Another angle:

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      There are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.

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        Every single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.

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      Knowing a construction worker’s usual sense of humor, I’d be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.

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      Yes, and I don’t share their sensibilities.

      Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.

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        I’d like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it’s above a other floor. And it’s really only like 13 feet up

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          Maybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.

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          A 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.

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            Oh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.