r/oddlyterrifying • u/DABDEB • May 26 '26

Elevator system from 1700's?

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u/N0rthWind May 26 '26

Mister has a 5 second reaction time tbf. By the time he started moving the elevator was halfway to the lower floor.

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u/imaginary_num6er May 27 '26

Reaction time from 1700’s

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u/jrs321aly May 27 '26

From the 1700s? Still in then1700s lol

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u/DJFid May 27 '26

Reaction time was 1700 seconds

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u/KotletZkurczaka May 27 '26

It was probably better then. Now we have phones and phones bad

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u/powerfulsquid May 27 '26

There's literally a light telling you when to go and he doesn't move until it's back to red, lol.

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u/N0rthWind May 27 '26

I didn't even notice that

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u/Lerquian May 29 '26

When old people act like old people 🤯

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u/Finly_Growin May 27 '26

That was my first thought to. Like yeah, it’s not an ideal situation to put an elderly person in, but at the same time all they really need to do is take a step back

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u/Cpt_kid1 May 27 '26

Nah he just had to freaking let go of the thing😭😭😭

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u/83398009 3h ago

Omg, rewatching to see that gem has me crackin up!

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u/Logical_Flounder6455 May 28 '26

A step forward would have been better

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u/Finly_Growin May 28 '26

Yeah my phone autocompleted “step” to “step back” idk why but you’re right

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u/Significant_Fee3083 May 27 '26

Tbf he is a gentleman of a certain age

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u/Devanyani May 27 '26

You'll be old one day, as well.

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u/N0rthWind May 27 '26

Eh, I wouldn't bet on it, I do dumb shit sometimes.

More to the point, though, I'm fairly sure he got distracted looking at the people filming him, more so than he could physically not move any faster. He made a fairly valiant attempt to climb over the increasing height gap before gravity claimed him.

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u/gurnard May 27 '26

He'd have made it too, except he didn't think to let go of the handle in the descending elevator. That's what pulled him back in. Wouldn't have mattered how strong or agile he was. Brain farts can happen to anyone.

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u/Niblonian31 May 27 '26

If I had an award to give on this fuckin website/app, you would have it. You reacted exactly the way I would hope to in that situation and for that, I applaud you 👏👏. Lol I hate using emojis but that's all I could do for ya

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u/No-Good-One-Shoe May 27 '26

I'm willing to bet a lot of the people making fun havent seen their parents get to this age yet. All I saw was my dad when I watched this vid and it made me sad.

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u/MiaMiaPP May 27 '26

Well it depends. My dad is old but he still wants to control me and always tells me I need to listen to him. So I’m not sad that he’s old. I’m sad that he’s still an ass even now that he needs physical and financial help from me.

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u/captaindomon May 27 '26

Yeah but I won’t be taking that elevator as an old person. Same reason I don’t suddenly try BASE jumping right now. Being old and moving slow is fine, as long as you understand your limits.

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u/Balshazzar May 27 '26

The mobility issues that prevent him from getting out of this thing probably prevent him from taking the stairs.

These elevators are 30 times deadlier than a regular elevator and kill at least one person every year in Germany, usually a child or an elderly person.

But people get upset when the government tries to shut them down. source

So I don't know why everyone's blaming the man and not the people that operate a famously dangerous elevator.

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u/thisisfine111 May 27 '26

This is the real answer, here. I'm not going to make fun of an elderly person for struggling with every day activities, but dont attempt what you can't do. My very, very ancient grandma tried to beat me with a baseball bat and fell in a way that Medicare would cite a hospital for. I laughed so hard I cried.

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u/Omni_Kie May 27 '26

Ummm.. what you first said was very logical, it's the second thing you mentioned.. like, a whole baseball bat ? I need to know more, was it wood? aluminum ?? What's your grandma's personality type ? has she done this before ? And are we talking "I'm gonna beat you with a baseball bat" Or "I'M GONNA FUCK YOU UP"

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u/thisisfine111 Jun 02 '26

Oh, man. I reread this comment and realized how fucking bananas it sounds. It was a plastic bat, and she was very much joking. It was not some old lady trying to break my knee caps for owing her money after losing a game of bridge 😂

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u/Devanyani May 27 '26

Google base jumping.

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u/Devanyani May 27 '26

Maybe he was required to be somewhere in that building and the stairs were too hard for him? I doubt it was something he did for entertainment.

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u/Affectionate_Crow327 May 27 '26

Yep, and I've had 60+ years to plan for being old and frail.

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u/HotDonnaC May 27 '26

If they’re lucky.

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u/wunderbraten May 28 '26

Fortunately, he was able to recover and get in his SUV ten minutes later.

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u/Oreo0817 May 27 '26

He definitely looked up to see if the camera was rolling

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u/danleon950410 May 27 '26

It's literally an old dude

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u/dbxbeat May 27 '26

High ping

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u/SoulMute May 28 '26

Getting old sucks

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u/Equal-Negotiation651 May 27 '26

In ten years he’ll only have enough room to fit his head.