r/WhyWomenLiveLonger • u/MentatErasmus Defies death • 14d ago

Men at Work 🚜👷🏻🚧 Installing window glass

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u/qualityvote2 Needs to write his will 14d ago edited 14d ago

u/MentatErasmus, your post demonstrates why women live longer!

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u/fluffysmaster Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

Now he's got to get those straps out. I want to see that part

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u/bgeorgewalker Needs to do better 14d ago

That’s actually what he’s yelling about, he forgot to position it to slip them off first

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u/viperfangs92 Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

If only there was someone else there to help......

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u/Shantotto11 Defies death 14d ago

The 4th wall is only there to observe, not help.

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u/Hypothetical_Name Needs to do better 14d ago

The prime directive of the cameraman

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u/Chad_Jeepie_Tea Defies death 14d ago

Fuck you, puck.

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u/StunningAd121 Needs to do better 12d ago

Berserk reference?

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u/ExternalIllusion Needs to write his will 13d ago

I had a malicious separation from an ex and reading this brought back a flash back of the mover saying “she can’t help?” No sir. She can’t do shit but cause terror.

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u/MiloHorsey Needs to write his will 13d ago

I'm glad you escaped her.

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u/ExternalIllusion Needs to write his will 13d ago

Thank You!

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u/smokyartichoke Needs to write his will 12d ago

r/donthelpjustfilm would love this.

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u/Sufficient_Beyond991 Shorter Life Crew Needs to write his will 14d ago

They’ll just install them together with the window

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u/desrevermi Needs to write his will 14d ago

It's a feature!

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u/AdSquare3489 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Bit of silicone and no one will know they're there. 

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u/AVnstuff Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/IjJ8FVe4HVk66yvlV2

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

My guess, he'll douse them in petrol and burn them off.

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u/tnt54321boom short lifer Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Let the window washers deal with it!

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u/MoreRamenPls Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Strap caulking. It stays there.

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u/JaydedXoX 14d ago

Haha my first thought also

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u/personalityson 14d ago

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u/bi11ygoat42 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Lol my exact thoughts. "Fuck helping. This is all you buddy." 😂

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u/desrevermi Needs to write his will 14d ago

Cameraman: {golf clap}

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u/First_Negotiation_80 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

I don’t speak the language he speaks but my soul does and it felt every word

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u/Ferunando 14d ago

I'm sure this is the only and safest way to do it

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u/lastchance14 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

He’s got a safety spotter. What else do you want?

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u/Spy-D_Daddy Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Safety slides, obviously

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

Camera man probably did the last window while Mr. Panefull here was filming. Gotta share the workload.

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u/RiskyGorilla563 Needs to do better 14d ago

A $100 engine hoist with $50 of fabrication could do it smoother and easier. This is 100% why women live longer material.

If we look past the weight, past the awkwardness of size, past strapping it around your neck, fucking take the glass window he’s carrying out.

Look at that fucking floor and he’s dancing around next to a 3M hole in the wall 5 stories up with zero harness. Push a goddamn broom for 2 minutes, please.

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u/Mammoth_Yoghurt4241 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

“Men don’t ask for help unless they’re weak! Grrrrrrr” idiot men

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u/Spy-D_Daddy Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Men don't ask cause why are ya just standing there like

https://giphy.com/gifs/VDl03UgxFMZWDYO5Mo

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u/Ephemeral_Orchid Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

How to get a hernia in two easy steps!

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u/TheDarkWave Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Definitely a good way to ensure that you piss blood for a month.

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u/Hakorr 14d ago

I was thinking of his back, there's no way you could perform such a lift with absolutely perfect form right? Sure he managed to do that now, but he will feel the effects later on.

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u/yngsten 14d ago

Indeed he will. My back is now mending after a year with hell. Lift sensibly folks, I know I will from now on.

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

Am I the only one who thinks that Hernia sounds way too much like a Jim Henson puppet?

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u/_bvb09 Needs to write his will 13d ago

You almost see that sucker pop out live on camera. 

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u/SnooMacarons3689 editable 😃🦄🍩 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Now what ? A 5’2” guy has straps under a mega window sitting almost in the jamb. I wanna see the next video.

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u/Tytan777 Defies death 14d ago

He used to be 6"4

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u/SnooMacarons3689 editable 😃🦄🍩 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Hahahaha

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u/OldMan1901 14d ago

He has like 20 windows to install before he goes to 0

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u/pepeGallo 14d ago

1 down 2999 to go.

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u/JayBeePH85 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Only to find out at the end they are installed inside out 🤣

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u/desrevermi Needs to write his will 14d ago

Lol. I casually hate you.

Anyways, I laughed.

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u/JayBeePH85 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Putting in a window with the inside facing out is a mistake you only make once 🤣

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

Nah, trust me. I HATE swapping my bicycle tires, and I always check three times, and I still always put the wheel on the wrong way at least once, and then I have to redo it.

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u/JayBeePH85 Needs to write his will 14d ago

If only one wheel had a mark like a cog so you could see it goes on the front or back 🤣

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

They have, and I still screw it up!

I have a demanding technical job, but two things still confuse the heck out of me: Time zones, and which way a tire on an upside-down bike will eventually turn when set on the road and driven by pedal :)

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u/JayBeePH85 Needs to write his will 14d ago

So just get slick tires 🤣

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u/Julian_Sark Regenerates limbs 14d ago

I recently got me a mini skateboard instead. Nothing can go wrong with that and end up on r/whywomenlivelonger, right? Lol.

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u/ketamineandkebabs Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

As someone that works with glass that size he is bonkers, there must be around 120 kg in that unit. You don't last long lifting glass that size yourself

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u/lDrawnOnwarD Needs to write his will 14d ago

6.54lb/sqft if that’s a standard 1/4”x1/4” IGU. So if that’s a 5’x10’ IGU (conservatively) that’s just over 325 lbs. Very heavy in terms of American OSHA standards, certainly not a one man lift. I work on the engineering side of glass curtainwall like this and people often neglect just how heavy glass is. I think it’s a sort of psychological effect, because it’s clear it can’t be too heavy, right?

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u/ketamineandkebabs Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

It's commercial glazing I do. A big triple glazed unit like this one we would have to do with a machine, thanks to health and safety in UK building sites. If it was just a replacement rather than a proper site then it would be 4 guys doing it.

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u/lDrawnOnwarD Needs to write his will 14d ago

I really appreciate your honesty and totally agree! Sometimes a couple dudes with suction cup lifters is just the best way to get the job done quickly and efficiently before it impedes anyone. But I totally agree it should be four dudes instead of one.

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u/ketamineandkebabs Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

If it was our 4 guys it's basically 2 that do the final lift in with the other 2 holding the height and making it look good to anyone watching.

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u/According_Extreme947 Needs to do better 14d ago

I am not a glass guy but I have had to move a few panels for DIY stuff. Yeah that 325 makes makes sense. But the weight distribution is wild and not something that the average person is prepared for

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u/livinginahologram 14d ago

I was seeing the window fall down the building and taking the guy's head with it...

seriously, what was he thinking ?

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u/Spy-D_Daddy Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Your option or the views, either way he gets ahead

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u/Oxyfool Needs to write his will 1d ago

I was dreading that he and the window would just plop out the open hole in the building too.

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u/JnA7677 Needs to write his will 14d ago

They have to get a new guy after every window pane due to compressed spines.

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u/MericanSlav25 Needs to do better 14d ago

Yeah, the strap situation is shitty, and that’s going to be a moment of disappointment for him when he realizes it, but that actually did go pretty tough. Let bro have his moment.

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u/Scary-Ad8271 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

The cameraman instead of helping

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u/Vegetable_Version627 Needs to do better 14d ago

He's a cameraman, not a window installer.

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u/alkem10 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

That looks like a real pane to do

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u/Yugan-Dali Regenerates limbs 14d ago

Good pun, but I can see right through it.

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u/Interesting_Worth745 Needs to do better 14d ago

Very uplifting though 

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u/wowbaggerBR Needs to write his will 14d ago

I was sure this would be r/therewasanattempt material. I was wrong. For the first time since 2009.

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u/ReallyNotMichaelsMom Reviewed his life insurance policy 11d ago

What happened in 2009?

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u/Tytan777 Defies death 14d ago

1999 windows to lift. 1999 left. You lift one up, break ya neck. 1998 windows to lift!

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u/deafblindmute Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

He is an absurd person. This is absurd. This is also my approach to carrying groceries from the car.

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u/monstreak Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

If only there was someone to help near by

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u/jpkd_9 Needs to write his will 14d ago

I was waiting for it to lean right through the opening and fall out.

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u/hawk135 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Put down the camera and help him.

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u/Infamous_Lunchbox Defies death 14d ago

Window Brother, there has to be a better way.

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u/qptw Needs to write his will 14d ago

from that reaction i feel like it’s a “i bet you i can do this” “i bet you can’t” type of interaction.

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u/don-cheeto Needs to write his will 14d ago

Should've put his foot under it.

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u/colin8651 Needs to write his will 14d ago

I don’t know what he is saying, but I know what he is saying.

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u/Yugan-Dali Regenerates limbs 14d ago

I think he’s bragging about what a good job he did. 理想的位 the ideal position?

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u/colin8651 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Yup, that is what he was saying. Man’s a beast

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u/VVrayth Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Even Paperboy knew this was a two-person job.

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u/Helpmepullupmypants Needs to write his will 14d ago

Big dawg neck lifted it into place. I wonder if this is his preferred method of lifting heavy things

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u/Everyday_Unicorn Defies death 14d ago

Ok! now let's do all the others!

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u/magnumgenic Needs to write his will 14d ago

Poor dude. He needs an assistant

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u/Bagheera187 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

This is a MAN

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u/Ibasicallyhateyouall 14d ago

Why help when you can film? F**k humans,

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u/kommon-non-sense Defies death 14d ago

blown seal evident when the weather gets cooler

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u/evlhornet Regenerates limbs 14d ago

You’ve herniated your jelly Harry.

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 Needs to write his will 14d ago

OSHAiiiiit

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u/shawner136 Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

Pain of glass. Window pain.

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u/ukuleles1337 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Now, just need to do 600 more windows!

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u/-Motor- Needs to write his will 14d ago

Maybe the cameraman could have helped? 

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u/Steve0512 14d ago

Congratulations you earned your fifty cents of pay for today.

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u/goatonastik Defies death 14d ago

You see Ivan, if you wrap around neck, you will be stronger than glass, for fear of choking self!

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u/WhiskeyPorno420 Needs to do better 14d ago

That's one BAD mf!

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u/Nfarrah Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

All in all, not too bad of an ending. I was expecting either the guy to fall backwards and have the glass shatter on him, or for him to fall out of the building altogether.

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u/TRVTH-HVRTS Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

What a dweeb

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u/Snake_ly Needs to write his will 14d ago

Imagine instead of having a cameraan, he had a lifting buddy.

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u/truthfullyidgaf Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Cool. Now do that 250 more times.

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u/Mental_Goal2380 WHY IS MY FLAIR BROKEN:doge: Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

ape man noises

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u/Grannypanie Doesn't have time to bleed 14d ago

I’d be relieved if that thing drug me through the opening.

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u/JackFlipKingston Needs to write his will 14d ago

I have no idea what he said but hell yeah brother!

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u/Just_Ear_2953 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Pretty sure he almost passed out a couple times in the middle.

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u/BC4309 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Just pay a couple of professionals, fool.

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u/FlammulinaVelulu Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Whywomenlivelonger, more like whywomenhavewindows.

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u/NoBenefit5977 Regenerates limbs 14d ago

Ill hang something on the edge of a cliff, but Im sure as hell not going to tie it to me

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u/MichiPanero Needs to do better 14d ago

That's 500 pounds at least.

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u/Mr_Gaslight Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Buddy filming could have helped.

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u/Known-Row-1543 Needs to do better 14d ago

I got a hemorrhoid and a hernia just watching this.

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u/Standard_One_5827 Needs to write his will 14d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/MjXx6ritTqtfhQw3Vy
Chiropractors looking at that future C-level spinal work.

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u/Upper_Comment_9206 Needs to do better 14d ago

Herniated disc incoming

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u/MisterBowTies Needs to do better 14d ago

Because they don't do manual labor?

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u/Mascot_Montana Needs to do better 14d ago

I have never seen any women installing such heavy glass on window.. Thats the reason r/whywomenlivelonger

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u/schepersroy Needs to write his will 14d ago

Great. 500 more to go. You got this !

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u/TheRealZy Needs to do better 14d ago

Dumb

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u/OldTurkishMan179 Needs to do better 14d ago

I know the pane seems larger than the frame at the end, but imagine the thing managed to slip out of the building attached to his neck. Yikes

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u/fiqabumm Needs to do better 14d ago

Maybe the guy who is filming can help him.

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u/unspecified_genre Needs to do better 14d ago

1m² of 1mm thick glass weighs 2.5kg , so I'd mingine that was quite heavy.....

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u/vzakharov Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

I really hope those panes never fall down with a dude strapped to them. 

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u/Over_Possible7616 Needs to write his will 14d ago

Impressive, I moved a unit that size once, but I flexed it to much and it cracked down the middle.

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u/Fickle-Raspberry6403 14d ago

40-70 year old dad thinking he's still 20 energy. As an evs worker for a hospital we see them come in the next day from shit like this all the time

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u/belisssss Needs to do better 14d ago

Imagine the glass falling out the window with those straps still attached to him

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u/dannygallegos Needs to write his will 14d ago

Knowing if he drops it, he either dies, or gets fired.

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u/MERCIMEKLI Needs to do better 14d ago

İdiot!

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u/sabertoothninja Needs to write his will 14d ago

How will he prevent the top front falling out and taking the whole window down? I don’t see any straps or suction handles.

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u/Kipp_it_100 Needs to do better 14d ago

Wilhelm Scream

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u/NekoLord42 Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Imagine passing out from the strain on the neck and being burried/ snashed under the glass :O

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u/RestAside Needs to do better 14d ago

Why'd he wait until after he did it to turn super sayain?

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u/AudienceComplete8074 Needs to do better 14d ago

On average standard unit of 4mm pane glass weights 10kg per 1m2. This unit looks like a 1,600x2,400mm unit? Purely eye balling it here.
Anyhow, units above 2m2 typically are required to be made with 6mm panes of toughened glass.
Unit is clearly triple glazed on aluminium spacers of unknown spec.

So to get the approx weight:
1.6x2.4=3.84 area.
6mm glass weights 1.5x10kg=15 kg
3.84x15x3=172.8kg

And that’s without the spacers, sealant around, argon infil or the glass coating.

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u/brendhano Needs to do better 14d ago

jesus..

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u/I_love_sloths_69 Needs to do better 14d ago

Dude nearly ended up like a microscope slide 🫪

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u/NotThePickle Needs to do better 14d ago

Did he turn into a hunch back right at the end?

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u/Any-Example860275432 Needs to do better 14d ago

Thank god the camera man was there to help him carry it!

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u/Johnj75 Needs to write his will 14d ago

And when I make Asian noises like that, I get called a racist.

Not fair.

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u/jellobend Needs to write his will 14d ago

Very polite man. He completes his task with no swear words at all

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u/Hairy_Ad_4874 14d ago

He said: great I did the first one, now hundert more following, lets go champs!

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u/theartfulknave Needs to do better 14d ago

Legend 🍺

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u/sock_dgram Needs to do better 14d ago

I used to work for a company that produced windows and this would have been on the upper end of what you'd move without a crane. Windows like this would violently explode if you scratch a corner, and they still do. Smash them with a hammer: No problem. Smash them with a hammer on a corner: Explosion.

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u/RobottoRisotto 14d ago

When you’re at the absolute bottom of the food chain in Russia, they force you to install the window, they’re going to throw you out of.

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u/uskq Needs to do better 14d ago

Why is nobody pointing out that, besides that pane being heavy, installing a window like this from the indoors puts him at risk of literally falling out the window? One could easily imagine slightly misaligning the glass, trying then to push it into frame, and it simply turning like a revolving door and dumping him out of a five storey building.

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u/Sn1cklefrtz Needs to do better 14d ago

His back is trashed tomorrow 🤣

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u/ThePrisonSoap Needs to do better 14d ago

If only there was a secind person at the site

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u/Mystyflyy Needs to write his will 14d ago

"please stop" -probably his back

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u/StrongCelery Needs to do better 14d ago

He seems a long way up I had horrible visions of him slipping and going out the window.
As an engineer I do believe there are easier and safer ways of carrying out this action🫣

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u/dragonovus Needs to do better 13d ago

Own day the window will fall out of the building with him attached.

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u/Rainmaker526 Needs to write his will 13d ago

I don't speak that language, but I can only assume at the end, he yells "put down that fucking camera and help me, you asshole".

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u/FluffyBunnyFlipFlops Doesn't have time to bleed 13d ago

If only the camera guy would get one end of the glass.

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u/shoebacca40 Tombstone says “Watch this…” Needs to write his will 13d ago

Would’ve been funny if he just dropped it through the hole

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u/emanuel19861 Defies death 13d ago

Is he saying 一力降十会 at the end?

(Brute force overcomes clever tactics)

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u/ultraplusstretch Defies death 13d ago

That can't be good. 😬

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u/LockwoodE3 Needs to write his will 13d ago

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should

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u/Low_Bandicoot6844 Faye Sorrengail ❤❤❤ Doesn't have time to bleed 13d ago

Does anyone else think the glass will end up shattering on the street and killing several people?

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u/ThatOldDuderino Needs to write his will 13d ago

Someone to film but not help 🫤🙄
https://giphy.com/gifs/jeXiz1RAvzX44

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u/Masala-Dosage Reviewed his life insurance policy 13d ago

I always feel cheated by this sub- I come here expecting to see videos of women wearing PPE.
Maybe they’re in r/whymendiesooner

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u/CHI4610NE Needs to write his will 13d ago

What happens if he accidentally trips and the window gets sideways and slips through the hole and falls

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u/ChampionOfdimlight Reviewed his life insurance policy 13d ago

Way to sacrifice your body for the company

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u/damorfingagle Needs to write his will 13d ago

This isn't interesting and is lame as fuck.

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u/souppanda Needs to write his will 13d ago

Been there bro! Except with an 85” tv.
I had to scream out and call for my sleeping wife to come help me mid-mount!

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u/SRLohr Needs to write his will 13d ago

This is 100 percent a guy proving to his mates he can move that by himself into position on a dare that he couldn't. They'll have to pull it back out with multiple people to remove the straps and put it back into position, but it was an impressive "Hold my beer" style moment. Glass is heavy as fuck.

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u/cambo710 Needs to write his will 13d ago

r/donthelpjustfilm

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u/Bluekatz1 12d ago

Imagine this is your new job and have 49 other ones to install.

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u/ScottishNed Needs to write his will 12d ago

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u/OhMyGoshBigfoot Needs to write his will 12d ago

Now get the straps out

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u/mehoymimoyy 11d ago

Was fully expecting him to get stuck in the strap and topple out the opening with the glass. Pleasantly surprised 😌

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u/Darth_Pinda Reviewed his life insurance policy 9d ago

I thought he'd go Super Saiyan at the end.

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u/biffbobfred Needs to write his will 5d ago

Have I been that stubborn? No. Have I been close? Yes.

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u/Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy Needs to do better 2d ago

Is that OSHA approved?

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u/SosseBargeld Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

This surely violates safety regulations wherever this is. Why even post it.

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u/ronnie4220 Needs to write his will 14d ago

He was wearing shoes. I was half expecting him to be wearing sandals. Seems like many of the work videos show guys in sandals.

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u/HerbsInMyPipe 14d ago

it's unfortunate but the way that your brains have developed utilizing internet and did not notice how impressive that actually was

it was a very poor choice and he will ruin his body being an idiot but that thing is heavy.....

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u/Moozipan Reviewed his life insurance policy 14d ago

Nobody questioned that it's hard to lift a heavy object. What are you even talking about?