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> there was even a subreddit "watchpeopledie" And it was the simplest way to show a bunch of people what would happen if they decided to skip some safety step
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> there was even a subreddit "watchpeopledie"
And it was the simplest way to show a bunch of people what would happen if they decided to skip some safety steps, especially on those high torque lathes.
- noasaservice 4y agoAnd for "this is the reason we have OSHA" in that context, I would say it's essential to show those videos. But, "watching people die" was an entertainment subreddit, not a "this is the horrible thing that happened due to lack of safety and how to prevent". At the base of it, it was a torture porn subreddit ala Saw or the 1990's VHS series 'Many Faces of Death'.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago> "watching people die" was an entertainment subreddit It was, but because it was on Reddit => karma generating content => abused to hell. Compare it to r/OSHA. I'm not sure there is a way to have the content like this and somehow prevent/discourage the abuse. Though a simple disablement of post/comment karma in subreddits like this would had an immense effect, I've seen that numerous times in phpBB/derived forums in the literal "Flame" section. Disabling comments would somewhat work too, but not for the old Reddit. > 1990's VHS series 'Many Faces of Death' Yeah, fun times.
- nullc 4y agoThe world needs more content like https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB/videos -- informative without being gore-porn.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoThe problem is people are lazy and ignore boring safety instructions and videos.