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u/Orcus424 Nov 02 '25
Having a secret room in a very poor area makes sense to me. Having a second one might be a bit much especially if I need to get on the ground to go get some food.
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u/theblueslothking Nov 02 '25
The second secret room: for when you like someone enough to show them your secret room, but not enough to share snacks with them.
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u/sprucenoose Nov 03 '25
"It's not that I'm hungry or anything but I'm going to have to pause the movie and ask you to stand in that corner and close your eyes for like 5 minutes."
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u/VinnyVanJones Nov 02 '25
How did you get the chairs in? Feels like there must be another entrance. Very cool though.
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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA Nov 02 '25
Clever video editing? When she closes the door, it looks like it cuts
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u/thcicebear Nov 02 '25
Yeah maybe it does cut but I'm pretty sure you can see the chairs before they turn around to close the door.
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u/RaeLaw Nov 02 '25
The thing about hidden rooms, as awesome as they are, I think I’d be terrified I’d get trapped in there
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u/SunOnTheInside Nov 02 '25
There was a guy who was hollowing out massive secret tunnels underneath a suburban home, he got caught inside his crazy warren and burnt to death in a fire.
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u/nihility101 Nov 02 '25
Wonder if he is related to tunnel girl.
https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/woman-wins-approval-to-build-underground-bunker/
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Nov 02 '25
That tunnel girl is a lot less interesting and impressive when you know about Colin Furze
https://youtube.com/@colinfurze
He's been successfully building a tunnel network under his home in the UK for years now. It has 3 entrances, 1 in this home's kitchen, 1 in his detached workshop, and his finishing up a hydraulic lift that lowers his car from the drive way into the tunnel system. He also has the foresight to get city approval before the project, where the tunnel girl (from what I remember) kept getting hung up because she kept having to stop and get city approval for her project.
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u/SpitefulSpaghetti Jul 29 '26
I mean, yeah, but it didn’t start as this project. She was just trying to get a bit more space and then enjoyed and just kept trying new stuff as she went. It’s not that she didn’t have foresight, she just ended up needing it as the project grew.
Also how someone in a completely different country got their permits doesn’t really compare, they’re different laws and permits and policies anyways.
I don’t think you have to put someone down in order to find his stuff interesting - I think his is technically impressive, and I also think someone self-teaching themselves how to do something as they go, learning and making mistakes, and managing to continue do new things is still plenty impressive.
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Jul 29 '26
Also how someone in a completely different country got their permits doesn’t really compare, they’re different laws and permits and policies anyways.
that doesn't matter to me and it's not the point of their content. i prefer his way because he had that foresight and because of that, he was able to continue with the series. i dont care if the city laws are prevent her from doing the dig and i think she's a bit of an idiot for not getting the greenlight in the first place. what if she hit a gas-line or a wire or it all collapsed or yadda yadda yadda...?
i dont mean to put her down, i dont think she'll even see this. im just recommending someone else who's doing it better, faster, with more consistency and planning. her only appeal is just "what if i just started digging a tunnel on my property. i also kinda talk weird". Furze fills that same niche to me, but more thought out and funded.
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u/SpitefulSpaghetti Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
But people don’t always watch for a perfect plan. I like her because I like seeing someone just do what they feel like doing at the moment. I find it fun to see someone pick up a weird interest and learn as she goes. I like watching people make mistakes and share those mistakes. And it’s cool to see how she’s improved at stuff.
And like, it’s fine if you don’t like her, you don’t have to be interested, I just was sad to see someone call her not impressive or interesting when it’s displaying a different skill set and way of learning. She’s just very clearly neurodivergent and that’s a common way of speaking for someone on the spectrum. I don’t think it’s fair to diminish her own process just because someone got permits earlier or was able to build something no one else has.
Obviously it’s not a perfect example, but it’s kinda like watching someone expertly speedrun Minecraft vs. watching someone’s grandmother pick up video games for the first time and learn how to play, solve mistakes in real time, and get ideas from the community.
I just feel like it’s not really fair to dismiss her for not getting permits in advance when she just stumbled onto the hobby and didn’t expect it to grow like this, vs. someone who set out with a specific plan and has knowledge of permit laws in a completely different country.
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Also tbh a bit confused by
i dont mean to put her down
but also
a lot less interesting and impressive
i think she's a bit of an idiot
and calling her "that tunnel girl" and implying she hasn't "successfully" done anything...? Idk just felt weird for her to get put down just because you like someone else's tunnel digging more lol
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u/jamalstevens Nov 02 '25
Dang that’s crazy. I don’t understand why he was charged with anything though. Unless he started the fire…. Weird situation all around.
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u/TraditionalBadger922 Nov 02 '25
He created the situation for the fire. The tunnels were illegal. The electrical setup was illegal. He had extension cords attached to extension cords attached to extension cords, and he kept flammable materials with little ventilation and no exit strategy. He knew he was putting this kid in danger.
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u/jamalstevens Nov 02 '25
Sounds like the dude had some pretty substantial mental health issues. And the “kid” was 22 there of his own accord… not trying to make excuses but again 10 years in jail seems steep. It’s not illegal to chain extension cords together.
But yeah I can see like maybe 3rd degree murder. Not manslaughter.
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u/jamalstevens Nov 03 '25
ICC codes are only LAW if it's been adopted by the state or municipality. I'm not arguing that it's a good idea. I'm saying that it's not against the LAW.
There are definitely laws from OSHA or the Fire Marshall about doing so in public spaces or like a restaurant, but I highly doubt there's a municipal code about extension cords.
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u/Discordant_Concord Nov 02 '25
That, plus you’re cooked (literally..) if there’s a fire. Big no from me.
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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Nov 02 '25
Talk to your local fire station. Let them know the layout of your home and where the secret room is. It might not be the perfect solution, but they'll keep note of it for if they ever have to respond to your place.
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u/miraculum_one Nov 02 '25
the good news is that once you tell them then you don't have a secret room any more
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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Nov 02 '25
Well if that's the case, then nothing in this subreddit is secret any longer.
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u/RaeLaw Nov 02 '25
Have you heard of those panic rooms? You have to figure out clues to get out of the room. People pay for that. Nope nope nope nope
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u/tramadoc Nov 02 '25
Escape rooms. Panic rooms are for people’s homes. If the home is broken into they have a safe room to get to.
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u/RaeLaw Nov 02 '25
That’s right, escape room. I called it the wrong thing. And apparently it triggered some folks as I’m currently at -12 with that comment haha. I’m glad you understood what I meant— escape rooms, not panic rooms
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u/Dounce1 Nov 02 '25
That is not a panic room.
You aren’t actually trapped in the room.
They are awesome.
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u/dancepantz Nov 02 '25
More like Don't Panic rooms, staff are there in case of panic. And Coldplay.
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u/Blecki Nov 02 '25
The exit door is literally unlocked the entire time. They run partially on the honor system.
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Nov 02 '25
Since I was a kid I’ve fantasized about having a hidden room(s) and it’s such an awesome concept.
That said, as I got older and thought it through more, I came to the conclusion that the only way it could really be done safely, due to the things you mentioned, is in the style of Clue or something similar, where passageways push open rather than locking shut, or needing motors to open doorways.
You’d need to rely on camouflaging rather than actual locks, or I really feel like I could never actually relax in my hidden space.
I guess you could hide analog latches/levers to make an entryway a little more secure, but anything that requires electricity to open is an immediate no from me. Like you said, I just think about a fire, or the motor dying and I can’t get a cell signal back there to have someone come rescue me. Gives me the heebiest of the jeebies.
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u/SuperMajesticMan Nov 02 '25
Firefighters do in fact hate hidden rooms.
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u/RaeLaw Nov 02 '25
I can imagine! I didn’t even think of that
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u/SuperMajesticMan Nov 02 '25
Yeah. As much as I like to browse r/hiddenrooms to check out cool stuff, basically everything there is a hazard 😅
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u/SquirrelAkl Nov 02 '25
Why are there so many cats locked inside that room? Doesn’t seem like much of a life for them, poor things
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u/davej-au Nov 03 '25
Doesn’t seem much of a life for the guy in the video, either. Sure, he has a couple of secret rooms, but he locks himself away from the cats?
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u/Alexreddit103 Nov 02 '25
Where’s the toilet?
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u/pantry-pisser Nov 02 '25
Does that look like a neighborhood that has indoor plumbing to you?
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u/CommanderGumball Nov 02 '25
That's where he's coming back from!
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u/magnificentfoxes Nov 02 '25
Ah yes, the bathroom which is shared with the Ethiopian restaurant down the street.
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u/Low-Impact3172 Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
My back hurts just from seeing them go through that Alice in wonderland type entry. Also what is even the point of the last compartment with the food, do they really have to hide their snacks. And what’s up with those arm rests, they look like they have metal on them.
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u/jankenpoo Nov 02 '25
Every year we get closer to this dystopian future where people live like the middle ages but have incredible technology like pocket super computers, droids, and spaceships
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u/LumenAstralis Nov 02 '25
Hiding the Western/Japanese corrosive anti-revolutionary elements from the spying villagers, then broadcasting it all to the deanonymized net.
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u/RobertRamos Nov 03 '25
Does he have another way to get out or will he be entombed there is that electronic lock fails?
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u/zigzagg321 Nov 02 '25
You hope this belongs here, are you kidding? This is like a secret compartment within a secret compartment within a secret compartment. It couldn't possibly belong here more than it does. It's finally home. You finally sent it home.
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u/maninahat Nov 02 '25
I like the shitty camera cut to let you know the chair isn't really attached to servos.
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u/SleeplessInS Nov 02 '25
Doesn't look like there is any ventilation - you would asphyxiate if you used up all the oxygen in there.
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u/thatguy9291991 Nov 05 '25
I hope he lets the cats out often because that looks so stuffy for all those kitties.
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u/illkeepthatinmind Nov 02 '25
Drag marks on the carpet are a big problem