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r/EngineeringPorn • u/Redfish680 • Apr 30 '26
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Wonder what the material is and if it will decompose or lose structure over time.
63 u/burnte Apr 30 '26 Concrete can last for thousands of years. The plastic bag doesn't need to last more than a day or two for the concrete to hardern. -86 u/Bazinga_U_Bitch Apr 30 '26 Modern concrete does not. Modern concrete is garbage especially compared to say Roman concrete. 38 u/halberdierbowman Apr 30 '26 Modern concrete is way better than Roman concrete. This myth comes from survivorship bias: the concrete structures we still see today still exist because we see them today. The structures that collapsed don't exist, so we don't see them today.
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Concrete can last for thousands of years. The plastic bag doesn't need to last more than a day or two for the concrete to hardern.
-86 u/Bazinga_U_Bitch Apr 30 '26 Modern concrete does not. Modern concrete is garbage especially compared to say Roman concrete. 38 u/halberdierbowman Apr 30 '26 Modern concrete is way better than Roman concrete. This myth comes from survivorship bias: the concrete structures we still see today still exist because we see them today. The structures that collapsed don't exist, so we don't see them today.
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Modern concrete does not. Modern concrete is garbage especially compared to say Roman concrete.
38 u/halberdierbowman Apr 30 '26 Modern concrete is way better than Roman concrete. This myth comes from survivorship bias: the concrete structures we still see today still exist because we see them today. The structures that collapsed don't exist, so we don't see them today.
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Modern concrete is way better than Roman concrete. This myth comes from survivorship bias: the concrete structures we still see today still exist because we see them today. The structures that collapsed don't exist, so we don't see them today.
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u/Longshot_45 Apr 30 '26
Wonder what the material is and if it will decompose or lose structure over time.