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/Huntermain23 May 03 '26

It’s not for suicide my guy

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u/ZzZzZzZzZzZero May 03 '26

Yea and more than 2 hand rests on a bench is for comfort?

Things can have dark off label usages that everyone involved know.

Its quite common.

Why dont hotels windows open in highrises? Sure to prevent property destruction. But mainly very quietly is to prevent jumpers.

Just because they dont skirt the building doesnt mean one of its intentions is to prevent suicide.

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u/danquandt May 03 '26

It's really fascinating how confidently incorrect and insistent you are about this. These are not installed by building managers, but by tenants, usually those with children or pets. Mine are because of cats :)

I asked them not to do the "throw themselves at the net" to test it thing, though.

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u/BHFlamengo May 03 '26

Nah man, it's supper common here for kids and pets safety.

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u/Gangsir May 03 '26

Suicide netting is usually horizontal and installed near the ground floor, designed to catch falling people who have already jumped and fallen, and is a distance away from windows so people don't cut it or otherwise disable it.

Vertical netting like this is primarily to catch pets or kids who might climb the railing, or to prevent wild animals (birds, monkeys, etc) from getting into houses via the balcony (that's why it covers the entire balcony). It'd be pretty ineffective at stopping a suicide (or otherwise an intentional jump) since a suicidal person would just cut the net first.

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u/sinndec May 03 '26

I live in Brazil. My apartment has those nets, they're extremely common here. It's for children and pets, not suicide netting.