You would need to fall something like 1,800 feet (550 meters) to reach terminal velocity. You would be falling for half a minute. There are probably only like 50 or less buildings on earth which qualify.
Anon escapes from work
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That highly depends on the position of a human trying to reach terminal velocity in earth’s lower atmosphere.
Your number is about right for a human body in horizontal position with spread arms and legs.
Diving headfirst with flattened arms and legs can lead to a terminal velocity of more than double of the above scenario. That requires a lot more fall distance.finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Care to show your math on that? I found this reference for human drag coefficients when I did my math but it does not mention any spread positions.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
We have these in Taiwan for different reasons. In Taipei, we have tons of foot traffic so these are designed to protect innocent bystanders.
Also in Taiwan, we have these nets on almost every escalator. It’s not required by law to have these, but every business just have them to protect people falling down.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Do you not get a massive pigeon problem with them sitting on the nets and shiting on the people below?
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
We do have pigeons, but it’s not as pervasive as NYC. We have more sparrows and large cranes.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 months ago
In Taipei, we have tons of foot traffic so these are designed to protect innocent bystanders.
… From jumpers?!
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There are some streets in Palestine that have/(had) nets but those were to block the trash being thrown down on top of them.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Taiwanese people tend to not want to inconvenience people even for suicide. I don’t they would jump off a building and potentially hurt someone else.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I wonder if people just start using these as an IRL dark humor coping mechanisms? Like you know killing yourself isn’t even a luxury you’re allowed anymore, but every once in a while you just jump bc jumping has become a joke between you and your coworkers?
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I remember a video, probably liveleak, of a guy jumping on one as a test or joke. It failed and he fell.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So not only are the nets there to prevent employees from committing suicide by self-defenestration, which is only a safety measure put into place after people have actually jumped from the window & died, but the nets are also ineffective and don’t serve the purpose they were intended? Great.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Is this one of the cell phone factories in China?
Also I feel like if I had a good running start from high enough, I could clear that net.
dxc@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
With ‘terminal velocity’ everything’s possible
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh here we go again, gotta educate people about the limitations & fine print regarding terminal velocity: lemmy.world/comment/20184977
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are we talking about the DOS game or the Charlie Sheen movie?
arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
That building is incredibly ugly.
atro_city@fedia.io 2 months ago
Now you can understand why they want to kill themselves.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The architect wants to throw himself off the roof because the nets make it look so ugly but he can’t because he designed it with the ugly nets
alltomorrowsregrets@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s there to protect the people on the ground not the jumpers. If you are coming out of the building and someone jumps instead of being killed by a human projectile you get splattered with some fluids and pelted with some chunks. Unpleasant but not fatal.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Imagine legitimately falling, knowing there’s a safety net but landing on one of the beams
Fuckswearwords@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Imagine illegitimately falling and being caught.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’m certain I could easily jump farther than the net even if there was a fence around the top
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 months ago
50 Dollars says you can’t
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I couldn’t clear that at a running jump, let alone from a widow.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
*weggies
Bcs you know that net sliced right up your butthole.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Are these nets deaigned for accidental falls? Because I bet you I could jump farther than they extend.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tragically, I think they only aim to be “do it somewhere else” nets. Because they introduce the threat of getting caught or partially caught and having to live with the embarrassment or wounds, respectively.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I believe they are required for worker dorms in China or news communities on ML.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I would have thought Russia would have been dead against accidental fall net. It increases the likelihood that Putin would actually have to compete in an election.
atro_city@fedia.io 2 months ago
Keep buying those iPhones people! Their supply chains have nets like these too.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’d call them 10’ wide, but let’s say 8’. I’m looking at the 8’ x 10’ area rug under me and I couldn’t jump either axis of the thing, even with a running jump. And no way in hell from a window.