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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 52 points 8 months 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 8 months ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

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

[-] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 49 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

Autism?? Special interest type beat?

[-] Comp4@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Aaaw that seems pretty harmless and kinda cute. Let people enjoy things (kind of unironically this time). Like if a guy wants to hit on me...start talking about your niche weird interests. 90% of the time I will be at least curious.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

Yeah I have no problem with elevator fans, it's nice. I just find it funny how it opened my eyes to mundane everyday real world things having fans.

[-] gruf@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

I'm hooked already

[-] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

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

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

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

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago

Is there a r/firealarmcirclejerk ?

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

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

[-] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

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

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago
[-] Rom@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

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

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

oh my god I'm fucking dying lmao

[-] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago
[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

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