People who are compelled to collect and document every single fact and model of a topic or technology, no matter how obscure or mundane, are the backbone of society and I mean that completely unironically

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Autism?? Special interest type beat?

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Aaaw that seems pretty harmless and kinda cute. Let people enjoy things (kind of unironically this time). Like if a guy wants to hit on me...start talking about your niche weird interests. 90% of the time I will be at least curious.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Yeah I have no problem with elevator fans, it's nice. I just find it funny how it opened my eyes to mundane everyday real world things having fans.

[–] gruf@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

I'm hooked already

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I know a dude who can tell you about every trolleybus that ever existed

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I like to think up random people and then think about how statistically they probably exist. Like there's probably a guy out there who listens to nothing but different renditions of Yankee Doodle Dandy 24/7

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Are there guys with dozens of elevator shafts in their 2 storey homes?

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on how many rich eccentric elevator guys there are. I bet there's at least one

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I would love to spend a day at that guy's house and learn more than I could have ever imagined there was to learn about elevators

[–] SupFBI@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Absolutely one of the most dangerous jobs, elevator mechanic/installer. I hesitate every time I step into one, having read many OSHA reports.

[–] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

is it dangerous or just dangerous if you don't have one because I imagine most elevator mechanics aren't stepping onto unsafe elevators