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[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

my god.. i could never. i would have already spazzed out so bad someone would've killed me.. i can't do tight spaces at all.

i practically lept out of the MRI machine once they started pulling me out because i started freaking the fuck out after being in it for about 2 seconds. still makes me sweat just thinking about it. no no no.

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There was an even worse job before this type of lift was common, usually done by children or smaller women, where they would crawl in a small shaft and move a cart with coal on a track. They would become covered in coal dust, and because of the flame of the lamps they would often do it unclothed so they didn't catch on fire.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Now we can wear asbestos clothes so it's an improvement