free fallin

https://old.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/18gum0d/apartment_in_bronx_new_york_partially_collapsed/

  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I assume it was yet another scrapple project like that parking garage that collapsed earlier this year. Will America ever overcome its good-enough attitude?

    • GinAndJucheM
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      1 year ago

      Soviets: some random steel plant had so much durability they couldn’t collapse it with modern weapons like 50 years later.

      Americans: how much can we save in material costs if we fudge the numbers in the safety margin?

      • iridaniotter [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Let's also bring in the epic engineers of 14th century China for comparison. Their city walls were so durable that not even 20th century artillery could punch through them. Nowadays America builds their walls out of plastic and sawblades. Disgraceful!

  • Weedian [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Really makes you think about construction in China

  • VHS [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    i saw on twitter that there was an obvious crack on the front wall for years and all the inspectors "missed" it

  • davel [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Screenshots of Reddit text makes me want my downbear back.

    • davel [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Firstly because I left Reddit for a reason. And secondly because what’s the point of screenshots of text when you can just paste the text, especially considering that some people with visual impariments can’t read screenshots?

      • oregoncom [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        it's funnier to imagine the redditors screeching just out of frame.

  • oregoncom [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    This is the infamous "chicken nugget pink slime construction" of America stemming from "cls-engh".

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      You see, this happens over there because bribery and greed are actually celebrated in their culture