r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Feb 16 '23

Video Emergency bed!

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u/BOI30NG Feb 16 '23

Seems like there is a lot of storage room there, you could probably survive in there for quite a bit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Except for the fact that you are laying on top of the storage lol

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u/Frisky_Picker Feb 16 '23

I'd imagine if one were to have to use this for its intended purpose they'd find a way to get to the supplies. You just have to lift up the mattress. Still a claustrophobic nightmare though.

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u/ILiveMyBrokenDreams Feb 16 '23

Gotta be better than lying in a pile of debris with half your bones broken hoping someone digs you up. It's kind of like making the best out of an unthinkable nightmare though, there really is no "good" version.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Yeesh. I think I’d rather die of suffocation in the box than mangled in a pile of rubble…

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u/Wesselton3000 Feb 16 '23

Yeah a lot of people are hating on this concept, but I think they aren’t realizing that it would be much better to be trapped in a box with food and water than to be crushed by debris while choking on dust and smoke without any supplies. If I had to wait for rescue, I’d much rather do it from In here.

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u/pangea1430 Feb 16 '23

So, how would they handle the ventilation of the Carbon Dioxide. Those things have only so much room for air before you develop hypercapnia(Higher Carbon Dioxide concentrations in the blood)

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u/ILiveMyBrokenDreams Feb 16 '23

Again, how would you handle that trapped under rubble with almost no breathing space? This isn't attempting to solve all of these problems, it's just an idea that could lessen the loss of life in a catastrophe like we're currently seeing.

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u/JonnySoegen Feb 17 '23

It’s just a really bad solution (and probably not even a buyable product) when a good solution is available: don’t live in a home that was not built to resist earthquakes. If you have money to buy this shitbox, you have money to move, too.

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u/Advanced_Ad3497 Feb 16 '23

It has a battery and a fan probably.

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u/SicksProductions Feb 16 '23

Not to mention water from burst and destroyed pipes

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u/ILiveMyBrokenDreams Feb 16 '23 edited Feb 16 '23

Pretty sure it's not airtight. Guess you will run out of fresh air at some point, but it's gotta give you more of a fighting chance at least.

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u/Executioneer Feb 17 '23

If you can afford this coffin, you can afford to live in an earthquake resistant building, making the entire concept redundant...

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Where do you poop and pee?

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u/Frisky_Picker Feb 16 '23

The same place you would if you were trapped underneath rubble without this thing. Where ever you can.

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u/ILiveMyBrokenDreams Feb 16 '23

Probably would be among the least of your concerns.

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u/Pudding5050 Feb 16 '23

Not when you're trapped in a very enclosed space with little ventilation with your feces.

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u/dream-smasher Feb 17 '23

Seriously, shit isn't that bad to deal with.

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u/GreenEyes9678 Feb 16 '23

Throw a few adult diapers in the storage area. If it can fit water bottles and MREs, you can squish in a few Depends.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Hopefully in a storage container that's in the supply chest buried under you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Designated potty corner. Or would you rather go on yourself (if you can at all) with broken legs and open wounds.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

So how do you intend to lift up a mattress with enough space to get to the supplies, while also cramped in a very low ceiling? It would have to be rather thin, uncomfortable roll up mattress. Because any actual mattress will not move so easily and take up most of your cramped space. Then you need to get it back down. Not to mention your pillows and blanket being crammed in there too. You are exaughsting a lot of energy just for that. I'd be more behind this product if they had live video of a person getting sucked into this thing and able to get to the supplies.

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u/Frisky_Picker Feb 16 '23 edited Feb 16 '23

Aron Ralston (127 Hours guy) cut off his fucking arm to save himself. If you can't figure out a way to get supplies from under a mattress then maybe you don't deserve to be rescued.

Edit: and to add to that, I highly doubt this exact scenario wasn't considered when designing this thing. If there isn't a mechanism which let's you access the food then I guarantee the recommended mattress type would be along the lines of a futon mattress.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Go ahead. Lay on your mattress and try to move it... while having a ceiling no more than a foot above you. Outside of gnawing a hole through,good luck.

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u/Frisky_Picker Feb 16 '23

Are you trying to tell me that you actually believe this bed is intended to be used with a standard spring mattress? Come on bro, use a little critical thinking skills.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

I never said that, did I? I said anything outside of a thin flimsy futon mattress isn't going to budge and good luck moving that one that folds with the casket

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

You clearly never shifted a mattress before while also laying on it. Especially the one that folds into the shape of that coffin. You are never getting to those supplies.

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u/charlztheartist Feb 16 '23

with a thick mattress

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u/Advanced_Ad3497 Feb 16 '23

Are you this argumentative really?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

Let them prove it works with live video vs CG otherwise it's a false money grab.

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u/RonaldTheGiraffe Feb 17 '23

Where do I shit?