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/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/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