r/PraiseTheCameraMan Mar 22 '23

Windy in San Francisco

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u/chylin73 Mar 22 '23

“The sky is falling!” Guy on the street who the couch almost hit.

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u/ObiWan-Shinoobi Mar 22 '23

Whoa did anyone else see that???

Dude in tower: Yes. Yes I did.

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u/cS150 Mar 22 '23

That must have been the most relieving thing ever if the camera guy managed to catch the guy on the ground and showed him the video and maybe even sent it to him to show his friends

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

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u/Not_MrNice Mar 22 '23 Got the W

While that does look like a couch, it's actually a flew-ton

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u/Reunbanned4206980085 Mar 22 '23

Damn you! Damn you for being here before me with your amazing wit!

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u/JohnnyTeardrop Mar 22 '23

“Sir, you’re under arrest for manslaughter, your couch beheaded a pedestrian 5 blocks away”

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u/Hephaestus_God Mar 22 '23

“That’s not mine. I’ve never owned that abomination of a couch”

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u/Conspicuous_Plant Mar 23 '23

That's not mine, my couch isn't broken!

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u/MyrnaMinkoff1 Mar 22 '23

Your view is unreal.

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u/Crimfresh Mar 22 '23

It's reasonably affordable too! /S

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u/LostMyBackupCodes Mar 22 '23

They can’t afford any furniture and are literally looking for couches on the sidewalks.

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u/greed985 Mar 22 '23

Where?

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u/Crimfresh Mar 22 '23

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u/satchymo Mar 22 '23

I would want my 2 million dollar condos porch not to be stripped up by wind. I guess they can afford repairs, though

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u/black-kramer Mar 22 '23

it’s amazing how shoddy the workmanship is on things these days.

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u/D_Livs Mar 23 '23

Slate tile on top of pedestals is a common roof deck material. Allows the water to drain below.

Yesterday it reached gusts of 77mph right about there, so definitely not something the building was designed for.

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u/black-kramer Mar 23 '23

75 mph gusts are unusual but not totally unforeseeable at height. these tiles should be cemented down, right? that's the part that seems shoddy to me.

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u/D_Livs Mar 23 '23

I believe they are set and forget. They are removable for Maintenence. Perhaps it’s time to consider a different attachment method!

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u/black-kramer Mar 23 '23

yeah. probably best to cement them and then break/re-tile when there are issues like any other application, but what do I know? I'm just some guy who doesn't think tiles should lift off of a patio and fall 10 stories.

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u/SrslyCmmon Mar 22 '23

That same view is asking 3 million not two

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u/MabelPod Mar 22 '23

Imagine finally venturing out after being a couch potato and seeing an entire sofa come falling down from the sky.

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods Mar 22 '23

It's clearly a sign from god that you should be spending your life chilling.

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u/Hironoveau Mar 22 '23

Almost Final Destination for that pedestrian.

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u/Bliss266 Mar 22 '23

For real, if they’d stayed on the sidewalk that’d have seriously injured them

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

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u/Bliss266 Mar 22 '23

It’s possible they live, humans are surprisingly resilient

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u/likwitsnake Mar 22 '23

POV: remote working at Meta in my $7k a month 900sq apartment in SF

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u/Otto_the_Autopilot Mar 22 '23

Rental ad: Futon on balcony; $1500/mo. No pets.

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u/a_zan Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 22 '23

Me, a Californian: $7k for 900sqft in SF? That’s actually a good deal lol

ETA, since it doesn’t seem clear enough to many: I’m calling us Californians out on our own bullshit. We definitely have a distorted view of cost.

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u/thegamenerd Mar 22 '23

$7k for 900 sqft?!?

What, is it currently on fire or something?

There's no way it can be that cheap.

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u/JohnnyRelentless Mar 22 '23

You got two replies, and neither suggests they don't understand what you're doing.

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u/a_zan Mar 22 '23

I got a rude PM and the comment was downvoted in the beginning. Tides had turned since the edit, it seems, hence your confusion.

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u/Listen_to_Psybient Mar 22 '23

Me in rural Illinois barely living on $600 per month: damn rich people.

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u/a_zan Mar 22 '23

I bet you live a much better life than we do in our expensive cities out here, too. At the end of the day, the cost of living eats up most of your income (most people go over that rule where housing should be 1/3 if your salary, for example)

I love life here and am ok with the sacrifices, but definitely see the drawbacks of living here vs in rural Illinois and other cheaper pleases.

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u/MTLion3 Mar 22 '23

Well that’s terrifying lol

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u/JeremyPivensPP Mar 22 '23

Holy shit. I walk on that exact sidewalk almost every day.

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u/UnovaLife Mar 22 '23

That could have been you! Better watch the sky everyday lol

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u/Mono_831 Mar 22 '23

Start wearing a helmet.

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u/jyjybinx Mar 22 '23

That’s a couch living it’s dream.

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u/not-rasta-8913 Mar 22 '23

Couch surfing is back, now it's called couch flying.

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u/stjube Mar 22 '23

Please adhere and grout those tiles down. Nobody likes to play surprise frisbee with a marble tile.

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u/gimli2 Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 23 '23

Couldn't imagine living in a place like that. Don't you feel like you're in a hotel the entire time?

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u/Otto_the_Autopilot Mar 22 '23

It's a private living space that you can arrange and decorate as you please. I imagine the people living here feel at home like you do in your private living space. Not saying you personally wouldn't feel like you are in a hotel though.

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u/Drewlytics Mar 22 '23

Couch Control Now!

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u/sassycatslaps Mar 22 '23

That was CERTAINLY r/unexpected. Well done on the collab wind, couch, and OP 🤘🏽

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u/TheRealTrymShady Mar 22 '23

What if we kissed on the sky couch 😳😳

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u/sausager Mar 22 '23

Maybe grab those floor tiles before they kill someone?

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u/sixpack33 Mar 22 '23

It was a flew-ton

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u/KilwalaSpekkio Mar 22 '23

As my flight to SF gets closer and closer, I seem to be coming across more things to worry about.

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u/nondescriptun Mar 22 '23

"Couch!" " 'nother couch!" "Actually, I think that was the same one."

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

free couch

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods Mar 22 '23

Some poor tenant is going to go up to the roof to smoke only to realize the couch he put up there is gone.

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u/Flimsy-Jello5534 Mar 22 '23

Imagine walking down the street and out of no where getting fucked up by a flying couch.

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u/paperfett Mar 22 '23

It seems a bit silly those raised tiles aren't secured at all. That's actually a really great design besides that. It would always drain out and stay clean. They should probably be secured somehow though.

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u/NoWasabi3464 Mar 22 '23

I was waiting for someone to mention the tiles, like wheres the grout lol, these new buildings even pass code or was this actually insane weather ? You'd think the windows would blow out before tiles started lifting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

Couch surfing

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u/BrownAleRVA Mar 22 '23

I hope that guy walking was high. Just a random ass couch falling out of the sky next to him.

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u/CheerioJack Mar 22 '23

Imagine explaining to your peeps that you almost died to a couch while out walking.

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u/thisisntshakespeare Mar 22 '23

Yet another new fear unleashed.

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u/Geordieguy Mar 22 '23

I’m not sure I’d trust those windows if a couch got flung into them! Lol Great view though!

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u/Early-Fortune2692 Mar 22 '23

Wife likes getting banged on the couch... not by the couch :[

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u/Drarok Mar 22 '23

Delivered on the follow-up too! Nice.

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u/AromBurgueno Mar 22 '23

California is getting absolutely pummeled.

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u/TripleBobRoss Mar 22 '23

Nobody's going to mention the woman on the bike pedaling through the sky?