Regardless of "can" or "can't," I wouldn't stand on a modern balcony that had passed inspection at that height, let alone a crumbly unsecured hole that has made no promise to maintain its integrity. Even if there were hypothetically no risk, I see no rail or even, like, a cable.

A strong gust of wind or particularly intrusive thought could easily ruin one or more lives there.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

yes but we're talking about this generation?

We're talking about this generation, right?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and I don't share their sensibilities.

Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it's above a other floor. And it's really only like 13 feet up

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh oops, my comment was supposed to reply to the other picture of the works sitting on the I beam

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, that is somewhat more plausible.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Knowing a construction worker's usual sense of humor, I'd be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it was likely this was the most exciting thing these people had ever seen, or close to it?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

These pictures where taken back when people knew how to party!