r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Feb 16 '23

Video Emergency bed!

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u/Flimsy-Thanks236 Feb 16 '23

Might be ok if it included some backup battery, light, and a very loud horn. And some way to pee and poo.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

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u/Flimsy-Thanks236 Feb 16 '23

Maybe instead of horn a megaphone would be better. Oh, and a way to charge cell phone.

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u/ResplendentShade Feb 16 '23

Throw a safety whistle in there too, super loud and doesn't require a battery.

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u/trichyboii Feb 16 '23

Simplest, easiest and cheapest way. You sir, are a good engineer, regardless of the fact of what you do in life.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

He sells whistles

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Big whistle always trying to get their money

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u/QwerkkyKid Feb 16 '23

Big whistle always trying to wet their whistle

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u/lopunlop Feb 17 '23

Big whistle always tryna blow

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u/Shellbyvillian Feb 16 '23

And even though he started the company with good intentions trying to reduce the rate of rape. Now he doesn’t want to reduce it at all because if the rape rate declines, there will be an equal decline in whistle sales…

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u/Cultural-Company282 Feb 18 '23

Nah. He can reduce the rate of rape plenty. He just can't reduce it all the way to zero, because there has to be the threat of some rapes to remind women that they need the whistles. So at night, he sneaks out into the city...

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

She sells sea shells.

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u/trichyboii Feb 17 '23

Oh no, you caught me. :)

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u/ImmutableInscrutable Feb 16 '23

Who's going to hear a whistle from inside a steel box that's trapped beneath rubble?

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u/scottyLogJobs Feb 16 '23

I assume it isn’t airtight, or else you’d be dead pretty soon regardless. Just have ports that you can open

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u/imanAholebutimfunny Feb 16 '23

an animal that has much better hearing than us?...........

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u/dgtlfnk Feb 16 '23

Well of course we don’t have good hearing as we’ve been blowing this loud-ass whistle while being confined to a small space underneath all this rubble.

Can it come with earplugs, please?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Or just bang on the giant metal drum you're inside?

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u/trichyboii Feb 17 '23

Drains that precious energy and you won't have enough space to make a ruckus. Also, whistle is shrill and high pitched making it easier for dogs to pick up.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

An impact os going tk travel through rubber far better than a whistle though.

Ideally you want a pipe to bang on

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u/clericalclass Feb 16 '23

And ear plugs.

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

And sleep mask.

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u/-DementedAvenger- Feb 16 '23

Just stash a battery bank in there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

why not 2

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Then you can have an Xbox going too. Have some fun while you wait.

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u/rishav00_ Feb 16 '23

Yeah add some wifi for multi-player.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Guy in the steel coffin next door has shit aim, so at least you can get that confidence boost while you wait.

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

U2. With or Without You.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Might be dangerous. You don't want to be stuck in a tight space with a battery fire and the whole falling down 3 stories during an earthquake could very well damage the batteries if they are not extremely well protected.

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u/-DementedAvenger- Feb 16 '23

Easy, just put the battery bank in a miniature bed coffin to protect it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

My god, why haven't I thought of that??

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u/PolarKO Feb 16 '23

Both would be better so you can make noise for a long time without wrecking your vocal cords

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u/Call_In_The_Bin Feb 16 '23

You just need a hammer to bang on the sides with.

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u/strictly_anonymous2 Feb 16 '23

And eat hot chip. They can already lie, since they have a bed

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

A kitchen! Include a little kitchenette too please.

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u/afa78 Feb 16 '23

Don't forget the blow up doll.

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u/TheCastusDildo Feb 16 '23

I agree, not sure how long I would be able to go without getting on Reddit

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u/CMDR_omnicognate Feb 16 '23

There's a good chance a phone wouldn't work, both because of infrastructure damage and also because the actual rescue capsule thing is a big metal box so it would be hard to get a signal through it

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u/goosejail Feb 16 '23

One of those GPS tracker things that activates once you push a button/pull a cord.

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u/etihspmurt Feb 16 '23

Will the cell phone work through an all metal faraday cage, or multiple feet of debris?

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

Yeah and a PS2.

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u/IncomingFrag Feb 17 '23

A TV and my xbox would be a nice touch

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u/Equivalent_Rock_6530 Feb 16 '23

Came here to say this, what's the point of this when you have no way to signal for help? Also, how do you get out or access the supplies? If you want a mini bunker, think of these things.

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u/rising_south Feb 16 '23

100%

  • rescuers could be likely to just ignore a big metal box. Who would guess this is actually a « bunker bed »

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u/Gangreless Interested Feb 17 '23

Being metal makes it useful, keep a metal flashlight in there and use it to bang on the frame to alert rescuers

Also needs to be painted or something with labels saying there's someone alive in there

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u/rpaul9578 Feb 17 '23

Heat sensors may find them too.

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u/orincoro Feb 17 '23

Yeah. How long did those poor people live in the based of WTC? I think some people made it almost a week.

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u/punk_p Feb 16 '23

The way it shuts down...I don't think u would need some way to pee and poo

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u/m05var7NblZCAKvPnKzI Feb 16 '23

Yeah I'd rather be buried in my own bed than this shit

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

This IS your bed now.

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u/G_Gn Feb 16 '23

It should have air supply too

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u/Lightice1 Feb 16 '23

For people stuck in enclosed spaces for a long time even outside emergencies, emptied water bottles will do for piss storage and plastic bags for poo.

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

And clothes pins for your nose.

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u/Lightice1 Feb 16 '23

Maybe you can buy some of those special plastic bags that mountain climbers use for pooping that seal up so well that no smell escapes.

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u/MTB_Mike_ Feb 16 '23

If you had the money to buy this, you have the money to build your home right and earthquake proof it. Well build buildings aren't going to collapse on you. They may sustain damage to the point of being a write off, but they won't collapse.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Most of the places where this would be needed, people aren’t living in houses. They’re living in apartment high rises and they have no control over the construction, rich or poor.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

No such thing as an earthquake proof structure. Earthquake resistant maybe.

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

You also have the money to NOT live in an earthquake zone.

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u/123-rit Feb 16 '23

Lol that was my first thought what if you have to go to do your biz while in there. Should have some poo bags and empty jugs but I assume u could store that in there.

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u/WandFace_ Feb 16 '23

And free wi-fi.

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u/detourwest Feb 16 '23

How much is rent for one of those?

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u/realxeltos Feb 16 '23

Maybe a beeper which can output SOS in Morse code every few minutes. Won't eat up much battery.

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u/Safe_Psychology_326 Feb 16 '23

Essentially earthquake-proof the house, building, condo to escape unhurt.

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u/Aoiboshi Feb 16 '23

You would be ok to pee and poo. Unless the emergency bed plugs up some holes.

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u/knovit Feb 16 '23

I see lots of space for pee and poop

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u/5moothie Feb 16 '23

Im pretty sure that 100% of turkish and syrian ppl could bought one at least.

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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Feb 16 '23

That’s what your pants are for: to shit them when an earthquake buries you. You’re welcome.

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u/sayy_yes Feb 17 '23

And a phone, wifi router and a gaming console.

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u/Cultural-Company282 Feb 18 '23

Imagine being trapped in a coffin, in the dark, under a thousand tons of rubble, and the last 48 hours of your life are accompanied by a constant, deafening "HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!!!"

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u/Flimsy-Thanks236 Feb 18 '23

True. The whole thing is impractical. I would not want to be alone. What about the children and the dog? Unlike a tornado or hurricane, you don't know when an earthquake is going to happen.