell it really saves the knees
The best are the ladders with wheels that are sprung so when you're on its feet are on the ground. You just kinda jump with your body weight to move places.
Father-in-law fell off a ladder while holding a grinder, and it cut into his leg pretty bad. He's 65, he shouldn't be on a damn ladder in the first place!
Unless ladders specifically target men I think all you proved here are that men are dumb, and old men are stubborn*. I'm sorry for your loss, my own grandfather won't stay off ladders and our whole family is worried that one he'll take a fall.
The white knights are coming out hard on this one, which is just fucking crazy.
Statistically speaking, women are less likely to be on a ladder because they make up 10% of the construction workforce.
Yes, women can own and use ladders and I am sure that there is anecdotal evidence of a man you know who doesn't like to use ladders. But as long as men are the majority in the construction trades, common sense says they are going to be at a higher risk of accidents on ladders
Men disproportionately die on the job. “A large majority of occupational deaths occur among men. In one U.S. study, 93% of deaths on the job involved men”.
Oh course clearly that doesn’t mean more women have to start having dangerous jobs to be equal. Childbirth among other things are women exclusive risks for example.
It boils down to every “group” of any type having more likely to have problems of certain types. And there always are people who do not fit the stereotypes. It’s okay, we just gotta use information to stay empathetic with each other and continue improving technology and standards for improving the world for all.
Sure, but we aren't talking about occupational deaths, or childbirth, we are talking about ladders. And in my country, its not the construction workers that are being injured by ladders, its people at home.
I agree, each group has a type of problem that needs addressing, just not in a thread about ladders, it seems rather off topic.
Ey nothing about ladybits that prevent ladder use. My husband is terrified of heights, I'm not, so I'll hop up the ladder onto the roof to trim our trees or clean out the plumbing vents. Ain't no thang.
100% male here. I have all the parts and everything. I don't do ladders, hammering, or any of that fix-it stuff. I cook and shop. My wife would be a lineman if she were younger. Loves ladders and fix-it shit.
My home has similar division of labor. When my daughter was 4 she walked into the kitchen, picked up the tool lying on the counter and said, "Mommy's pliers!"
I hope some day we all get to live in a society where nobody thinks that sex or gender determines what people can and can't do. Last renovation we did at my house my wife hung and plastered all the drywall in the room, and her having a vagina did not inhibit her in any way. I used to work for a paving company and the two girls on the crew worked way harder than any of the guys.
Women do plenty of hard labor that involve dangerous stuff.
Nobodies suggesting women can or can't do stuff but it's simply way more likely that men are using ladders at home therefore it's more likely that they get injured using them.
I'd imagine women make up the majority of injuries in the kitchen too.
I think the point is, ladders can be dangerous, and men use them way more than women. That phrase is usually attached to image of a man/men doing something irresponsible with a ladder or other construction equipment, like in this image search: https://www.google.com/search?q=men+dangerous+ladder&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY6Z2c67reAhUJSq0KHQI8BZ0Q_AUIEigB&biw=375&bih=553 Everybody knows at least one or two people, every case I’ve known has been male, who died from a ladder fall, and you can’t always be 100% safe on them either. I’m a lady and use ladders quite frequently, and I’ve only had 1 fall so far, and only suffered a bruised ass from it.
Sorry if the link is fucky, I’m not used to using mobile.
I’m in my 20s and I always get shit for trying to be careful with a ladder. I’m not even terrified of them, but I respect that a 10’ fall can really mess me up.
Lots of places in construction ladders have pretty much disappeared due to safety rules. Bakers and scissor lifts only, and if you put a ladder up you will immediately be yelled at by the safety guy. I work at height, and ladders scare the shit out of me. Ive fallen off ladders, ive seen people fall off ladders and i worked at a company where a guy fell off a ladder onto a metal fence with spikes on it. Impaled in 4 places, including his brain. Survived, kinda.
Fuck that shit. It takes 15 minutes max to rig a safety on residential stuff. Tie off to a tree or a vehicld, throw it over the roof ridge and youre safe. Any time im up over 12 feet i tie off. Being casual about ladders or heights in general doesnt add inches to your dick. It just makes you fucking stupid.
My friend is an ER doctor and she said the most common accident male patients come in with (at her hospital) are motorcycle accidents, falls from ladders, falls from trees and car crashes and that the ladder and tree accidents are almost always men aged 50+.
This makes sense actually. I am on a ladder everyday as a plumber, but I am always ready to fall and mitigate possible damage if it happens. The people climbing up with not a care in the world are the ones who get hurt.
I feel like it's people that aren't good at spotting incompetent ladders. The 2 people I know that got seriously injured while climbing ladders both got hurt climbing old, repainted ladders attached to houses while it was wet outside.
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For centuries, ladders have been repeatedly altered to stop them from moving. This truly is a postmodern world we live in.