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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 25 minutes ago

I really wonder how he would feel about Roman concrete.

[–] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

They better have concrete evidence of these claims tho

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Autist here, while brick houses are nice, I actually own a 100+yo one, they're also not the most ideal material for anything bigger that a midrise.

Wanted to have better insulation for shits and giggles? We have a tool for that: putting proper insulation on the concrete.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 48 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

At least he is forming concrete opinions

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago

Don't tell him that.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.org 2 points 2 hours ago

He's being a massive brick about it tho

[–] lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

Ba Dum Tsss

[–] Ricochet@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

Aww that sounds sad 😔

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

People when autistic boys have mental shutdowns: haha it's so quirky when he hyperfixates.

People when autistic girls have mental shutdowns: what a bitchy and emotional teenager. She's not even autistic she just does it for attention.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Mmmmm, yes, let's turn a funny post about autistic hyperfixations into gender warfare. This will be a good use of everyone's time."

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Dude this is about tye gendered double standard in mental illness.

It is a thing, and for autistic women it hurts that we don't have funny stories about our trauma like this and it sucks.

The reaction to autistic men (here) is perfectly reasonable. We want that. Fuck off with your misogynist bullshit.

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 2 points 42 minutes ago

No. It's about concrete.

The trick is to be violent enough that they cant infantilize you!

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Really? Because I just got whipped with a switch or a belt when I had my little boy autistic meltdowns.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 minutes ago

Yeah, while there is definitely often sexism involved in how autistic girls and women vs autistic boys and men are treated, it's not like any flavor of autism or anyone's autistic meltdown is treated well...

Well yes. Thats how we do eqiality i guess. Like the way we're closing the eating disorder gap!

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Autistic boys sometimes get called quaint. Other times people call the police and they get shot.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Same for autistic girls! On the second part i mean.

[–] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

I love autism

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Bullshit concrete is inferior to brick. The Romans used concrete. 😤

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The irony is brick was thought of as cheap when buildings moved to it, from traditional stone blocks. The term "oh, that's so Redbrick", was a slam against something that had become cheap or slummy

[–] 3laws@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

*Self repairing concrete, agree. Tho the cheap stuff we use today is ass

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

We should work on making self-healing and self-replicating concrete to become superior. 😌

I think scifi nerds call that 'grey goo'.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

are you trying to give buildings cancer

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

modern concrete fuckin blows massive asses

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

honestly I love bricks and hate concrete blocks.

btw what's the most (not necessarily among these two) sustainable building material, lemmings?

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, whatever makes the most sense with the materials in the local area. And then I don't mean what you can get from the local hardware store, but literally, what the earth in the area provides. If you have lots of clay, then brick would be best. If you have lots of big stones, then stone construction it'll be. If you're deep in the woods, then a wooden building would serve you just right. Maybe a combination of materials and techniques if you have options in the area.

Bonus points if you can build in a way that passively optimises for managing things like moisture and temperature.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 minutes ago

Thisss! You don't need to invent some crazy futuristic material when humans have been building sustainably for millenia. All you have to do is look into: 1. what material is avaible in the area? and 2. what enviromental factors do you need to take into account? If you're building in a hot area, the house needs to be able to stay cool. If you're building in a cold area, the house needs to be able to stay warm.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 19 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Stone. It's natural, subject only to the slow erosion of time.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 minutes ago

While I'm a big fan of stone, I do have complicated feelings on the mining industry, so I'm not sure about how sustainable it is.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Caves. We should all live in caves.

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[–] darcranium123@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Adobe is the best of you live in the right environment for it

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[–] dxdydz@slrpnk.net 7 points 15 hours ago

Cob and rammed earth are hard to beat if you’ve got the right environment for them

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[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 45 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

This post kinda feels like op is ridiculing autism with a probably made up story. Hyperfixation is a thing with autists but they don't only talk about one topic and they shut up from time to time too. Autists are more than their hyperfixations, they're humans.

[–] happyfullfridge@lemmy.ml 29 points 20 hours ago (9 children)

thought the point is that the kid is right and concrete does suck

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Concrete is literally building slop

It's great tho

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[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

I had a learner on spectrum who physically attacked me for 2 hours because, after our classroom won the 'Golden Trashcan' Award for cleanest room, the Golden Trashcan was not real gold.

The only quote I remember from this was him screaming at me while gesturing at the trashcan, "That's not a thing! That's not even an animal!"

10/10, would teach again.

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[–] TheLazyNerd@europe.pub 24 points 22 hours ago (10 children)

I have a similar thing with flat roofs. They are terrible. When you are 5 years old, you already learn to draw houses with a pointy roof. The pointy roof has been invented about a 100 times in history, as people were looking for the best shape. The wave shaped roof tile with 2 waves per tile has been invented about 3 times in history as people were looking for the best shape. The advantages of a pointy roof over a flat roof:

  • Rain flows off. Yes, you can give a flat roof a small inclination, but rain will not flow as well, and if your roof tilts a small bit during the decades, it can become horizontal again.
  • Snow falls off, reducing the chance that the roof collapses under the weight of heavy snow.
  • It is lighter and cheaper, as you can use thinner materials. This is because pointy is a stronger shape than flat.
  • It gives more interior space.
  • It allows more sunlight to reach the street.
  • It has a smaller area-to-vloume-ratio through with heat can escape.
  • Solar panels get a higher efficiency.
  • It allows the roof to be made out of wavy roof tiles which provide the following advantages:
  • Roofs designed with wavy roof tiles can be constructed when it rains.
  • When a tile breaks, you can easily replace it, without having to cut it loose from the tiles next to it.
  • Roof tiles do not fracture upon an uneven heat distribution. Meanwhile, the advantages of flat roofs are:
  • If you design an apartment building, you can copy and paste the interior. (Thus less work for the architect.)
  • A horizontal line is one segment less to draw compared to two diagonals. (Thus less work for the architect.)
  • If a city has the same height restrictions for flat roofed buildings as for pointy roofed buildings, and the architect is too lazy to go to the city council to explain to them that that doesn't make sense, the architect can design a building with more volume by making the roof flat. In other words: the only reason any architect would design a building with a flat roof is because they are either lazy or they have no idea what they are doing.
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

Flat roofs are good for putting large unsightly equipment on, particularly AC units

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