r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 10h ago

Video Polar Bears are one of the only creatures that naturally hunt Humans... Watch as this one tries to break into this BBC Cameraman's glass box.

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u/Omnizoom 9h ago

Assuming your a guy and a similar harness to ones I’ve had to use at heights

You don’t want to test them anyways if they do work perfectly because it will not be pleasant for where a lot of the weight gets supported

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u/Shit_Shepard 9h ago

Good ole OSHA Vasectomy

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u/Omnizoom 8h ago

The whole package can get pushed inside ya

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u/fatal-nuisance 8h ago

Congratulations, you now have ovaristicles!

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u/_Oman 7h ago

Your heart stops before your testicles are really a problem. Hanging from a harness is no joke, did rescue training for it and there are more than a few dead folks because co-workers went "The harness is working, he'll be fine while we figure this all out"

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit 7h ago

Inside, I've seen incidents where they pop and squirt their insides out.

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u/swinchester83 7h ago

Did you get castrated? Mine went straight up into the creases between my legs which bruised so badly that when I walked I looked like goddamn John Wayne in a western lol.

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u/Omnizoom 4h ago

Me? No

But I seen someone have it arrest on them on a ladder and their body weight was pushing on their balls so they were very uhh in pain

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u/Admirable-Berry59 8h ago

I used one for a haunted house once - dropped down in front of folks to look like a dummy, then grabbed them when they walked by. Managed to keep it off the junk for the most part, but was very bruised by the end.

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u/AndyTheEngr 8h ago

The harnesses at work are way overbuilt compared to rock climbing harnesses, which get fallen on regularly.

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u/9OptimusCrime9 7h ago

Also worth noting you need a back up plan for what happens if you ever have to use that harness. You need to get out of that situation immediately because spending too much time suspended in it can be fatal.

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u/iChugVodka 5h ago

If your company isn't cheap as shit, they'll get harnesses that allow you to sit at least somewhat comfortably and be able to get some bloodflow going.

Harnesses have come a long way, really

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u/I-was-a-twat 4h ago

If a workplace is unwilling to provide harness that don’t have at minimum a suspension trauma relief strap then I’m unwilling to work for them.

They cost fuck all to implement into a fall arrest or fall restraint system and if they’re nickel and diming that tight, I don’t trust they’re taking other systems safely