Just curious. I don’t think I’ve jumped for a while, maybe two weeks? I think it was performative like ‘wow I’m so happy’ to underscore a point not practical

      • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        17 hours ago

        I jump in elevators all the time, although I don’t do with when other people are inside.

        It’s fun, it’s not like an elevator with a 2000lb weight capacity is gonna break from a 160lb person jumping

          • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            3·
            21 hours ago

            I used to be a little bit more unsettled by elevators until I learned how they work. Those things are built to such insane standards that I now feel safer in them than on a 5ft staircase. I don’t think I could be less unsettled by being somewhere aside from my literal bed.

            • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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              21 hours ago

              Maybe I should learn more about them. I used to have recurring nightmares of being in a plummeting elevator (not helped by the fact it’s a trope in so many action movies and games). I guess it’s like vertical thalassophobia in some ways too, like it’s the same fear of the void underneath, but also the thought that you’re separated from it by just a few feet of metal. At least in the ocean you can swim. Then, add the vertigo, air pressure discomfort and related fear of heights/ledges/precipices (“I’m heading up to a place where I’ll be uncomfortable/afraid”) means that the ascent is scary and the destination sucks. Also small enclosed space. I have been stuck in elevators twice, once for just a few minutes the other time for about half an hour… All around, do not enjoy them.