• Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    Singaporean ship with Indian crew crashes into bridge.

    Americans: "Why would China do this?"

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  • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    The infrastructure in the US is beyond fukt

    but

    idk what infrastructure could take being crashed into with that much uncontrolled mass

    Yes, the infrastructure should be better, but also the controls on chunks of mass being floated around should probably also be revised, capitalist attitudes towards international shipping are going to need to be revisited if they want to keep their bridges and ports intact long-term

    this is a hilarious joke though, obviously they don't give a fuck about long-term, Line Must Go Up (this fiscal year)

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      idk what infrastructure could take being crashed into with that much uncontrolled mass

      To me, this is kinda like seeing a kid get run over by a truck and then saying "there's no way we could make a kid strong enough to withstand an 18-wheeler." It's true, but I think it misses the point.

      The procedures and processes around the use of infrastructure are also part of the infrastructure on a practical level. The only way this wasn't infrastructure related is if the investigation finds that the ship was 100% mechanically at fault in a way nobody could have predicted. That's possible, I suppose.

      The other way to look at this is that there are much more busy ports that Baltimore and they don't ever have ships crashing into bridges due to their systems and processes.

      Edit: Just adding that I'm agreeing with your subsequent paragraphs after the quoted line, not trying to debate lord.

  • blight [any]
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    3 months ago

    But then when something breaks because of obvious sabotage with obvious material interests like the nordstream oil pipeline, the russians did to themselves in order to sabotage… uh… themselves, for some reason

  • Vampire [any]
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    3 months ago

    It gives them something to talk about

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    " frothingfash You don't understand, it's the libs fault because of woke!"

    .

    "Uhm, akshully it's all Drumpf's fault, you see you just have to vooote harder maybe-later-kiddo "

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    done intentionally by the people making more money from cutting back on maintenance safety or what have you.

    so, well, yes.