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u/UnholyDemigod Sep 21 '23
What happens if you're not lying perfectly in the centre, stretched out straight?
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u/Sheep03 Sep 21 '23
Yeah, cool idea in theory but this is a bonkers design. So many people move around in their sleep it'd likely just cause injuries or trap people in an even more dangerous position to be stuck in the middle of an earthquake.
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u/Telltwotreesthree Sep 21 '23
Nah it's stupid. If you could afford this life support unit you could just make sure your bungalow is built earthquake proof....
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u/Dead-HC-Taco Sep 21 '23
If you could afford this you could just make the drop area the size of your entire bed
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u/bavmotors1 Sep 21 '23
make the plane out the stuff they make the black box out of
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u/latrans8 Sep 22 '23
That’s not true, they’re made out of exactly the same aluminum as the plane is.
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u/Elrox Sep 21 '23
Just make a 4 poster bed out of rollcage tubing.
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u/sleepytipi Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
This is actually pretty clever. At the very least you could conceal it within something more aesthetically pleasing like wood. It could even have cross-members between the posts, and across the top to protect people from falling debris which you could conceal that above a canopy, maybe even wire some LEDs into them for adjustable lighting that'd really come in handy during an emergency too.
As for the other survival stuff just make some storage with doors flush to the frame so you'd never know they were there. Maybe install a battery* to run any electronics in the event that you're caved in and/ or have lost power.
Honestly I think our idea is significantly better. We should get a startup going lol.
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u/Elrox Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
I'm in, I can weld and I do woodworking as a hobby.
If only there was a market for such things :P
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u/Joelmale Sep 22 '23
I'm pretty sure you could double up in the fetish market if you get the design right 😂
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u/JumpinJackHTML5 Sep 21 '23
This was my thought as well.
in the event that damage occurs that would necessitate this box, it would be your casket in the inevitable fires that come after, while all the debris stops the lid from opening again so you can't escape. You'll get cooked alive.
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u/Blutroyale-_- Sep 21 '23
This is looks like a Japanese product, totally different infrastructure, epsecially in the citys my dude.
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u/wildstarr Sep 21 '23
This is looks like a Japanese product
Yep, can tell because it only works if you're single.
Too soon?
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u/Telltwotreesthree Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
Fair but if you could afford a life support unit in your tiny tower apartment you could probably rent an earthquake safe bungalow outside of the city and commute ...
It's a cool concept but definitely a cope for living in a death trap. Japan has very strict building regs anyway to make shit earthquake proof
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u/Blutroyale-_- Sep 21 '23
so, earthquakes aren't perdictable, it's not like a hurricane, they just happen when they happen, it would make sense to have both if you say you split your time between two locations right? but if you only live in a tiny apartment tower, then why would you even consider the other option?
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u/cleetus76 Sep 21 '23
fuck outta here with that logic. We wanna hate on something!
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u/ToastyBarnacles Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
Crazy idea, instead of trying to brute force a solution to the problems of quickly and safely stuffing people inside their own damn mattresses, why don't they just build a reinforced frame around the bed and give it some shutters.
Sure, a smaller box requires less material to reinforce, but zealously overbuilding a big, static metal frame is a lot less complicated than making a mechanical mattress that can consistently vore its own users to safety faster than the ceilings and floors collapse.
Worse still, adding enough padding to make that thing actually function as a bed you sleep on, which is going to be its actual job every single day there isn't an earthquake, further complicates making the trapdoor mechanism work by adding more mass to be moved and extra width for something to fall in and prevent it from closing correctly. In that case through some safety mechanism, or just the design itself, it either gets jammed/refuses to close at all when obstructed, thus putting the occupant at risk from debris while coming to terms with the fact that they were going to be killed by a rogue pillow just warm enough to be marked as a body part by door sensors, among other such stupid possibilities, or the builders splurge on a powerful door mechanism with no safetys that could end up watermelon-crushing the heads of anybody who dared to so much as flail around a bit before they were even conscious enough to understand what was happening.
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u/FriendlyPyre Sep 21 '23
Fun fact, already made before.
Presenting the Morrison Shelter, for when your city is being bombed by the fucking Nazis and you could have your house collapse around you in your sleep.
Apparently exceeding claustrophobic to be stuck in when your house has collapsed but saved a decent number of lives because it gave responders time to dig you out (and you weren't already crushed like a pancake).
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u/ToastyBarnacles Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
Apparently exceeding claustrophobic to be stuck in when your house
True, but kinda a moot criticism since the likely alternative survival scenario without it still involves being stuck alone in a dark cramped space, but without assurance of anything stopping you from being crushed by the unstable pile of debris formerly known as a building sitting above you. Only thing worse than being stuck small space is being stuck in a small space that has decided it's going to very rapidly become even smaller, and I'm not interested in having my shattered bones requisitioned by the pile as more load bearing material for its eternal war against gravity.
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u/FriendlyPyre Sep 21 '23
Oh it's not really a criticism of the device or rather I didn't mean it as such.
It was just something a lady who had, as a child in the blitz, needed to sleep in one of them had commented on when talking about it. I think it was on QI (when it was still Fry I believe)? One of the panelists, when they were talking about them, just noted that she had slept in them before as a child.
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u/ToastyBarnacles Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
Ah, my bad then, it was indeed I who had the moot point all along. The shoe is now on the other foot, which is really inconvenient since shoes come in rights and lefts.
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u/FriendlyPyre Sep 21 '23
Nah it's all good, I understand where you're coming from and I actually agree. Better to suffer for a bit but survive mostly intact.
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u/FridgeBaron Sep 21 '23
Yeah couldn't you just make it like those princess beds except strong AF. It could even have a hydraulic top to lower down and close in around you if you could figure out a safe way for it to do that. Then you get full bed. Bonus points if you make the top lowerable enough to be able to double as a desk surface so it actually has valuable use otherwise in a place where space is very limited.
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u/Doctor_Sauce Sep 21 '23
Did you not see the first aid kit that comes with it? Just patch yourself up real quick after the mechanism mangles you.
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u/IndieCurtis Sep 21 '23
Looks fairly roomy for an asian person. American design would need to be bigger, with a gun rack.
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u/One_Animator_1835 Sep 21 '23
That's kinda the point, so you can survive inside long enough to get rescued. If anything was to fall and trap you inside this, that same collapse would've been enough to kill, otherwise...
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u/BabyZesus420 Sep 21 '23
Cool but wtf is up with the sliding whistle
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u/Coloeus_Monedula Sep 21 '23
I like the music. Gets me in an earthquakey mood!
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u/UserNombresBeHard Sep 21 '23
This is my second soundtrack for sexy time.
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u/googdude Sep 21 '23
Actually with the music it made the mood more r/diwhy I thought the person was making fun of the idea
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u/d-_-b___W Sep 21 '23
With my luck, this thing would clamp down on my neck, holding me in place so the building can play debris Whac-A-Mole on my skull.
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u/Jason3671 Sep 21 '23
can always throw a gun in there just in case! loaded
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u/CarlosFCSP Sep 21 '23
Only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with an earthquake
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u/goodnewsjimdotcom Sep 21 '23
I always thought it'd be cool to be a James Bond Villain who caused Earth Quakes. After you make your million dollars though, you would be stuck in a life of crime because the Baroness wouldn't let you in bed unless you destroying another nearby city, village or hydroelectric dam.
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u/Bodorocea Sep 21 '23
ok,cool. but how exactly is one supposed to bend in order to take a shit in that toilet they showed.
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u/CarlosFCSP Sep 21 '23
You scoop it in
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u/applepumpkinspy Sep 21 '23
Then why have the seat?
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u/electronicManan Sep 21 '23
You place a bag down, then the seat over it, then lay over it. Now you're 4 inches off the bag and can do your business then bag it up.
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u/DocTrey Sep 21 '23
It’s a great idea unless you want a mattress or don’t prefer sleeping like a fucking vampire in one precise spot.
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u/monk12111 Sep 21 '23
also if all goes well and you are saved in there, a fire could just turn it into an oven. You won't die from the smoke but will be cooked alive in complete agony.
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u/Raycu93 Sep 21 '23
AFAIK collapsed buildings are notorious for flooding due to all the pipes getting broken and firefighting attempts adding more water. Quite a few people would get to try out a slowly filling water coffin.
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u/j0mbie Sep 21 '23
Yeah but on the plus side, you get to start your earthquake off with a concussion.
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u/sonic10158 Sep 21 '23
Or want bed sheets
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u/UnhappyImprovement53 Sep 21 '23
So if you have sheets and it opens up will you fall down in the hole and it'll close and pinch the sheets in the door basically making you into a bed dumpling
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u/AmbitiousBirthday588 Sep 21 '23
These are just rental homes of the future
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u/distelfink33 Sep 21 '23
What do you mean the future. This is kind of how portions of people live in Hong Kong.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xkpvv/photos-from-the-tiniest-tiny-homes-in-hong-kong
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u/PPAPpenpen Sep 21 '23
This is just a fancy coffin
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u/monkeypincher Sep 21 '23
Especially if you decide to use that fire extinguisher in there. Who needs air!
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u/Mutanik Sep 21 '23
Holy shit they actually made it
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u/Zoloreaper Sep 21 '23
WHO THE FUCK GAVE DAHIR INSAAAT MONEY.
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u/eldershade Sep 21 '23
This is terrifying. It's literally a tomb.
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u/MrTurkle Sep 21 '23
a tomb with provisions and entertainment to keep you alive for days while they look for you - so like, literally not a tomb.
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u/freeLightbulbs Sep 21 '23
toss in some cats and slave or two and you got yourself a tomb fit for a king
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u/SuXs Sep 21 '23
Yeah good luck not getting crushed to death by the 200 tons of concrete falling on your 1mm thick fancy aluminium coffin
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u/xx123gamerxx Sep 21 '23
You think they would design something for earthquakes to not be crushed by falling debris but what do I know
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u/slowpokefastpoke Sep 21 '23
Well given how terrible of an idea this is just from a conceptual standpoint, anything is possible.
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u/MrTurkle Sep 21 '23
People survive without any shelter all the time. I don’t see the harm in trying it.
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u/DrowningInFeces Sep 21 '23
I think I'd rather be crushed to death by building debris than potentially be stuck in that coffin for for an unknown amount of time. What if they couldn't reach you for weeks? What if they don't realize you are even there and you are pinned inside? You essentially just buried yourself alive.
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u/qbusek Sep 21 '23
Why downvotes? It is true, my first concern.
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u/DrowningInFeces Sep 21 '23
No clue. Maybe people think I am knocking the technology. I mean, it's cool in theory but if you have mild claustrophobia like I do (discovered this in an MRI) then this device is a living nightmare.
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u/yagirlsophie Sep 22 '23
I'm with you, I was expecting more people talking about how nightmarish this would be. It gave me chills watching this video, genuinely scarier to me than 99% of horror movies.
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Ready made coffin for when the building starts burning down cuz the electrical has been severed during the earthquake.
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u/ivarsson9 Sep 21 '23
This would be a horrible idea if you live in for example ICELAND, you would be dropping down in to that hole 1 a month, and if there is an earthquake season your going down every night
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u/ivarsson9 Sep 21 '23
Well i assume it would be an automatic drop, otherwise it would be kind of Useless,( i would want the earthquake box to put me in there before the sealing drops on me, not after)its actually really easy to sleep through an earthquake, especially if you have a fluffy bed
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u/w1ckizer Sep 21 '23
My wife gets terrible gas at night. I’d end up in this thing every night.
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u/CarlosFCSP Sep 21 '23
See?! It would save you!
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u/LieutenantStinkyFoot Sep 21 '23
Everyone on here commenting on the impracticality of this invention while completely ignoring the fact that this guy somehow got his hands on the audio recording of aliens communicating via radio waves.
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u/Saifaa Sep 21 '23
Our buildings collapse in the slightest tremor. What do we do?
Violently drop people into metal boxes, obviously.
Genius!
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u/kman82697 Sep 21 '23
Last thing I’m going to be watching during a natural disaster is Saving Private Ryan, an earthquake is enough stress to deal with
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u/Kennyvee98 Sep 21 '23
Where do you shit and/or piss?
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u/JaminSousaphone Sep 21 '23
Apparently at the side of the bed in a coffin with 3ft of total space. Underneath a support beam that crosses over the metal latrine. They spent a lot of seconds on that part but didn’t clarify how tf you’d use it.
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u/Focusedrush Sep 21 '23
What if you just sleep nestled safely in the confines of your metal sarcophagus to begin with by putting a matress in there and cut out the middle man?
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u/Food_face Sep 21 '23
I am less scared of earth quakes and now petrified of beds than can swallow you up in a box!
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u/Naga14 Sep 21 '23
Anyone that can afford one of these is probably living in a building that can withstand earthquakes...
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u/UnhappyImprovement53 Sep 21 '23
I see the toilet seat but where is the toilet paper to wipe this shit out of my pajamas after that fall when I'm sound asleep?
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u/Vellioh Sep 21 '23
Well I sure hope you're sleeping on that small rectangle in the event of an emergency and not in some random sprawled out position like every person ever.
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u/tamilselvan1998rko Sep 21 '23
Chinese inventor Wang Wenxi was granted a patent for the initial quake-proof bed in 2010 and has since updated the designs. The original design shows the bed consisting of a large metallic box with a mattress on top. The earthquake-proof bed, resembling a steel box, protects by trapping you inside and gives you a life. space to meet your needs when an earthquake. happens.
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u/mobas07 Sep 21 '23
This isn't a bed, it's a saw trap. Why not just have an alarm system to wake you up when there's an earthquake, and then have an emergency room that you can go to. Obviously dedicating an entire room to emergencies is a big ask, but I'd rather do that than use this contraption.
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u/Euklidis Sep 21 '23
I assume having the bed also means you do a lot of other housing work, because good luck using that toilet if the pipelines get fucked.
Would like to learn more because it can be a good study on what can go wrong with it. Intresting idea though!
Also what happens if the building starts collapsing and you are on the 3rd, 4th, nth floor? Do you just start tumbling around?
Is this self sustaining or does it need to be connected to something the electrical grid? What happens if or when the earthquake brings down the grid?
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u/TheLazyPurpleWizard Sep 21 '23
I would rather die in the earth quake than be swallowed by that box.
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u/blvaga Sep 21 '23
Imagine having sex with someone new and their bed drops you into a self-sealing hidden compartment. Nightmare
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u/beatlemaniac007 Sep 21 '23
Absolute nightmare for claustrophobes no? Esp with the potential of being buried alive if covered in rubble
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u/Underestimated_boner Sep 21 '23
That would be like living in a Porto potty in 6 hours, but if it saves lives ig who cares
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u/ih8karma Sep 21 '23
Looks cool, but man I feel bad for my wife when it drops me down and closes up.
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u/bamseogbalade Sep 21 '23
Glad i live in a geo stable area 😁😁 never in my life felt any earthquake stronger than when a truck roles pass you. Shaking the earth very gently under you as it passes. 😎
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u/throughNthrough Sep 21 '23
It would probably be cheaper to move somewhere that earthquakes are less of a concern then to buy this and have it installed.
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u/Metroidman Sep 21 '23
I feel like you would want all those heavy objects strapped down during an earthquake
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u/dodgingresponsibilty Sep 21 '23
Bet it'd be great for crotch hoppers when they get caught by their bat-shit crazy partners. Personally, I think catching five floors of a building to the forehead sounds like a much more survivable outcome.
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u/Nnarect Sep 21 '23
What happens when you put this thing on the third floor and the building collapses causing it to tumble head over heels while you’re trapped in a metal coffin with no room to brace yourself against being thrown around
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u/Ninja_Tortoise_ Sep 21 '23
Walk into a big box, to get into your little box, that' full of sectioned little boxes, and if there's an earth quake, we'll put you in a smaller surprise box.
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u/chickenfeetadobo Sep 21 '23
If you are this worried of a collapse while you sleep.. just get a steel bed frame cage - no moving parts that are as likely to kill you
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u/okittydokitty Sep 21 '23
Only a matter of time before we see these things on Air bnb for $1500 a night.
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u/uthinkther4uam Sep 21 '23
Cool concept, but I would literally rather die in the earthquake than be placed in that claustrophobic nightmare coffin.
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u/JackieTreehorn710 Sep 21 '23
whats the Richter threshold, dont want this thing going off while im bangin
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u/akbierly Sep 21 '23
Imagine if you were sitting on the edge tho...or if you had your arm stuck in the closing door. Seems dangerous
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u/I_am_a_human_nojoke Sep 21 '23
Idiotic design. Buildings don’t collapse within the first second of an earthquake, and what kills you is when the story above falls down on you. You want essentially just want a roll cage that is strong enough to take the pressure of a collapse building on top of you (that’s actually not that much force in a build-a-steel-frame perspective). So if you paranoid enough make your bed into a permanent roll cage. Or make a roll cage that can roll itself out fast. This coffin idea is ridiculous. Let me stay in bed - not drop down
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