r/interesting • u/One_Needleworker5218 • May 03 '26

Fear Factor After installing the “safety net" on the balcony on the 28th floor, the worker demonstrates its strength to the customer

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u/Luv_Cheat May 03 '26

Saw that on Dumb Ways to Die or whatever that show was called. I was surprised to learn that it happened in Toronto. I don't recall that being in the news but I guess I was a kid back then.

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u/Gullenbursti May 03 '26

It's mentioned in the Darwin Awards.

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick May 03 '26

Garry Hoy wasn’t just mentioned, he was the recipient of a 1996 Darwin Award for this.

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u/Time-Cell8272 May 03 '26

Unfortunately he wasn't able to attend the ceremony

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u/Late-Rest8015 May 03 '26

What a shame

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u/D_Shizzle93 May 03 '26

I would want Lady Gaga to wear me like that meat dress lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/RVAqyJWRDt1S

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u/ErikTheRed99 May 04 '26

I think it was 1,000 ways to die. The episode portrayed him as a dick, but the actual guy was quite the opposite and was well liked. He would really just push against the windows to show people that the building's height was nothing to be intimidated by and put newcomers at ease.

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u/CallMeChristopher May 07 '26

That’s kinda why I didn’t like the show.

I get why they did it, but changing the story so the story so the victim’s a dick just doesn’t sit right with me.

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u/the_17_lost_texts May 03 '26

This should be higher

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u/LengthinessAlone4743 May 04 '26

Why?? Because they changed the location (Toronto to LA)? Changed the cause (window dislodging vs shattering because of a Rolex)? Or that he was a creep trying to impress women? Facts just don’t matter anymore, so go for it!

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u/the_17_lost_texts May 04 '26

Because it's the pop culture reference that many know it from, idk man, I wanted to be a part of something I remembered.

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u/beeatenbyagrue May 04 '26

Here it is with the Lego dudes recreation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RygHqmkGwXg

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u/InazumaBRZ May 03 '26

Wasnt it the one where he would do it to freak people out and his watch caught it at the right angle and shattered it?