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Conor Friedersdorf
@conor64
Omni-American, staff writer at The Atlantic, founding editor of The Best of Journalism–subscribe here: https://t.co/z6wyUHjoSp

Mar 31, 2021, 10 tweets

A thread on sardonic videos of OSHA violations, a TikTok trend that began with an ingenious twist on a Willy Wonka song:

At least 4 elements are necessary for this thread: 1) people doing things of dubious safety and legality 2) that they videotape because of those qualities 3) and upload to the Internet 4) and set to public.

Many require multiple willing participants and look kinda fun.

Others result in some of the most predictable terminations

Physics typically play a role.

Scaffolding is its own subgenre.

Spinning is fun!

This method of palm tree trimming seems dangerous

A lot of these would be fun to watch with an actual OSHA inspector. Example:

And to give OSHA its due:

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