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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 79 points 8 months ago

Don't forget how everyone was a civil engineer last week.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 8 months ago

Internet comments become a lot more bearable if you imagine a preface before all of them that reads “As a random dumbass on the internet,”

[-] ech@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago

As a random dumbass on the Internet -

Even for comments I agree with, this is a solid suggestion.

[-] Im_old@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I'll just create a new user with that name to save time

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Then give us the password so we can all use it

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

All I see is *******

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 8 months ago

Need Lemmy Enhancement Suite with this feature

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 8 months ago

What are you referring to? I feel out of the loop

[-] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

The bridge in Baltimore collapsing after its pier was hit by a cargo ship.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 8 months ago

Ah right of course, thanks

[-] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

A bridge in America collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I didn't see any of this since I pretty much only use Lemmy. What are some good examples of all these civil engineer "experts"?

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

The one this poster was referring to was everyone suddenly becoming an armchair expert on how bridges should be able to withstand being hit by ships.

In general, you can ask any asshole on the internet (or in real life!) and they'll be just brimming with ideas on how they can design roads better than the people who actually design roads. Typically those ideas usually just boil down to, "Everyone should get out of my way and I have right of way all the time," though...

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Or maybe, more specifically, how the Reich wing was blaming it on "DEI"

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

No one designs roads. They put numbers in a spreadsheet and have useless meetings. I keep seeing huge fuckups that people with a PE are making.

Longer I work in infrastructure the more I don't much care for or respect civil "engineers". I got a system coming out now and the civil "engineer" has insisted on so many bad ideas that I am writing in the manual dire warnings that boil down to "if you use this machine there is no warranty and pray to whatever God you believe in"

It's a fixable problem but we aren't going to fix it.

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