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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

Dumbass hicks are in every country.

[-] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 52 points 2 years ago

Same two guys were just at Sycamore Gap in England, what a weird coincidence to get the same assignment twice!

[-] Ertebolle@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago

The tourist-y parts of it are pretty much all newly rebuilt anyway; there's not much of the original wall left at Mutianyu or Simatai or wherever.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Now there's even less of the original wall.

[-] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

Only a matter of time before it becomes the Ship of Theseus

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

The whole point of that dumb thought experiment is that it's already the Ship of Theseus and always was.

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

The Huns: finally!

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

So is it now 'The Pretty Good Walls of China'?

[-] GreasyTengu@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

'the adequate wall of China"

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago

Given that you can now drive a truck through, I’d say it’s no longer adequate.

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ya I like that but you missed 'walls' plural.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

The lesser wall of China.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Contractors are the fucking worst...

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 16 points 2 years ago

Education could've done something here.

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Two workers near the Great Wall go missing.

[-] 10EXP@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I can’t help but wonder that literally sounds like what happened the first episode of Attack on Titan.

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

What are you talking about? It was the Collosal Titan that destroyed the wall, wasn't it?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

That's just what they tell you.

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure if you're joking, but someday in 2030, when they finish airing, I'll rewatch the complete series.

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

This just reminded me I was waiting for this argh.

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

The invasion of Russia begins.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Shitty, but it also looks like that section of wall is just earthwork. Maybe a professional will chime in and say there's something valuable about it, but given that it's already mostly gone from erosion, I'm not sure if anything was actually lost here.

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