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[–] [email protected] 159 points 6 months ago (5 children)

that looks familiar … ah yes …

[–] [email protected] 108 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 103 points 6 months ago

Don't touch it. That's load bearing rust.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Naaaah, a coat of paint and it’s good for another 100 years. But don’t sand it too much before that because it might disappear.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Cor-Ten steel is all the rage

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Civil Unrust you say?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It follows trash-heap rules and whoever touches it last before it collapses is at fault

[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 months ago

This sounds surprisingly close to how we rate US presidents.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

That is homoeopathic structural integrity. The more you dilute it the stronger it becomes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like it's time for Infrastructure Week™

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

Sorry, we only have budget for Infrastructure Weak™

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Didn't this one get fixed? It's the one by andersonville right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

no idea – 2 year old post on Reddit titled it as “Chicago Metra Union Pacific Track UP-N line