r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JPPT1974 Interested • Feb 23 '25

Video These Men Make Bridge Scaffolding Look Easy

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u/Remarkable-Chicken43 Feb 23 '25

The helmet isn’t there in case you fall, it’s for protecting you against getting bonked with one of those steel pipes

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u/_30d_ Feb 23 '25

You mean on your way down?

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u/Shit_Shepard Feb 23 '25

I wish I could like this twice

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u/Aggressive-Map-2204 Feb 23 '25

No, its for when the guy above you falls.

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u/vile_lullaby Feb 23 '25

Are those steel? I thought they were bamboo. When I was in India I was eating and looked over and there was a man 5 stories up smoking a bidi, in sandals, on a bamboo scaffold.

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u/Remarkable-Chicken43 Feb 23 '25

I suppose they could be bamboo, I can't really tell.

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u/Wrekked75 Feb 23 '25

U know those helmets aren't for falling, right? For real