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schmug
May 20, 2007

So a guy that calls himself Stumpy Nubs tries to live up to his name. Link is set to the oh gently caress moment.

possibly :nms:

see link below because I'm an idiot, apparently


fake edit: I tried to spoiler it but the tags don't like embedded video links. I can make that happen if someone knows how...

edit 2: use link in post below. thumbnail is pretty graphic

schmug fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Nov 26, 2019

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schmug
May 20, 2007

GotLag posted:

I'm using an extension that replaces links with clickable pop-up previews, but I think if you paste the link inside [url] tags it should work:
https://youtu.be/A7xWHEWov8M?t=169

Thanks, I couldn't get it to work with chrome so I edited my post for the squeamish...



Oh, skip to 2:45 for the money shot. it's actually not bad, but the aftermath is...

schmug fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Nov 26, 2019

schmug
May 20, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LdChUbCUcQ

schmug
May 20, 2007

Seems the rabbit hole on youtube of people trying to maim themselves with wood splitters is endless...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0FW47CbDoM

schmug
May 20, 2007

Arrhythmia posted:

I dunno doc, do you think it's broken? Let's do an x-ray to make sure.

Why would you even bother with an x-ray at that point?

schmug
May 20, 2007

Sentient Data posted:

Gotta add an extra $35k to the medical bill with medical coding shenanigans after all
This was my first thought as well

iospace posted:

Figure out how exactly it's broken to properly repair it?
just assumed there was no repairing that.

Kibayasu posted:

It is possible to repair stuff like that. You almost certainly won’t ever have full use of the arm again but that’s usually better than no use at all.
oh

schmug
May 20, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWXFhdeOjMY

schmug
May 20, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MotZZ6bDh_4

schmug
May 20, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5OxcahZLQc

schmug
May 20, 2007


holy poo poo. How?

schmug
May 20, 2007

chitoryu12 posted:

Looks like someone didn’t do any calculations before lifting!

If you do end up in a situation where you’re lowering the boom and feel the crane tipping, yank that boom back up. The closer you are to horizontal, the farther out your center of gravity and the less you can hold without tipping over. It’s exactly like trying to pick up a 50 pound weight with a fully outstretched arm vs. lifting straight up with a nearly vertical arm.

yes, just "yank that boom back up" :allears:

schmug
May 20, 2007

LifeSunDeath posted:

Construction pranks are always amazing.

I don't think it's even a prank. Guy just fell somehow while having his legs wrapped around the pole and kind of locked himself around it. Them laughing their asses off at it though is hilarious. It has sound fwiw.

schmug
May 20, 2007

What could they have done to get him to wrap his legs around the pole though? "Hey, you need to wrap your legs around it for better leverage" *gets pushed down*

schmug
May 20, 2007

Salt Fish posted:

Hell yeah we used to make people sit like this playing capture the flag or whatever in middle school. You can only get up if you can pull yourself up the pole with your arms.

Guess I just assumed that an adult aged person wouldn't fall for something so juvenal and had to be tricked into it somehow. I must be new here. lol

schmug
May 20, 2007

Craptacular posted:

The picture needs more backstory. The humor changes depending on if:

1. Some bystander found the sign and put it in the fountain to make a silly picture.
2. Building management put it there purposely, because someone realized there's no "don't walk in the fountain you dumbass" sign, and technically the bottom of the fountain is a both a "floor" and wet so they put the sign there as a real CYA.
3. Buidling management put it there purposely, because people were actually accidentally falling in.

4. That's not a fountain

schmug
May 20, 2007

Craptacular posted:

Are you sure? I'm phoneposting so maybe I'm missing seeing something in the picture, but it sure looks like one of those indoor pools with fountains that were so popular in office buildings, malls, etc. circa 1975-1995.

:thejoke:

schmug
May 20, 2007

Craptacular posted:

So we're back to "who put the sign there, and why?", which changes how funny the picture is depending on the answer.

Who's on first

schmug
May 20, 2007

Jenny Agutter posted:

sawstop uses change in electrical resistance to detect human flesh as opposed to wood. for meat processing band saws it would have to be pretty sophisticated to distinguish between meat and meat

There is actually a company that makes something similar for band saws. Not sure how it works. Maybe they run a current thru it and when it senses resistance(the rubber glove) it stops? Dunno, but it's pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZghWdutFs

schmug
May 20, 2007

Superterranean posted:

Are we just not gonna talk about this

preferably, yes

schmug
May 20, 2007


sticks the landing

schmug
May 20, 2007

First option wasn't terrifying enough so he came up with this:



time stamped at the good stuff :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GKIL5GFdUQ&t=181s

I think the chains me be marginally "safer", but...

schmug
May 20, 2007

Lazyhound posted:

Am I missing the joke here?

What. You've never seen a wall going 40mph before? smdh

e;fb! *shakes fist*

schmug
May 20, 2007

BMan posted:

He's right you know, you all suck at physics

so inertia is no longer a part of physics?

schmug
May 20, 2007

What if the wall was on a treadmill?

schmug
May 20, 2007

fishing with the fam posted:

If two cars going nearly the speed of light collide, the debris violates causality.

In liquid or a vacuum? this is very important.

schmug
May 20, 2007

Sex Skeleton posted:

What if the groceries are in the front seat in one car and in the back seat in the other?

Where are the groceries from?

schmug
May 20, 2007

Shut up Meg posted:

That's not a boiler working overtime: that's a house on fire.

I wonder where the term "boiler" comes from?

schmug
May 20, 2007

Arrhythmia posted:

If I took a three foot poo poo you can bet your bottom dollar I'd be bringing it around with me and showing it to people.

I laughed way too hard at this. Thank you

schmug
May 20, 2007

Cartoon Man posted:

Great Scott!

lol

schmug
May 20, 2007

shovelbum posted:

these videos always make me realize how much of our OSHA is only necessary bc americans are obese and clumsy and in normal countries people can just basically do whatever bc they dont weigh twice or three times what they are supposed to

lmao yeah that's why

schmug
May 20, 2007

This is long, but it gave me the biggest case of the nope nope nopes I've had in a while.

Time stamped at the beginning of the money shots...or starts ~11:52 if that doesn't work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRPHXMLLu_w&t=712s

schmug
May 20, 2007

this is pretty anti-osha, but youtube hates me, so here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Vke_-cWYg&t=192s

it's very soothing for some reason

schmug
May 20, 2007

Catzilla posted:

This is a good article about the attempt to recover the body of a cave diver in Bushmans Hole a nearly 300m deep sinkhole in South Africa.

Wow, quite the read. Thanks.

unnerving as all get out, but a good read nonetheless.

schmug fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Nov 24, 2020

schmug
May 20, 2007

Mr. Nice! posted:

My guess is they jacked it up higher and stacked more bricks under to work on the underside.

I dunno. There looks to be a cement mixer in the background which leads me to believe they are hoping for a permanent something or another.

schmug
May 20, 2007

haveblue posted:

The Arecibo radio telescope just self-demolished.

https://twitter.com/DeborahTiempo/status/1333741751069192195
just came here to post this.



and this:

haveblue posted:

Yeah, once a main cable had snapped it became clear that a) the remaining cables were more degraded and weaker than expected and b) the load on them had suddenly increased, so there was no safe way to stabilize it. There will be a press conference at 1PM local time but it doesn't look like there's much left to say.

https://twitter.com/ruperto1023/status/1333791522269978626



crazy. Will probably never see something like that built again.




fake edit: beaten like an old telescope

schmug fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Dec 1, 2020

schmug
May 20, 2007


holy poo poo I just noticed the guy inside the rim. Thought that was an innertube or something when it first got posted a while back.

schmug
May 20, 2007


Holy poo poo. The tempo is spot on for this as well. It's set to "Stuck in the Middle" if you didn't click. You should click.

schmug
May 20, 2007

Is playing musical instruments covered in blood OSHA?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RXbhahXRuY


Praise, Hail Satan.

schmug
May 20, 2007

Hilario Baldness posted:

There was a video way back of a robe swing mishap at a lake where someone did this, but one of their feet caught in the loop, when they fell it became taut and you can hear a loud CRACK that I assume is their leg being pulled out of socket.

Edit: found it


dude nms that poo poo

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schmug
May 20, 2007

dexter6 posted:

Yeah I’m an EMT and I don’t mind most of what I see on the internet but that made me cringe

My own drat fault I guess. They did provide a pretty accurate description, but I always click. ugh

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