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[–][deleted] 2627 points2628 points  (56 children)

Pftt, that's just a swing.

[–]alle0441 948 points949 points  (22 children)

Yeah no kidding. How the hell did OP jump to such a strange conclusion.

[–][deleted] 473 points474 points  (19 children)

For the sweet, sweet karma.

This is actually a good example of framing bias. Look down below and see how many folks thought it was really creepy.

[–]ol_dirt_mcgurk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Swing, electric chair, or random trash, it's still pretty creepy looking to me.

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (16 children)

Are there studies on this sort of thing? It’s an interesting topic. I’ve seen it in photo captions before (see the ‘94 Pulitzer image by Kevin Carter) but that just made me think people want to see horrible shit wherever they can.

[–]damendred 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Well not wanting to see horrible shit in general, but it's an example of 'priming' if you tell people a certain context to an image their much more likely to see what you said the image is, rather than if you showed them the image without saying anything.

That's fairly obvious, but the subject is pretty deep and interesting, and there's a lot of modern day examples.



About framing bias? Absolutely. It's one of the basics you will learn in any psychology course.

[–]Duke_of_Bretonnia 46 points47 points  (3 children)

Omg only after reading your comment did I realize it was FRAMing bias, literally thought you guys were talking about FARMing bias and I was so confused why it’d be a common thing to mistake rural things for bad things lol

I’m dumb

[–]vanEden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Duke of Bretonnia and farming bias makes sense imo.

[–]narcalexi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok I laughed for sure, that's awesome

[–]Official--Moderator 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Probably because he saw the electrical cords attached to a chair, and he was already on edge as he was in an abandoned building. It was obvious to me, as I've made a similar thing when I was a kid, but I can easily see the connection.

[–]nutmegster 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that chair looks like it's got foam and cloth padding.

[–]colche 41 points42 points  (1 child)

Swing. You wouldn't need to secure the electric cables that much to the chair. Simple jumper cables will do if the metal that the chair is made of is conductive enough.

[–]bakesthecakes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Either it's kinky or you obviously just don't get it."

[–]HankScorpio112233 9 points10 points  (1 child)

A sex swing?

[–]PiesRLife 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Any swing can be a sex swing if you try hard enough.

[–]HealthIndustryGoon 21 points22 points  (20 children)

reminds me of the rape camp some idiot qultist pizzagaters found in the desert.

[–]ol_dirt_mcgurk 16 points17 points  (19 children)

When you say pizzagater, I imagine an alligator made out of pizza. Or a regular gator that only eats pizza.

What does Pizzagaters mean, really?

[–]tmycDelk 22 points23 points  (6 children)

[–]ol_dirt_mcgurk 19 points20 points  (5 children)

Thanks for filling me in. That's such a major disappointment, though. Not even close to what I imagined.

[–]antonivs 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Did you get to this part:

On December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old man from Salisbury, North Carolina, fired three shots in the restaurant with an AR-15-style rifle, striking walls, a desk, and a door. Welch later told police that he had planned to "self-investigate" the conspiracy theory. Welch saw himself as the potential hero of the story—a rescuer of children. He surrendered after officers surrounded the restaurant and was arrested without incident. No one was injured.

Conspiracy theories are all very well when they're just something people use to kind of entertain themselves, but this one and the related QAnon incident have upped the ante:

An armed man was arrested Friday after driving an armored vehicle onto a bridge spanning the Hoover Dam and blocking traffic to demand the government “release the OIG report,"

This stuff is rising to the level of full-blown mass delusion and mental illness.

[–]HealthIndustryGoon 2 points3 points  (1 child)

regular gators with a fondness of pizza.

but seriously, though, you don't want to know..

[–][deleted] 378 points379 points  (7 children)

it was a swing


What’s a swing

[–]jakery2 311 points312 points  (3 children)

No you didn't. You found a makeshift swing.

If that's supposed to be an electric chair it would never work.

[–]AidyCakes 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Reminds me of the time machine in Napoleon Dynamite

[–]jifunkera 193 points194 points  (7 children)

I came for the downvotes comment...

[–]ChaddingtonHedgworth 23 points24 points  (6 children)

I cant find it

[–]dahworm 17 points18 points  (1 child)

This link should work.

[–]Stockilleur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for knowing how to link to a comment

[–]Pellax44 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Me too

[–]asvspilot 44 points45 points  (2 children)

They were using the chair to strip the copper or aluminum, look closely and you'll see its nothing but empty insulation.

[–]OceanSlim 18 points19 points  (1 child)

This makes the most sense. Also links to ops comment about car batteries near by. Probably collecting precious metals to sell. Ya know, bring a poor country and all.

[–]maximuspartridge[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

All of that is definitely plausible, I agree! Happy cake day btw

[–]Zomgbies_Work 155 points156 points  (3 children)

"Where is my daughter?!" - Liam Neeson, probably

[–]xitzengyigglz 18 points19 points  (1 child)

That was satisfying as fuck when he left that scumbag there.

[–]Laloblox 21 points22 points  (5 children)

yo can any of y'all explain to me what a swing is?

[–]maximuspartridge[S] 26 points27 points  (3 children)

A chair attached to something anchored to the ground. The chair is suspended in the air so you can “swing” back and forth on it. It’s a fun time.

[–]maximuspartridge[S] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Don’t make me a teacher, I clearly can’t explain things well :/

[–]Laloblox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No pressure :)

[–]Cercy_Leigh 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You can tell this isn’t the US; no penis graffiti.

[–]Aphex_Schwinn 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Probably used for some weird sex stuff.

[–]guiltyas-sin 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Doesn't look right. All the wires are insulated.

[–]Holy_Toast 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They forgot to cut a scrotum hole into that chair.

[–]adriskoah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

/r/abandonedporn ?

Edit: sub name

[–]InterPunct 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Someone took a successful fashion risk selecting such jaunty wallpaper. But maybe they were the first to succumb to the chair.

[–]034lyf 52 points53 points  (3 children)

Interesting graffiti too. These walls may have seen some shit.... Floor might've as well.

[–]alternate_ending 28 points29 points  (2 children)

Yeah, one day they're electrocuting this guy, next day it's arts & crafts with paint and glass.

[–]KyloRenCadetStimpy 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Multi-purpose room, just like school!

[–]_BAMBOOZLE_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well....did you sit in it or what?

[–]maximuspartridge[S] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

If anyone can translate the wall graffiti that’d be awesome, I’m hearing Satan panonski is not to be fucked with

[–]Crossover_Pachytene 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Satan Panonski was a croatian punk shock artist (some simmilarities with GG Allin ). He was killed during the war in Croatia, most probably by a fellow soldier.

some of his works: https://youtu.be/6SpmBm792kY


this one is my personal favourite, he sings about handsome Mario who nibbled on the clitoris and he contracted syphilis https://youtu.be/_4XawmQKMJQ

This place is probably some abandoned hotel or similar where the local punk youth go to drink and trip on shrooms.

[–]brickpicleo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Satan Panonski curry oi!

[–]cantmakeitup09 15 points16 points  (7 children)

can I have that

[–]TheClayroo 15 points16 points  (6 children)

Ya for about $80 at home depot and an hour of your time.

[–]NotTheBelt 53 points54 points  (3 children)

Is that all tape on the legs? This looks like it wasn’t just used, but used frequently.

[–]Zombie_Jesus_ 52 points53 points  (1 child)

Is not electric death chair moj prijatelj, is just swing.

[–]Weedizlife 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes it is, used as padding on the metal legs because it’s a fucking swing!

[–]Peanut_The_Great 15 points16 points  (2 children)

There's no way this is an electric chair, more likely it's some sort of art piece.

[–]s4mm1chez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like a time machine to me. Find the time crystals near by.

[–]caneut 2 points3 points  (0 children)


[–]Tema_buraz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i jel radi?

[–]BeagleIL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had that been a real electric chair that had been used, there’d be shit stains all over the seat...

[–]Liz_Me 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Satan Panonski is some pretty fucked up shit for sure.

It's in Serbian but you're not likely to find an english source.


[–]maximuspartridge[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Yeah not really sure what was going on there graffiti wise, a lot of graphic stuff on the walls. When I saw the chair and wires, thought electric chair. Didn’t seem too far out of the realm of possibility.



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[–]david_to_the_hilts[🍰] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Ok I know I'm vanilla but someone please ELI5 WHAT is a swing in this context? A sex thing? A drug thing? Literappy playground equipment?