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I had no idea you could just do that (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works 169 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m sure Freddie Mercury gets whatever he wants.

[–] FriendOfElphaba@sh.itjust.works 55 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Freddy Mercury as a fireman was never a fantasy for me until now. I have to go take a shower.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

So, did you finish? The shower I mean

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Especially if he's walking around these days

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Were they under pressure?

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I'm sure firefighters spend most of their time being bored waiting around for a fire so they probably welcome the distraction.

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I misread that as "bored, waiting around a fire"

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

And if you live in a volunteer district you can even sign up and get to ride to a real fire.

I joined last year and it was a great decision. I love getting to help my community, and I've made some great friends already.

Volunteer!

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 31 points 10 months ago

At a USAF civilian auxiliary encampment I got to sit in one of those big yellow airport fire trucks, the kind with the huge water cannon, bright yellow paint, slanted "cockpit" widow, joystick+cameras inside, etc. It was amazing. Then they had my squadron put on PTs, marched us in formation into a gravel drainage trap, and shot the cannon up at like 60° to create a rainstorm above us. Fun times.

[–] jeremias@social.jears.at 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I had the absolute pleasure to sit in BOTH of these Panthers at Innsbruck airport last year.

They even startet the engines and drove out of the hangar with us inside and gave us a little water salute. Absolute pleasure, I felt like a little kid!

I do have a video of the spray, sadly there were many people around and I don't want to show their faces. Needless to say these things shoot water like a rocket!

[–] mod@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Absolute beauts! Would've loved to watch the video. Is it hard to mask peoples' faces?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

Depends. If they’re Republicans…

[–] jeremias@social.jears.at 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I think I got everyone. Refelctions are my enemy now but here you go:

Startet filming in portrait for some reason, tried my best to make the transition make somwhat smooth.

Anyway my filming is beyond saving (:

[–] PopShark@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Dude that’s really fuckin cool thanks for posting the video!

[–] mod@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Nice! Seems they pack quite a punch. Thanks for the effort (:

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

That's cool.

Thanks for spending the time filming and then motion tracking people.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mister Fahrenheit himself.

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Books anyone?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Does this work for fighter jets?

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably if you can get close to one

[–] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

It's all fun and games until you get the APU running...

https://youtu.be/4DXYpV5V_tk?si=tnfTyFm2GovX_i7j

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago

Idk but it worked with a C-17 for me. All about being in the right groups (being a civilian auxiliary of USAF helps).

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can usually sit in some older ones at air shows, or air museums. Sometimes they'll let you sit in new ones too! I got to sit in an FA-18 when I was a kid at an airshow, but they had all the gauges blacked out so you couldn't see classified parts of the jet. You can sit in the cockpit of an SR-71 Blackbird at the Boeing air museum in Renton, WA, but it is detached from the rest of the plane.

[–] flyingjake@lemmy.one 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For sure! My community is served by a volunteer department and I joined a couple years ago, definitely a rewarding experience. Now not only have I gotten to sit in a truck, but I drive them, have learned all sorts of cool tools like the jaws of life and get to work with a great group of people serving our community.

You don't need to be young and fit either (I'm not!), there's a job for everyone. Anyone who's interested should definitely check out their local department. Most have active Facebook pages sharing updates and their website should have info on how to learn more about joining.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

How much of your time is spent polishing the fire engine, and painting facer boards on the fire station? My friend's dad was a Firefighter for 30 years, and he said his time was evenly split between cleaning & polishing things, playing poker at the fire station, and BBQ'ing behind the fire station. He made the job sound like it's mostly just hanging out with your friends all the time, interspersed with a few moments of heroism, and a few moments of life-threatening terror.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

It almost seems like a shame too leave to fight some fires.

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

This is wholesome and great.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Don’t stop him now.

[–] HaHaHamennn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Hot it cool!