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dozens dead in an Oakland fire :(   redditor posts about how he was 3rd last to get out :(

[–]God_I_Suck 1522 points 4 hours ago*x2 


There was only one exit. I was on the top floor when the fire started, so I don't know how it got started. I distinctly remember thinking that this probably wasn't a big deal and/or that it was maybe a prank.

After the fire started I walked to the top of the stairs where there was only enough room for one maybe two people to go down at a time. At this point I still didn't think it was a big deal. It wasn't until a girl ahead of me came back up the stairs and yelled that "it's too thick everyone back up to the top." (This may not be exactly what she said but I'm this whole period is kind of a blur it's the gist of it however)

That was when I realized that this was very serious and that I was in big trouble. At this point I realized that my best shot at survival was to find my way down the stairs and and try and find the exit. My decision to go down was a coin flip at that point because I was terrified. The kind of fear I felt was not the kind of fear I have ever felt towards anything in my entire life. This was a primal sort of fear. I very much didn't care about other people making it out as long as I did at this point. Luckily I don't think I smashed into anybody or hit them on my way out. I completely lost track of my two friends during this time period to give an example of how one track minded I was. I feel really bad that I didn't care and I feel like I should have said something to all those people before I jumped down. Maybe give them a fighting chance if they realized that down was the only potential option for survival.

Bear in mind that the time it took for me to first see smoke and reach the top of the stairs before things got really bad was only like a minute.

So once I slipped and slid down the stairs keep in mind that these were the worst crafted stairs ever. (The first bit was like a ramp almost. And then the steps had varying heights sometimes almost coming up to thigh level. I'm 5'9 so while I'm not super tall that's enough for some of the steps to be way too tall for stairs.)

Once I made it down the stairs I tried to crawl to where I knew the exit was. I had a good general idea of its distance from me but I would have to find two doors and to try and get out. Even though I had an idea of where I was because of coming down the stairs the way I stumbled down basically made it so it's very likely that I wouldn't find an exit.

Once I was down there it was awful. I couldn't see or breathe. It was hot smoky and hard to focus. Thankfully at this point it wasn't so hot that I was burning just being there. There were other people crawling around on the floor too.

So I was down there and I was having trouble finding the exit. At this point I genuinely thought I was going to die choking on smoke in these horrid conditions. Part of this was definitely because the lower level is like a ####### maze. The stair room had three different exits and only one would have been the way to outside.

So I had only been down on the floor for 15ish seconds. (Even though it genuinely felt like I was down there for eternity.) As I was down there blindly trying to find the door to get out I got really lucky. Some dude who had already gotten out stood right by the exit with all the billowing smoke and was repeatedly yelling "this is the exit" "exit." I can say without a doubt that that dude saved my life. If he wasn't there yelling I would have never found the exit and I probably would have died.

Once I got outside I ran into one of my friends who had been inside. He had been behind me to go down the stairs and had somehow gotten out in front of me. I was so happy that at least we had made it out.

The outside looked to me like a ####### warzone. People were covered in soot and crying and hugging each other and screaming. Lots of people were calling out their friends names in an effort to find them. I just kind of stood and there and stared hoping that my other friend had made it out and that everyone would make it out safe.

Once I got out, only two more people made it out after I did.

In around five minutes or so the fire department showed up. by the time they reached the scene the entire building was in flames. For a thirty or so minute period I stood there waiting for the them to try and get people out in the vain hope that my other friend had made it out and that they would be able to get everyone out.

During this time period it really looked like the fire was starting to go down. And there was a chance of saving more lives. Unfortunately everyone's hopes were crushed when in the space of one second the fire got like three times worse. It started coming out the windows and the roof caught fire. I waited there for close to three or four hours hoping that we could get some information about our friend. I still don't know what happened to him or if he's even okay.

Also I should note that the building went up so fast. I'd have to say it was probably 3/4s on fire in under 3 minutes.

I'm really tired and the night is very blurry, plus i'm typing this on my phone so if there are any spelling/ grammar errors and the story isn't very coherent I apologize. I might have messed up some of the details as well. It's also very hard for me to talk about this but I still decided to because I think that my memory of the night is only going to get worse from here.

Edit: I just want to say that everyone has been incredibly supportive and nice and I really appreciate it.

Edit 2: Whoever gave me gold I appreciate it but I would rather rif you have extra money that you do not give me gold and instead donate it here.
 
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mr. furley said:
dozens dead in an Oakland fire :(   redditor posts about how he was 3rd last to get out :(

[–]God_I_Suck 1522 points 4 hours ago*x2 


There was only one exit. I was on the top floor when the fire started, so I don't know how it got started. I distinctly remember thinking that this probably wasn't a big deal and/or that it was maybe a prank.

After the fire started I walked to the top of the stairs where there was only enough room for one maybe two people to go down at a time. At this point I still didn't think it was a big deal. It wasn't until a girl ahead of me came back up the stairs and yelled that "it's too thick everyone back up to the top." (This may not be exactly what she said but I'm this whole period is kind of a blur it's the gist of it however)

That was when I realized that this was very serious and that I was in big trouble. At this point I realized that my best shot at survival was to find my way down the stairs and and try and find the exit. My decision to go down was a coin flip at that point because I was terrified. The kind of fear I felt was not the kind of fear I have ever felt towards anything in my entire life. This was a primal sort of fear. I very much didn't care about other people making it out as long as I did at this point. Luckily I don't think I smashed into anybody or hit them on my way out. I completely lost track of my two friends during this time period to give an example of how one track minded I was. I feel really bad that I didn't care and I feel like I should have said something to all those people before I jumped down. Maybe give them a fighting chance if they realized that down was the only potential option for survival.

Bear in mind that the time it took for me to first see smoke and reach the top of the stairs before things got really bad was only like a minute.

So once I slipped and slid down the stairs keep in mind that these were the worst crafted stairs ever. (The first bit was like a ramp almost. And then the steps had varying heights sometimes almost coming up to thigh level. I'm 5'9 so while I'm not super tall that's enough for some of the steps to be way too tall for stairs.)

Once I made it down the stairs I tried to crawl to where I knew the exit was. I had a good general idea of its distance from me but I would have to find two doors and to try and get out. Even though I had an idea of where I was because of coming down the stairs the way I stumbled down basically made it so it's very likely that I wouldn't find an exit.

Once I was down there it was awful. I couldn't see or breathe. It was hot smoky and hard to focus. Thankfully at this point it wasn't so hot that I was burning just being there. There were other people crawling around on the floor too.

So I was down there and I was having trouble finding the exit. At this point I genuinely thought I was going to die choking on smoke in these horrid conditions. Part of this was definitely because the lower level is like a ####### maze. The stair room had three different exits and only one would have been the way to outside.

So I had only been down on the floor for 15ish seconds. (Even though it genuinely felt like I was down there for eternity.) As I was down there blindly trying to find the door to get out I got really lucky. Some dude who had already gotten out stood right by the exit with all the billowing smoke and was repeatedly yelling "this is the exit" "exit." I can say without a doubt that that dude saved my life. If he wasn't there yelling I would have never found the exit and I probably would have died.

Once I got outside I ran into one of my friends who had been inside. He had been behind me to go down the stairs and had somehow gotten out in front of me. I was so happy that at least we had made it out.

The outside looked to me like a ####### warzone. People were covered in soot and crying and hugging each other and screaming. Lots of people were calling out their friends names in an effort to find them. I just kind of stood and there and stared hoping that my other friend had made it out and that everyone would make it out safe.

Once I got out, only two more people made it out after I did.

In around five minutes or so the fire department showed up. by the time they reached the scene the entire building was in flames. For a thirty or so minute period I stood there waiting for the them to try and get people out in the vain hope that my other friend had made it out and that they would be able to get everyone out.

During this time period it really looked like the fire was starting to go down. And there was a chance of saving more lives. Unfortunately everyone's hopes were crushed when in the space of one second the fire got like three times worse. It started coming out the windows and the roof caught fire. I waited there for close to three or four hours hoping that we could get some information about our friend. I still don't know what happened to him or if he's even okay.

Also I should note that the building went up so fast. I'd have to say it was probably 3/4s on fire in under 3 minutes.

I'm really tired and the night is very blurry, plus i'm typing this on my phone so if there are any spelling/ grammar errors and the story isn't very coherent I apologize. I might have messed up some of the details as well. It's also very hard for me to talk about this but I still decided to because I think that my memory of the night is only going to get worse from here.

Edit: I just want to say that everyone has been incredibly supportive and nice and I really appreciate it.

Edit 2: Whoever gave me gold I appreciate it but I would rather rif you have extra money that you do not give me gold and instead donate it here.
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Not sure I understand the Limp v BF pissing match that necessitates Limp's BF safe place thread :confused: I am partially drunk though......

 
mr. furley said:
dozens dead in an Oakland fire :(   redditor posts about how he was 3rd last to get out :(

[–]God_I_Suck 1522 points 4 hours ago*x2 


There was only one exit. I was on the top floor when the fire started, so I don't know how it got started. I distinctly remember thinking that this probably wasn't a big deal and/or that it was maybe a prank.

After the fire started I walked to the top of the stairs where there was only enough room for one maybe two people to go down at a time. At this point I still didn't think it was a big deal. It wasn't until a girl ahead of me came back up the stairs and yelled that "it's too thick everyone back up to the top." (This may not be exactly what she said but I'm this whole period is kind of a blur it's the gist of it however)

That was when I realized that this was very serious and that I was in big trouble. At this point I realized that my best shot at survival was to find my way down the stairs and and try and find the exit. My decision to go down was a coin flip at that point because I was terrified. The kind of fear I felt was not the kind of fear I have ever felt towards anything in my entire life. This was a primal sort of fear. I very much didn't care about other people making it out as long as I did at this point. Luckily I don't think I smashed into anybody or hit them on my way out. I completely lost track of my two friends during this time period to give an example of how one track minded I was. I feel really bad that I didn't care and I feel like I should have said something to all those people before I jumped down. Maybe give them a fighting chance if they realized that down was the only potential option for survival.

Bear in mind that the time it took for me to first see smoke and reach the top of the stairs before things got really bad was only like a minute.

So once I slipped and slid down the stairs keep in mind that these were the worst crafted stairs ever. (The first bit was like a ramp almost. And then the steps had varying heights sometimes almost coming up to thigh level. I'm 5'9 so while I'm not super tall that's enough for some of the steps to be way too tall for stairs.)

Once I made it down the stairs I tried to crawl to where I knew the exit was. I had a good general idea of its distance from me but I would have to find two doors and to try and get out. Even though I had an idea of where I was because of coming down the stairs the way I stumbled down basically made it so it's very likely that I wouldn't find an exit.

Once I was down there it was awful. I couldn't see or breathe. It was hot smoky and hard to focus. Thankfully at this point it wasn't so hot that I was burning just being there. There were other people crawling around on the floor too.

So I was down there and I was having trouble finding the exit. At this point I genuinely thought I was going to die choking on smoke in these horrid conditions. Part of this was definitely because the lower level is like a ####### maze. The stair room had three different exits and only one would have been the way to outside.

So I had only been down on the floor for 15ish seconds. (Even though it genuinely felt like I was down there for eternity.) As I was down there blindly trying to find the door to get out I got really lucky. Some dude who had already gotten out stood right by the exit with all the billowing smoke and was repeatedly yelling "this is the exit" "exit." I can say without a doubt that that dude saved my life. If he wasn't there yelling I would have never found the exit and I probably would have died.

Once I got outside I ran into one of my friends who had been inside. He had been behind me to go down the stairs and had somehow gotten out in front of me. I was so happy that at least we had made it out.

The outside looked to me like a ####### warzone. People were covered in soot and crying and hugging each other and screaming. Lots of people were calling out their friends names in an effort to find them. I just kind of stood and there and stared hoping that my other friend had made it out and that everyone would make it out safe.

Once I got out, only two more people made it out after I did.

In around five minutes or so the fire department showed up. by the time they reached the scene the entire building was in flames. For a thirty or so minute period I stood there waiting for the them to try and get people out in the vain hope that my other friend had made it out and that they would be able to get everyone out.

During this time period it really looked like the fire was starting to go down. And there was a chance of saving more lives. Unfortunately everyone's hopes were crushed when in the space of one second the fire got like three times worse. It started coming out the windows and the roof caught fire. I waited there for close to three or four hours hoping that we could get some information about our friend. I still don't know what happened to him or if he's even okay.

Also I should note that the building went up so fast. I'd have to say it was probably 3/4s on fire in under 3 minutes.

I'm really tired and the night is very blurry, plus i'm typing this on my phone so if there are any spelling/ grammar errors and the story isn't very coherent I apologize. I might have messed up some of the details as well. It's also very hard for me to talk about this but I still decided to because I think that my memory of the night is only going to get worse from here.

Edit: I just want to say that everyone has been incredibly supportive and nice and I really appreciate it.

Edit 2: Whoever gave me gold I appreciate it but I would rather rif you have extra money that you do not give me gold and instead donate it here.
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Man that's rough. As that guy thinks about his friend and then thinks about that girl going back up the steps, he's going to have a lot of emotions to wrestle through.

That place was an absolute deathtrap. Anyone that owned/ran that place that survived is going to jail for a long time. Sounds like they pretty much violated just about every fire code regulation possible. Starting with basically building a building made out of kindling: http://www.oaklandghostship.com

 
Nihilist Arby's ‏@nihilist_arbys  Sep 5

Awaken

Arise

Defecate

Labor

Consume the flesh, alcohol & pills

Ignore the pain

Feel your dreams die

Slumber

Repeat

Await death

Enjoy Arbys

 
If you people drive off bostonfred, I'm going to be very angry.

If you people drive off Limp Ditka, I'm going to be very angry.

 
strykerpks said:
This thread is better when BF posts. Less of most of you. Less of me for that matter. Bye again
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No one told him to stop posting and I only suggested that he changed his delivery when posting links. How he chose to handle that is his problem, not anyone else's. I like(d) fred. The guy can post his dream analysis until the end of time and I'll get a kick out of it. That shtick works. Pages full of links, not so much.

 
And for the record I called BF's posts "garbage" because someone, who shall be nameless*, said the same thing about my posts.

*rhymes with Baron Shmudnicki

 
Limp Ditka said:
No one told him to stop posting and I only suggested that he changed his delivery when posting links. How he chose to handle that is his problem, not anyone else's. I like(d) fred. The guy can post his dream analysis until the end of time and I'll get a kick out of it. That shtick works. Pages full of links, not so much.
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Meh, scrolling is easy. But I enjoy the links. I come here for fun. To each their own. 

This thread used to be pics that rule and fun stories and witty banter and 7 pages on a weekend night. Now it's redacted and redacted and bump from page 3 and now  its TannerTreGusterStuHomerZooksTruckUniBogieYSR-less.

We got furley back but he's kinda like FDAS.

It is what it is. No need to fight about it. Just scroll. BF has made this thread better regardless of his style.

 
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bostonfred said:
I'll just stop. Was just trying to help keep the thread from dying.  
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Thanks for the nice words but I'm not quitting the thread or stopping posting pictures.  I'm just not posting long runs here anymore because it irritated some people.

A couple people didn't like me posting long runs of pictures for whatever reason. That's fine. I want to make this thread a better place. That's all I was going for. So I deleted a bunch of posts and said I'd stop.

Then Ditka came back to throw another jab saying how I was making the thread death miserable. I thought it was funny to go back and quote him post by post and that it actually went 4 days before finding one that wasn't miserable. He got mad. It seemed like a fight. It wasn't 

He's a ####. So am I. So is Tanner. One of the funniest guys here.  Also a ####.  GM can be a #### but he's one of my favorite people ever and his #### to post ratio is way lower than Ditka's. If we are handing out constructive criticism, Ditka's ratio could use some tweaking. That's all. Sorry for the iFight.  I wasn't really trying to have one.

I really don't want to irritate people here. Another thread makes sense. Calling it a cesspool makes sense too. It probably will be. I'm not doing the Lord's work here, I'm screwing around on the internet and posting some of the funny things I saw to bump this thread with something other than sad news so it doesn't become the sad news thread.

People can and should post their sad news here. The fact we can fo that is one of the things that makes this thread great.  Some of us have gone through some rough stuff and sometimes you really do need a safe place to talk about it. 

I've also seen what happens to a great community when that's all that gets posted. It gets awkward posting happy things, then the whole thing withers and dies.  You need both.  Tanner was one of the first guys to post a random funny* reddit link when that happened. Hopefully this orton guy is back and will keep doing it. I was just trying to fill that void.

I don't need a candlelight vigil to heal. I just won't post big long runs of pictures here and my solemn promise to you is that I will continue to be a ####. Problem solved.

* they weren't always funny

**Ditka really is kind of a #### tho

3. Ibid
 
El Floppo said:
Oh god. We're going in a month. 

Wait... Insane in a good, or bad, way?

I will eat my children if they don't like it.... not my idea or my idea of fun- but keeping an open (but predisposed to immediate disgust) mind.
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I know we have the huge thread for all things Disney but the number one rule for having a good time is don't try and do too much - don't push everybody.  Take breaks and get your sleep.  And bring a #### ton of money.

ETA - and have a rough plan of what you are going to do

 
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AAABatteries said:
I know we have the huge thread for all things Disney but the number one rule for having a good time is don't try and do too much - don't push everybody.  Take breaks and get your sleep.  And bring a #### ton of money.

ETA - and have a rough plan of what you are going to do
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This is good advice.   I think we crammed in too much stuff trying to see as much as possible 

 
Dan Lambskin said:
This is good advice.   I think we crammed in too much stuff trying to see as much as possible 
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It's tough - for a lot of people a trip to Disney is a once in a lifetime event (either by choice or finances) - they want to make the most of the trip.  It's impossible to do everything there in a week.  It would take several weeks to do it all.  That's where the plan comes in - and make sure you plan breaks.

Youll get all the info you need in the Disney thread.

 
I don't know about turd magnets but there is something barbaric about me working several hours a year to get other people to mush up some tree pulp and fluff it up so i can scoop crap out of my butt.  

Especially when you consider that the reason we do it is because we routinely excrete something too foul to be around, so we wipe it all on something else, then drop it all into copious amounts of water that is cleaner than a lot of people get to drink. 

 
I like the links. :shrug:

I like Ditka.  

Thread has been around for 7 full years. It's funny and sad and meandering and pointless but also full of character. Sometimes it gets contentious like families sometimes do.  But fortunately those episodes are few and far between and don't drag out. The only thing that makes me a little sad is when guys or girls get too cool for school and leave us.  I miss the halcyon days of yesteryear but I still view this thread as a respite from my stressful life and all of you as people I call friends.  Even Furley.

But not that bag of puke FDAS. He is the worst!

 
El Floppo said:
Oh god. We're going in a month. 

Wait... Insane in a good, or bad, way?

I will eat my children if they don't like it.... not my idea or my idea of fun- but keeping an open (but predisposed to immediate disgust) mind.
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They'll love it.  Crowds should die down by then.  Crazy crowds at MK last night.  I ate very well at California Grill.  Very much worth the effort to get there.  

 
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re: Disney. I haven't been in about 7-8 years, but I can't say that I ever left there unhappy with the experience.Yes, it is expensive, but they're a fine tuned machine and know how to take care of their customers. 

 
So now for bf links I have to leave this thread, find some other thread and click on it, and then somehow make my way back here?  Sounds too scary.

By the way, Annyong should be on the "GMTANners we miss" list. :(

 
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