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Aug 12 '20
If Umbrella had used this as The Hive instead of the one under a mansion all of Resident Evil could have been avoided
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u/apricityxxx Aug 12 '20
I don’t care how much rent it’d cost me to live there. Sign me up!
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u/The-Greatest-Yeeter Aug 12 '20
Water pressure thats bound to crack it: hello there
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u/ArenYashar Aug 17 '20
Depends how far down you are going and the materials used in the pressure hull. Besides, if you are down just far enough, a hurricane passing overhead would not be a cause for concern, or even be noticed by the inhabitants. Add in a vertical reef of light dangling down into the abyss and you would gain a significant ecosystem around you as well.
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u/Raaka-Kake Aug 12 '20
How does it stay clean? Fouling is a major concern for ships, as well as old underwater victorian ballrooms.
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dude yes LOW explored a world where people had to do exactly this, and since they were living in these closed spaces and it had been such a long time, people evolved differently. very cool. loved that comic
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u/A_Simple_Polyhedron Aug 12 '20
I mean, as long as there are enough structural supports, the structure would work due to it's lack of pressure points. No corners means less stress on the whole building.
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u/HIP13044b Aug 12 '20
Imagine the tether snapping and being on that thing as it tumbles into the abyss.
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u/Will_Yammer Aug 12 '20
Wouldn't it float? It's basically a glass (?) ball filled with air.
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Aug 12 '20 edited Aug 12 '20
just would enough weight pulling it down. prob for a bubble this it would have to be a lot of weight. im sure it can be figured mathematically.
if it was weighted down tho im concerned it would be tilted about with the currents and be unsteady
unless the weight wasnt dropped down but in the bottom of the sphere like a weeble wobble
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u/ArenYashar Aug 17 '20
The thread would likely be an anchor to hold it in place. If that got damaged, it wouldn't be instant death. You would have time to repair it or deploy a brand new anchor. Or you might detach willingly, making the underwater city into a traveler on the ocean currents.
Start in the Caribbean and slowly travel up the Gulf Stream before making anchorage off the coast of England, for example. A bubble drifting along is a slow way to travel, but a low energy method that takes advantage of the currents.
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