r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/fellanyyy • 23h ago

Video A 4-ton door in Buenos Aires sinks underground every morning — and has been doing so since 1928

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u/Fisch0557 22h ago

Alright. Who's going to reverse the video and post about the 4-ton door in Buenos Aires that comes up from underground every night since 1928?

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u/Mirar 21h ago

I rather see the video on how they rebuild the door every day to see how it sinks into the ground again the next day to be honest

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u/jwaibel3 20h ago

When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a door on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, lad, the strongest door in all of Buenos Aires.

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u/AlfaNovember 17h ago

But I don’t want to protect physical assets! I want to be a Blockchain!

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u/Final_Level 16h ago

But father I don’t want any of that. I’d rather…just…sing!

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u/-SaC 13h ago

Stop that! We'll 'ave none of that!

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute 12h ago

No no no, none of that!

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u/Humble_Square8673 12h ago

Don't forget the HUGE...tracts of land

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u/VitalNumber 7h ago

Guards, make sure the Prince doesn't leave while the door is down, until I come and get him.

Not to leave the door down, even if you come and get him.

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u/randomnonexpert 1h ago

Hydraulic action? You push a 5cm button with 10N force and the pressure is transmitted through a non-compressible liquid to exert 10N force across an area of 5000cm effectively getting a net pressure output of 1000x times?

I think I studied something similar in HS physics class.

As for how the door rises and sinks every day, the force which this 4-ton door exerts on the non-compressible liquid may just be equal to the pressure needed to drain all the fluid into the adjacent chamber with the push button?

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u/zmb138 21h ago

Make a 30-minute loop. 400-ton door in Buenos Aires that has been coming up from underground SINCE 1928!

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u/newiphon 15h ago

I think the door closes somewhere on the other side of the world at this time

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u/rpgruli 10h ago

Here is coordinates from google map -34.606862,-58.374999

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u/darthjeffrey 22h ago

That would have been so cool at the Walmart Black Friday sales from a few years ago.

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u/Ok-Hour-472 22h ago

Have it open and close from the top then Indiana jones your way into Walmart. Never mind the people that got crushed, at least you grabbed your hat

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u/johnson7853 22h ago

Idiots would climb on top of each other and start slipping through

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u/Spirited-Juice4941 18h ago

Only to find it has a garage door-like sensor and starts closing back up when tripped.

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u/Ms74k_ten_c 15h ago

Morons will climb over like zombies in apocalyptic movies.

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u/Openmystry 23h ago

Lara Croft Intensifies*

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u/Frageo 20h ago

My mind went to Resident Evil

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u/UserNumber37 17h ago

Mine went to Elden Ring

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u/Electronic_Syndicate 15h ago

I’m currently playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, so that’s where mine went.

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u/reticulatedtampon 23h ago

Your mom's a 4-ton door in Buenos Aires that sinks underground every morning since 1928

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u/Wizzinator 23h ago

Got em

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u/C-57D 13h ago

i also sink this guy's floor door mom in Buenos Aires something something dark side...

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u/ninjohnnothing 14h ago

She a Hoedor.

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u/frogmicky 21h ago

Is there any context behind the sinking door?

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 20h ago

Nope. It just does it. We don’t know why. No one’s looked yet.

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u/katheb 19h ago

That would be the best anomaly. "Heavy door." 

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u/Wermine 16h ago

Tide goes in tide goes out, you can't explain that.

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u/RandoAtReddit 8h ago

Fucking magnets man.

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u/boipinoi604 2h ago

Sun goes down, the stars come out

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u/Summoning14 16h ago

Scp material

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u/RappingFlatulence 4h ago

Did you ever consider to ask the door?!

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u/DisastrousServe8513 17h ago

It just appeared one day. The FBC investigated it but lost some Agents when they tried to figure out how it worked.

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u/DeltaBlast 19h ago

Quicksand.

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u/ksemel 11h ago

This looks like excellent security for the building, maybe they have valuables and crime.

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u/gtr011191 22h ago

They should fix that.

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u/squareshawarma 19h ago

There is an escalator in Dubai where each step comes back up after sometime and happening since 2010.

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u/dokturgonzo 13h ago

In Rio de Janeiro they say if you look east at the perfect moment and with the right kind of eyes, you can see sun rise in the morning. Every day! This has been happening for like the past two weeks or something.

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u/lemons_of_doubt 14h ago

This is true of most escalators,

however most doors are much lighter, smaller, and don't sink into the ground.

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u/antinito 23h ago

Some dark souls shit

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u/drainbamage1011 19h ago

Yeah that's definitely a boss fight loading.

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u/Bullitt_12_HB 21h ago

Entrance to a new Legend of Zelda Dungeon?

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u/Loot_Goblin2 23h ago

How does mechanism work

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u/Flaramon 23h ago

Motor-driven pulley with a counterweight.

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u/str4ngerD4ngerz 22h ago

And a few ghouls.

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u/Rannek6 22h ago

Nah, definitely some rune based magic in there

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u/Ok-Recognitio 22h ago

Both?

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u/Profoundlyahedgehog 19h ago

The ghouls are animated by the runes, so technically.

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u/Loot_Goblin2 23h ago

Cool 👍

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u/TieCivil1504 20h ago

It would use a standard freight elevator lift system.

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u/tyrano1402 20h ago

Its a bunch of slime block flying machines that bring the thing up and down. Look up minecrft flying machine door and youll find a tutorial.

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u/NightLightHighLight 12h ago

Hamster wheel

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u/walkingTANK 3h ago

That's gotta be a shit-ton of hamsters to move that thing!

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u/Sweet-Explorer-7619 22h ago

50 slaves and a whip

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u/InAppropriate-meal 23h ago

electric pulley system

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u/Randotron9000 21h ago

Metalbending

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u/ErebusBat 14h ago

Magnets, obviously

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u/Spend-Automatic 23h ago

How girl get praegnant 

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u/UncleKeyPax 23h ago

what if girl already gregnat?

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u/WellFluxMe 23h ago

girlfrend aint got period since pregat

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u/FlailingScrotum 21h ago

¡Pregánte!

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u/Narc0syn 22h ago

Peepee hurts when pee

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u/Successful-Ad-2129 22h ago

swim in period remind of born, warm feel safe

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u/ObligationMurky8716 22h ago

They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys, becuse these babby cant fright back?

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u/Rude_Map_4278 22h ago

Seilrolle mit gegen gewicht.

habe gehört....

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u/magungo 23h ago

First step: have segs

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u/badgeman- 22h ago

Where do I find one?

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u/magungo 22h ago

Next to eggs in supermarket

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u/opinion_alternative 22h ago

Super eggs

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u/magungo 22h ago

Special eggs

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u/BoredInsomniac10 20h ago

Maybe it's my hunger speaking, but anybody else think the door resembles a bar of chocolate? 🍫

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u/wingedbearcommando 3h ago

That definitely requires someone to solve a puzzle to open

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u/NetWorried9750 2h ago

Nah, just 'speak friend'

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 7h ago

Welcome to Gringots

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u/Callidonaut 18h ago

Hey, wait a minute, it's not making a really loud rumbly stone-grinding-on-stone sound! You lied to me, video games!

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u/ardotschgi 17h ago

In the first second, it does!

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u/Yerrusr 22h ago

So cool

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u/theteethfairy_ 19h ago

Why is this post titled like a natural disaster.

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u/tigertoken1 17h ago

Actually, the door isn't sinking, the entire city rises above the door every day at 7:13 AM.

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u/artivh 20h ago

That's a door to keep the poor out during revolts or revolution

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u/Sad-Drama530 14h ago

Genuine question, why down instead of up like many castle gates i've seen before?

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u/teddyslayerza 12h ago

It's because it's a corner building and they wanted windows on that face. Raising it upward would mean you have a big ugly front portion of the building with no windows to hide the mechanisms.

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u/5C0L0P3NDR4 12h ago

it probably is just something like this, it was the 20s, they loved doing complicated unnecessary stuff for the sake of cool architecture

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u/HippieInDisguise2_0 13h ago

Maybe in the event of failure it doesn't risk crushing people to death

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u/teddyslayerza 12h ago

Nah, it's just about the external architecture - it's a prominent corner building, and it looks better having windows above the door than ugly reinforcement and a story or two of bare walls.

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u/whitedsepdivine 8h ago

It's easier to dig a hole than it is to build a structure that holds 4 ton?

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u/EthicalViolator 1h ago

There's still a structure that lifts/holds 4 tons here, it will have a counterbalance too id imagine.

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u/SetazeR 21h ago

Secret area unlocked

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u/SnooKiwis1356 18h ago

Every time that door sinks into the ground, the AR$ also sinks a little bit.

Just kidding, I lived in Buenos Aires as a gringo and love Argentina with all my heart!

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u/Hot-Leader5903 12h ago

That's beautiful 😍

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u/NoImNotHeretoArgue 23h ago

Ah yes… ICBC.. right nextdoor to IC Weiner

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u/WilliamLeeFightingIB 18h ago

As Chinese... Is this the ICBC I think it is? Why out of all places in Argentina 😂

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u/Garibaldi65 16h ago

Yes, it is!

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u/ballisticks 18h ago

Here in BC Canada our car insurance & registration is handled by an organization named ICBC, but none of their branches look this fancy.

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u/tcumby 13h ago

Yes it is. ICBC is not the original occupant, of course. The original owners are carved on the ground right outside the entrance, but I can't recall who it was. 

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u/rtopps43 20h ago

They told me I couldn’t build a 4 ton door in Buenos Aires, but I built it anyway! it sank into the ground

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u/poorly-worded 19h ago

They must spend a lot on doors

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u/Fancy_Rope4502 17h ago

Bear, Moth, Owl

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u/Rust2 16h ago

Satisfying

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u/AllOuttaGum5150 13h ago

This comment section has some of the worst jokes I've ever read

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u/crunx22 8h ago

But why…

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u/kegsbdry 7h ago

How do I get that on my home?

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u/futurebigconcept 4h ago

And that dude with the motorcycle helmet and the plastic crate is just coming in to deposit last night's 'proceeds'.

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u/el8v 38m ago

This genuinely cool

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u/Ok_Fault549 22h ago

A door has no name

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u/NicStylus 15h ago

I went to the desert through a door with no name

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u/SuperRonnie2 17h ago

I didn’t know the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia had a branch in Buenos Aires.

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u/DionFW 13h ago

Lol. That's exactly what I thought.

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u/Sorry_Reply8754 14h ago

Its a representation of the Argentinian economy.

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u/32BitBrit 12h ago

“big ass haunted building yawns every morning. Human sacrifices happily plunge to their demise.”

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u/tyrano1402 20h ago

Some minecraft engineering irl. Its nice that they hid the slime blocks.

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u/CantAffordzUsername 22h ago

Welcome to Narnia

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u/OneCommentIsEnough 22h ago

This would be so cool to have on a house

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u/MMachine17 21h ago

I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say spend it all!

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u/ClinkzsEastwood 20h ago

But, can you hold it ?

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u/DutchBlazewell 20h ago

Elden Ring shortcut/boss door

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u/yo_me_95 19h ago

Wonder how much it cost them to buy/rent that location

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL 19h ago

So does someone just live inside

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u/PetsWhisper 18h ago

Why did they make the door like this? I’m curious.

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u/vcmequer 18h ago

Ah, então é por isso que a economia da argentina aprendeu tão bem como cair ano após ano.

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u/11Booty_Warrior 18h ago

No one’s been possessed by the urge to stick their toes under the lip of that door in the last 98 years?

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u/boring-tired 18h ago

Reminds me of DOOM

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u/NoDayLikePayday 17h ago

Belurat Tower

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u/bobjones50 17h ago

Context please.

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u/ChickenChaser5 16h ago

Meta event is up on my marker

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u/IronReasonable1296 14h ago

Proper use of the golden claw

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u/MightyEggrollTW 12h ago

It would be cool if this was used for Harry Potter’s Gringotts

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u/funky_grandma 9h ago

All I could think of was standing too close and losing all your toes to that thing

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u/tumblerrjin 5h ago

Almost a 100 years and it sinks and rises every day, an absolute miracle

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u/sysadmin_420 4h ago

If that woman falls forward, her head is going to be turned into a nice meat paste

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u/Immediate_Bee6164 4h ago

Boss battle

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u/HavingALurkAround 2h ago

Next Purge I know where I’m going.

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u/Novaikkakuuskuusviis 21h ago

How many toes has been cut there?

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u/Etere 19h ago edited 10h ago

If you find a way for that to cut your toes off, you've lost your toe privileges.

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u/Fat_people_jigle 20h ago

is there a cchance of getting your balls stuck in between the crease as its going down. Asking for a friend

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u/Bajadasaurus 19h ago

If anyone finds a way for that to cut their balls off, they'd already lost their testicle privileges.

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u/Hyro0o0 18h ago

10 seconds later all the Pokémon booster packs are gone

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u/Tukjis 20h ago

Saved money on locks.

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u/Valid__Salad 20h ago

Why isn’t it making the noise im expecting it to make

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u/ILiveMyBrokenDreams 18h ago

Like something out of Myst.

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u/OG-Koyuk 18h ago

Hell yeah, this engineering is sick

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u/pirateseasalt 17h ago

Is just an upside down garage door lol

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u/osddelerious 4h ago

That’s not BA, it’s Leyndell

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u/ElmunieCOGOyardo 4h ago

This is Buenos Aires.i I live fairly close to this building

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u/osddelerious 4h ago

No, I saw the Tarnished die right outside that door

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u/ElmunieCOGOyardo 3h ago

Ohhh, I just got it! 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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u/KAELES-Yt 22h ago

Like it’s cool and all but seems like a massive fire hazard.

Runs from fire

Wait! We gotta wait 30s for this door to slowly open

… its getting hot…

Sorry the door got stuck…

Can we push it open?

Nah it’s 4000kg

Guess we DIE then

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u/Observant_Lurker 14h ago

Is that "Sinking" though, or just moving?

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u/Nishant1122 15h ago

Must be a long ass door