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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 years ago

I didn’t stay at a Fox News Propaganda Roach Motel last night, but I do have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and I’m gonna go with the wild hypothesis that the big heavy boat hit a part of the bridge that was holding a decent amount of weight. That introduced a decent stress factor which weakened that part’s structural integrity, it started to give way, and the rest of the bridge followed suit.

But we all know big boats can’t hit bridge beams or something because open borders cause Covid lockdowns.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Idk, I have an engineering minor and I think immigrants are a much more likely cause than a giant fuckin boat crashing into the bridge

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't have an engineering degree at all, but I design my 3D printed parts, and I think that immigrants stole the boat and rammed the bridge because the chemtrails in the sky made them all go crazy

[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

...and they couldn't mentally overcome the chemtrails because all the 5G activated their COVID vaccines to turn them into government slaves. IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB! And no one has the fucking balls to say it.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

U forgot the Covid tho

[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

I am not qualified to have a technical discussion on this matter.

However: big boat hurts big bridge; makes sense to me.

[-] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Republicans say such stupid things you don't need any real qualifications to prove them wrong. Usually, you don't even need to address whether the claim is true or false, you can just use basic logic to conclude that the claim is fallacious.

There is no logical connection between this bridge collapse and border policy or COVID response. The burden of logically linking these things lies with those making the claim. We have no burden to prove that no connection exists, we can simply point out that the claim has no logical explanation for connecting these things.

[-] CatOnTheChainWax@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago

BIG BOATS CANT BEND STEEL BEAMS!!!

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Hey if jet fuel can’t melt steel beams, imagine how little a COLD BOAT would do? Checkmate, Atheists. /s

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