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Safety standards in the 60's

submitted by kammmmak to whatever 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 17:11:44 ago (+42/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

https://files.catbox.moe/25b7bf.jpg



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[ - ] RMGoetbbels 15 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 18:42:27 ago (+15/-0)

People were less stupid.

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 11 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:01:51 ago (+11/-0)

Yes, no diversity

[ - ] GoldenAgeWhen 7 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:40:56 ago (+7/-0)

judges used to be okay with stupid people dying or being hurt.

[ - ] dalai_llama 4 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 20:07:57 ago (+5/-1)

Ski lifts are still like this.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 6 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 22:24:10 ago (+6/-0)

That's why all the states that have snow sports have special laws that say you can't sue ski resorts at least over the inherent dangers of the sport including riding lifts like this. You can't voluntarily get on it and then go "oh someone should have told me this is dangerous" lol which is the way it should be for everything everywhere.

[ - ] FellowWhite 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 21:13:01 ago (+1/-0)

Falling has nothing to do with being stupid.

[ - ] oldblo 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:03:03 ago (+0/-0)

Quite true. As a youth I almost fell to what would presumably be my death in the past. One moment youre fine and the next you find yourself falling to possible doom over something as simple as slipping. There was a buried chain link fence exposed that I recalled seeing several times. Dont ask me why a chain link fence was buried because I wouldnt know. I remembered it in a flash, twisted mid air, grabbed it, and screamed for help until I was pulled up. All because I slipped on the spot I had previously stood on multiple times before without the slightest issue.

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 06:35:27 ago (+0/-0)

Sounds like some smarts to me there.

[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 21:11:50 ago (+1/-0)

People were more White.

[ - ] deleted 5 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:14:42 ago (+5/-0)

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[ - ] zr855 2 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 21:48:03 ago (+2/-0)

The only sensible view. Everyone else: Oh my god, they are hundreds of feet off the ground.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 22:32:43 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Broc_Liath 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:05:34 ago (+1/-0)

I've only ever used the "button" kind where you tuck a disk attached to a pole in between your legs and it drags you up the mountain. They're kind of fun.

Also a furnicular a few times, those are also neat.

[ - ] Broc_Liath 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:10:41 ago (+1/-0)

Here's the actual chairlift in the OP.

1948 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zikyX1l3KCc
2012 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIU7THUJCM

Not much has changed. The pylons are steel now rather than creosote logs. The chairs look like they have harnesses. I'd totally ride on it.

[ - ] calx 4 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 18:17:10 ago (+4/-0)

Does it connect to the moon?!

[ - ] Broc_Liath 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:04:17 ago (+0/-0)

It's going up the side of a mountain. They're probably only 20ft off the ground.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:08:23 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Broc_Liath 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:12:41 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah, I totally wouldn't want to fall off, especially without snow on the ground.

See my other post where I linked to the videos of this chairlift, they seemed to have terraced the slope under the chairlift a bit both to avoid landslides and help maintainence. If you did fall you'd break your legs and have to wait for help, but you wouldn't go careening down a boulderfield or anything.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:17:57 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Broc_Liath 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:19:33 ago (+1/-0)

Nightmare fuel.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 02:13:23 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] dalai_llama 3 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:39:40 ago (+3/-0)

Ski lifts are still like that and the sign is depicting elevation from sea level. Height above the ground is still probably only 15 feet; the cameraman is just using a deceptive angle.

People post pictures like this to elicit dumb comments that align themselves with the intentionally deceptive post title. Shitty fucking misleading post done purposefully to demonstrate how fucking retarded the talklol userbase is.

[ - ] Broc_Liath 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 01:06:25 ago (+0/-0)

People post pictures like this to elicit dumb comments that align themselves with the intentionally deceptive post title. Shitty fucking misleading post done purposefully to demonstrate how fucking retarded the talklol userbase is.

It's a fun picture. Don't read too much into it.

[ - ] DukeofRaul 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 15, 2022 12:26:25 ago (+0/-0)

No snow? Checkmate global warming.

[ - ] texasblood 2 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 18:37:04 ago (+2/-0)

Mom got that shit

[ - ] Allienonymus 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 21:45:38 ago (+1/-0)

They're still like this. This is a deceptive angle but it's how they work today

[ - ] 2Drunk 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:41:48 ago (+1/-0)

Things are different now, we have an overabundance of niggers.

[ - ] usedoilanalysis 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 08:44:41 ago (+0/-0)

Um they're like 15 feet off the ground, not exactly a precipitous drop is it.

[ - ] Wahaha 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 04:56:19 ago (+0/-0)

People today would be too scared to get on something like this.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 02:22:31 ago (+0/-0)

lawyers and litigation are part of whats wrong with this world.

[ - ] NuckFiggers 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 22:34:40 ago (+0/-0)

When I was a kid I got dragged up the ski slope after I fell off the T bar and it got caught on my glove. I was never in any danger but it was annoying. Since I was a kid it made me feel like Indiana Jones so I didn't call someone for help.

[ - ] RobertJHarsh 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 21:26:50 ago (+0/-0)

Son of a bitch! Every year we go down to the Ohio State Fair and they have one of those and it's like 30 or feet of the ground and I hate the thing.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 19:45:08 ago (+1/-1)

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[ - ] HeyJames 5 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 20:01:43 ago (+5/-0)

hassled by some overbearing pig.

Back then if you were drunk and stupid the pigs would just kick your ass and take you home instead of giving you an arrest that ruins your life

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 20:44:05 ago (+1/-0)

I fail understand the "retarded" part.