Why not spit off the side of the bridge into the water?
and they aim right for the supports, wtf?
[QUOTE=Folgergeist;33835344]Why not spit off the side of the bridge into the water?
and they aim right for the supports, wtf?[/QUOTE]
It's not like they're launching missiles, they're spitting. They don't realize they're corroding it.
[QUOTE=Downsider;33835580]It's not like they're launching missiles, they're spitting. They don't realize they're corroding it.[/QUOTE]
I mean why not aim for the ground because coating the girder with spit is fucking nasty and not a relatable impulse
Because people are walking on the ground. No one's walking on the goddamned beam.
Think of it, you've got a mouthful of a socially acceptable, tasty chewable substance that makes you need to spit, and dozens of people around you do to. You're on the sidewalk, walking maybe to work or the bar or home or where ever. Imagine if the jackass infront of you just hawks a big old acidic glob right in your path and now, ewww, you've stepped in that shit.
So they spit on the beam to be polite.
[QUOTE=wewt!;33834564]From an engineering perspective, this is fascinating. Imagine of all the things you have to take into account when planning a bridge, who would have thought saliva and bird shit was one of them?[/QUOTE]
I bet that conversation went like this:
"We need to account for the spitters."
"Oh don't worry, this steel can withstand concentrated accumulated semen. And no, I will not divulge how I know that, my methods are highly refined and I don't just [b]hand[/b] out information about my [b]job[/b] to anyone you know."
Finally, a reason to get these 'macho' assholes to stop throwing their lugies in public every 5 seconds.
[QUOTE=Alexak75;33840715]Finally, a reason to get these 'macho' assholes to stop throwing their lugies in public every 5 seconds.[/QUOTE]
"Dude! Don't spit on this bridge, you're destroying it!"
*Gives you a funny look and spits on you.*
[QUOTE=AzureAngelic;33830045]To be honest, if bird shit is a danger to your bridge, there's definitely something wrong.
It'd be like having an airplane at risk of corroding due to clouds.[/QUOTE]
Bird shit is EXTREMEY acidic, in case you didn't know. In Chicago, there's a massive pigeon-shit problem, because it literally corrode everything it hits. And the pigeons still give 0 fucks.
India is a dirty, dirty place.
[QUOTE=AtomicWaffle;33848896]India is a dirty, dirty place.[/QUOTE]
I'm fairly sure not every inch is covered in blood saliva.
[QUOTE=AK'z;33851111]I'm fairly sure not every inch is covered in blood saliva.[/QUOTE]
Only 99.9% is.
Spitting is a pretty disgusting habit to begin with. This reminds me of a story I read as a kid about someone who stroked a magic dead rat and made them spit acid everywhere.
Why didn't they paint it?
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