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Disabled tower block residents "threatened" for posting about broken lifts on Reddit

High-Rise dystopia: Disabled tower block residents "threatened" for posting about broken lifts on Reddit

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a high-rise east London tower built by a Bond villain namesake.
Octopussy Tower?
- Balfron Tower. But the designer was Ernő Goldfinger.
  
  Ian Fleming hated modernist architecture, to the point of naming his villains after its perpetrators.
A small balcony has provided his only access to the outside, he has only had frozen leftovers to eat, and his dog has not gone outside for a week.
That's terrible, where is the dog doing its business?
- That's terrible, what if there's a fire?
  
  Oh come on, what are the odds that an entire high rise in London would catastrophically burn down?
  /s
  
  Isn't it advised to avoid using elevators when there's a fire?
Get Streisand-ed!
First of all, let's arrest the architect who designed that monster.

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