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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago

Elevator dudes opened my eyes to the fact that if it exists it's probably got a fandom around it.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

There's a whole fandom around elevators I guess, the old sub used to riff on those guys.

[-] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago

People who are compelled to collect and document every single fact and model of a topic or technology, no matter how obscure or mundane, are the backbone of society and I mean that completely unironically

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Autism?? Special interest type beat?

[-] gruf@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

I'm hooked already

[-] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

I know a dude who can tell you about every trolleybus that ever existed

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are there guys with dozens of elevator shafts in their 2 storey homes?

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Depends on how many rich eccentric elevator guys there are. I bet there's at least one

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I would love to spend a day at that guy's house and learn more than I could have ever imagined there was to learn about elevators

[-] SupFBI@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Absolutely one of the most dangerous jobs, elevator mechanic/installer. I hesitate every time I step into one, having read many OSHA reports.

[-] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

is it dangerous or just dangerous if you don't have one because I imagine most elevator mechanics aren't stepping onto unsafe elevators

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

Lived in an apartment that would set the fire alarm off every time it rained. Posted photos on their reddit-logo and within 30 minutes they were telling me what it is, why it's wrong, and how it could be fixed. Absolutely zero smuglord energy, genuinely helpful, unlike the legal advice people when I asked how to fight back about being evicted for pets I was told I could have.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Is there a r/firealarmcirclejerk ?

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Never looked into it and I don't use reddit anymore.

I'd assume there is, but it's probably chud poisoned.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Most -circlejerk are cool and lean left cuz make fun of the average reddit psychopath

[-] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago

I love people with super niche hobbies like fire alarms or air raid sirens. Air raid siren guys are one of the best types of guys.

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I didn't know air raid siren person was something I could be. I might need to hit up eBay

[-] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Sirencon 2024 is scheduled for June 1st. You should visit and post about it here, as a hexbear ambassador

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago
[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

bean Toot your horn loud and proud, comrade! rat-salute-2

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago
[-] Rom@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I like to imagine these guys just steal them off of buildings that are actually using them.

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

oh my god I'm fucking dying lmao

[-] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

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