• crypticthree@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People legitimately fall out of windows too. It just seems like notable Russian figures are far more prone to these accidents

    • SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Do grown adults accidentally fall out of windows though? Children and people fleeing a building on fire maybe. But the only example of an adult accidentally falling out of a window in non-suspicious circumstances I can think of is that guy who was trying to demonstrate the shatter-proof glass in his office building. Even that wasn’t really an accident, he did it on purpose.

      • Bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world
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        1 year ago

        In my in-laws building someone fell out the window of the 5th floor and died trying to fix the outside shutter that got stuck so it does happen.

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        1 year ago

        Two men were drinking in the bar at the top of the Empire State Building.

        One turns to the other and says: “You know, last week I discovered that if you jump from the top of this building, by the time you fall to the 10th floor, the winds around the building are so intense that they carry you around the building and back into the window.”

        The second man says: “What…… are you a nut? There is no way in hell that could happen!”

        The first man says: “No, it’s true, let me prove it to you.”

        He gets up from the bar, jumps over the balcony, and careens toward the street below. When he passes the 10th floor, the high wind whips him around the building and back into the 10th floor window, where he takes the elevator back up to the bar.

        The second man tells him: “You know, I saw that with my own eyes, but that must have been a one-time fluke.”

        The first man says: “No, it isn’t. I’ll prove it again!”

        And again he jumps and hurtles toward the street where the 10th floor wind gently carries him around the building and into the window.

        Once upstairs he urges his fellow drinker to try it.

        The second man says: “Well, what the hell, it works, I’ll try it.”

        He jumps over the balcony, plunges downward, and passes the 11th……. 10th……. 9th……. and hits the sidewalk with a ‘splat.’

        Back upstairs, the bartender turns to the other drinker and says: “You’re an asshole, Supeeman"

      • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Not that crazy, also depens on what type of Windows you have… And other reasons why you might put your ass on the window frame to check/clean/fix something on the window or near it.

        • SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          True. I’ve only ever lived in building where the windows open from the side to about 45° so you’d really have to go some to fall out of them. But sash windows are much more dangerous.