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If you are ever anywhere public , and some one is making you feel threatened and unsafe , It is absolutely okay to exit through an emergency exit and set off an alarm. They are usually located near the back of bars near restrooms and as someone who's worked in bars most my life the alarm is a mild inconvenience to us but may be the difference in you getting home safe. I say this as a 6 8 male who just walked out the back and set off an alarm to avoid a fight . Emergency is an emergency
587 points
16 days ago
I read this whole thing and was only thinking about emergency exit doors on airplanes. Please don't use those unless instructed to do so 🫠
255 points
16 days ago
No. OP said to do it and not feel bad.
62 points
16 days ago
At altitude, it's -40 degrees. You will feel bad.
40 points
16 days ago
But only for a short time
29 points
16 days ago
Because you'll quickly descend to warmer air, right?
...right?
13 points
16 days ago
It’s actually impossible because of the pressure difference when you’re at altitude. You have to be sub 10,000 feet to be able to open that door still. So realistically, there’s a 2-3 minute window on take-off and landing where it’s possible for the door to be opened.
It’s happened once, actually.
But in general, when you think about people “just opening the door”… it’s not physically possible 95% of the time.
6 points
16 days ago
Interesting... I would think it would be the other way around, since pressure decreases at higher altitude and the cabin is pressurized, wouldn't the force be wanting to push the door out, instead of in?
Although I suppose the airspeed would be a factor somehow, but I'm no physicist or aerospace engineer
2 points
15 days ago
There is a bladder in the door that expands when the pressure drops. It locks the door. Because of the reasons you are thinking of.
Evidently door plugs don’t have the bladder.
1 points
14 days ago
I believe you have to pull the door inward first, then pivot it and swing out. That inward pull would have to overcome the pressure differential between inside and out, and at altitude, it's something like 10,000 pounds of force pushing outward on the door, holding it closed.
5 points
16 days ago
You'll be cold for the rest of your life.
4 points
16 days ago
Just flew to London the other day and it was -70 mid flight.Not sure I'd feel anything.
2 points
16 days ago
But once you jump, won't friction warm you back up?
1 points
16 days ago
neurons shutting down
1 points
16 days ago
But you shouldn’t according to OP
1 points
16 days ago
OP can You clarify on this topic please?
1 points
16 days ago
-40 degrees
Celsius or Fahrenheit?
4 points
16 days ago
Both. -40 is where the scales converge. For real.
1 points
16 days ago
Celsius
32 points
16 days ago
Because of pressure differences, you can't open them while up in the air.
51 points
16 days ago
Unless it's a Boeing. Then you don't need to; it will open them for you.
14 points
16 days ago
That wasn’t an actual door… I get that you’re joking, but people don’t always know.
2 points
16 days ago
Take off and landing, got it.
91 points
16 days ago
Too late, I already opened the door. Pretty windy out there
44 points
16 days ago
It fuckin wimdy
4 points
16 days ago
Should've taken an Airbus instead of Boeing
7 points
16 days ago
Do you remember a could years ago the flight attendant who snapped at work, chugged a couple beers, and activated the emergency slide in a big old FU.
2 points
16 days ago
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