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You casually assume every balcony you step onto is stable, amirite?
by Anonymous1 week ago
In fact, I'm afraid of most balconies, I always imagine them falling if I step on them. ​ And I never saw a balcony accident.
by Anonymous1 week ago
During a construction project, three balconies clapped together. Felt like an earth quake.
by ArticleGlad1 week ago
I have a different problem. Despite being a fatass and no matter how tall and sturdy the railing is my brain goes: "The wind is gonna blow me off the edge!"
by DryDraft1 week ago
I don't - I step on balconies cautiously
by Anonymous1 week ago
I also assume that every horse barn is stable.
by Educational_Foot1 week ago
I'd put stock in that
by Anonymous1 week ago
Not me, I have a fear of heights, and I always feel balconies are a death trap
by Anonymous1 week ago
Plus it's harder to assess if the floor is safe due to it being enclosed. Balconies- you can check from the outside and see damages. Floors? Nope, one weak spot away from falling through.
by Puzzleheaded_Bid1 week ago
I love heights. I step on balconies and immediately say "don't threaten me with a good time".
by Anonymous1 week ago
Nope! I have an overwhelming fear that the surfaces that support me will break/crumble beneath my feet.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I have seen someone fall through a balcony and it look like the man being pulled through the raft from Creepshow 2. I always check that deck.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I don't. I stayed at a San Diego Airbnb once and the patio was maybe 2 feet by 4 feet. I stepped on it and felt like I was going to puke lol. Definitely didn't look stable
by kingbrenna1 week ago
I don't "assume". I can clearly see the horses.
by Desperate_Earth1 week ago
This is because we pay taxes and the government uses that money to hire building inspectors.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I've fallen through the same deck 3 times. That's all it took for me to learn my lesson…for that deck
by Anonymous1 week ago
jokes on you i'm hoping it fails
by rhackett1 week ago
I've been fat my whole life. I don't assume anything untested is stable Or strong enough to hold me.
by Fit-Option-82971 week ago
In general, people tend to assume that anything done by professionals and regulated by their government is reasonably safe
by Anonymous1 week ago
Unless you are in Japan
by Anonymous1 week ago
Japan?
by Anonymous1 week ago
Dr Scott!!?
by Anonymous1 week ago
earthquake prone
by Anonymous1 week ago
Balconies in Japan are likely built better than anywhere else
by ornchet1 week ago
Fair point lol
by Anonymous1 week ago
I don't. I step onto any given balcony cautiously.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Maybe you do but I've seen the footage of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
by Anonymous1 week ago
I assume whoever went onto it last was heavier
by Ritchieshaina1 week ago
I in fact do not assume this 100%….. but about 98% I guess.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Very unpleasant story; I worked in a place where someone came to the office to see the roof because I think they were gonna renovate, they stepped out onto the fire escape and idk how old it was but it just collapsed beneath them, they managed to catch themself and pull them self up but a part fell down to the street and it… didn't end well. To my understanding once stair fell and it hit 3 different people. One of my coworkers went down there and when he came back he was like staring into the distance for a while because he'd never seen so much blood. Now whenever I'm walking around tall buildings I look up occasionally to see if there are any fire escapes above me jic
by Extreme_Regular_29941 week ago
Wrong, as a general contractor I am always looking for flaws. Plus I have seen what happens 1st hand when they collapse on people and/or with people on them...
by One-Bookkeeper-26851 week ago
My MIL had a relative who died falling off a balcony. She's never assumed they are safe - or decks, for that matter.
by Anonymous1 week ago
No, I don't. It's a nightmare.
by Anonymous1 week ago
No I don't! I'm always worried they're gonna fall out from under me.
by Anonymous1 week ago
no i don't im really paranoid
by Anonymous1 week ago
READ WITH CAUTION: I know a guy that was on a balcony that collapsed. His bathing suit area was caught on a broken piece of wood or something and the way it was described to me it sounded like a butterflied steak. He's ok now afaik but his pp will never be the same.
by Anonymous1 week ago
This is actually great life advice
by ukessler1 week ago
And every bridge you drive over
by Anonymous1 week ago
thanks for ruining them for me for the rest of my life
by ShotPerspective1 week ago
I feel like I prob would if I ever stepped on one where I live but the only one I ever stepped on was in Pakistan so I didn't really trust it and I quickly stepped back inside LOL
by emclaughlin1 week ago
I mean, yes? If I didn't think it was stable I wouldn't step onto it and thus it wouldn't be in the pool of data you're drawing this conclusion from.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Although if the balcony has been around for 200 years, then it's got a pretty good track record for not collapsing, no?
by Dazzling-Text1 week ago
Or it's overdue for one 👀
by Kcronin1 week ago
In Europe a 200 years old balcony is a young balcony
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