Current Events > Would you change this bulb 1 day every 6 months for $20,000?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuM0NzEfgBA" data-time="

You earn 20k for every time the bulb is changed.

Sure, why not?

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powerman1426 posted...

Sure, why not?

Username checks out

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Killmonger posted...

You earn 20k for every time the bulb is changed.

Definitely.

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I'm afraid of heights, super clumsy, and generally unlucky so no. I would die. I wish I could though.
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edit: actually on second thought, hell no.
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Imagine climbing up there only to realize you forgot a tool or the weather suddenly gets bad.

Tower guys don't actually make that much tho, unfortunately. They also spend a huge amount of time on the road away from home

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I couldn't even if I wanted to
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So $40,000 a year to change that twice a year?

No thanks. Even with all that free time, I'm terrified of heights. I'd fall to my death most likely.
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I would do it but I would have to have a parachute on when doing that job.

Would not even consider it without my safety being most important.
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lmao, I'll be so scared no matter how much I try to act like it would be no big deal. But I would do it. That's an extra $40,000 a year. That would help me afford a home and a wedding.
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My palms are sweating just from watching that.

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@RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

I would do it but I would have to have a parachute on when doing that job.

Would not even consider it without my safety being most important.

As soon as you pull the chord the parachute is just gonna explode into the tower and you're gonna either be stuck there or fall to your death.
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I would get dizzy just looking down then probably fall.

They couldn't use a drone to replace that bulb?

I don't even want to change the bulb above me. So no...

Also suprised this isn't one of the ones where it's got the camera on his chest. Actually gives you a good perspective of how 'nah' it is. Not to mention climbing it you have a bag of tools swinging/hanging below you. I forget how much it weighs, around 20-30 pounds at least.

Found the one I was thinking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgO4Gd4RhvM" data-time="

EpicMickeyDrew posted...

@RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

I would do it but I would have to have a parachute on when doing that job.

Would not even consider it without my safety being most important.

As soon as you pull the chord the parachute is just gonna explode into the tower and you're gonna either be stuck there or fall to your death.

Not if your at the near top or if you fall outward, watch the full vid.
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_Rinku_ posted...

They couldn't use a drone to replace that bulb?

I wonder if the altitude is so high that the drone can't make it. And even if it could, are they capable of unscrewing a lightbulb and screwing a new one in? What if the wind blows?
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nahhhh

Imagine getting all the way up there and clumsily dropping the bulb.
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I fucking hate heights, but I worked on CEC in the Navy and they didn't pay me 20k every time I went up so fuck it, send me
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This is a job? How do I get it?

Edit: never mind, they make like at most 70k. Pass.
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sylverlolol posted...

Imagine getting all the way up there and clumsily dropping the bulb.

I would have that thing tied off twice and and have magnets on it lol
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yeah sure

you guys do realize he has a bunch of safety wires clipped on and stuff right
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They're doing 2 point tie offs the whole time they climb with osha approved 3 point contact rule. It's really not that dangerous unless you pass out. Those harnesses cut off circulation to your legs with a quickness unless you're awake and have the harnesses with the little fold out ropes to put your feet in and take tension off the straps under your ass cheeks. Lots of people lose their legs when they fall with a harness if someone doesn't get them down in time.

It's all about being physically capable of making that climb. That takes a lot of fucking endurance.
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Easy money

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Pepys Monster posted...

_Rinku_ posted...

They couldn't use a drone to replace that bulb?

I wonder if the altitude is so high that the drone can't make it. And even if it could, are they capable of unscrewing a lightbulb and screwing a new one in? What if the wind blows?

They probably used a drone to record this, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zI56bel1fM" data-time="

A drone can change a lightbulb... just not very well lol

RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

I would do it but I would have to have a parachute on when doing that job.

Would not even consider it without my safety being most important.

Parachute isnt going to help you if you fall off that thing

He has a safety cord on
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I'd be way too tempted to pee off the side.

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'd be way too tempted to pee off the side.

Wind would probably blow it all over you
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Solid Snake07 posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'd be way too tempted to pee off the side.

Wind would probably blow it all over you

Worth it

i like how we're smart enough to create this giant tower that probably does something really important

and the best solution to changing the light bulb is sending some poor guy to climb all the way up there and do it manually instead of having some other more creative system to do it
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Why not stick a ten-year tritium betalight up there?

I'd be willing to give it a try. As long as you don't look down, you'll be fine. Nice scenery, too.
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