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> A simple example is in my previous home when I had a section of the master bedroom closet partially walled around a Class C TL-30 rated safe, and the room par

> A simple example is in my previous home when I had a section of the master bedroom closet partially walled around a Class C TL-30 rated safe, and the room partially reconstructed with ballistic armor in the walls and a vault door, to turn it into a safe room for valuables + home protection. But... why? This does not seem like a typical use case.

marcosdumay 3y ago
Well, it is not really atypical to have one of the thousands of possible atypical use cases in any home.
rcoveson 3y ago
Why can't people just do exclusively normal things in their home, like eat corn flakes and consume popular media?
- vkou 3y ago
  You're free to churn butter by hand using a toothpick in the comfort and privacy of your own home, but I wouldn't take complaints about toothpick integrity from someone doing that seriously. There are much better arguments against shitty, compromised concrete than 'I need to park a semi-truck in my bedroom closet.'
  - rcoveson 3y ago
    There are much better arguments than "I want to blow up a bomb in my house" as well. Oh, and there are better arguments than "I want to dig the house out of the ground and drop it from a great height". One example of a reasonable argument is: "I want to put a very heavy safe on the floor, which works fine when it's normal concrete".
    - rnk 3y ago
      Don't forget the other reasonable part, testing that 50 caliber machine guns can't penetrate the safety of your home walls. That's pretty normal too, right?
      - akiselev 3y ago
        You've clearly never been to Compton
      - vkou 3y ago
        To be fair, someone building a panic room/closet for personal protection makes a hell of a lot more sense than buying a gun for a similar purpose. Unless your threat vector is 'A cartel/the Mossad/the FBI really, really wants you dead', a cellphone and a room with no windows and a heavy door that locks from the inside will solve 99.9% of that problem, without all the problems that guns bring.
    - xigency 3y ago
      The public good of reducing CO2 emissions is a higher priority. By the way I have a safe, too. It’s 30 lbs and fireproof (supposedly).
rnk 3y ago
It's pretty much a rite of passage as internet millionaires to have a safe room with 9,000 lb safes isn't it? Who doesn't have a house with a ballistic safe room? I'm just trying to put the helicopter landing pad on my house and the damn HOA won't pass my building plans. I think I'm going to have to buy a bunch more houses so I can get more votes. #noNimbys
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marcosdumay 3y ago

Well, it is not really atypical to have one of the thousands of possible atypical use cases in any home.

rcoveson 3y ago

Why can't people just do exclusively normal things in their home, like eat corn flakes and consume popular media?

vkou 3y ago
You're free to churn butter by hand using a toothpick in the comfort and privacy of your own home, but I wouldn't take complaints about toothpick integrity from someone doing that seriously. There are much better arguments against shitty, compromised concrete than 'I need to park a semi-truck in my bedroom closet.'
- rcoveson 3y ago
  There are much better arguments than "I want to blow up a bomb in my house" as well. Oh, and there are better arguments than "I want to dig the house out of the ground and drop it from a great height". One example of a reasonable argument is: "I want to put a very heavy safe on the floor, which works fine when it's normal concrete".
  - rnk 3y ago
    Don't forget the other reasonable part, testing that 50 caliber machine guns can't penetrate the safety of your home walls. That's pretty normal too, right?
    - akiselev 3y ago
      You've clearly never been to Compton
    - vkou 3y ago
      To be fair, someone building a panic room/closet for personal protection makes a hell of a lot more sense than buying a gun for a similar purpose. Unless your threat vector is 'A cartel/the Mossad/the FBI really, really wants you dead', a cellphone and a room with no windows and a heavy door that locks from the inside will solve 99.9% of that problem, without all the problems that guns bring.
  - xigency 3y ago
    The public good of reducing CO2 emissions is a higher priority. By the way I have a safe, too. It’s 30 lbs and fireproof (supposedly).

rnk 3y ago

It's pretty much a rite of passage as internet millionaires to have a safe room with 9,000 lb safes isn't it? Who doesn't have a house with a ballistic safe room? I'm just trying to put the helicopter landing pad on my house and the damn HOA won't pass my building plans. I think I'm going to have to buy a bunch more houses so I can get more votes. #noNimbys

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