• @Red_October
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    594 hours ago

    Obviously in the dystopia of Night City, lighter weight manhole covers were approved for road use purely to cut costs, and any deformed or destroyed covers have the cost offloaded to the poor rube who last ran them over.

    • @[email protected]
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      444 hours ago

      So it is technically canon that cars start flipping or crashing for no apparent reason - the goddamn manhole covers broke.

      • @Klear
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        42 hours ago

        Doesn’t explain the driver still sitting in the smoldering ruin and laughing while on fire.

  • @MirthfulAlembic
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    404 hours ago

    Most of the complaints about bugs in this game seemed overblown, but this is unforgivable.

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      Most of the complaints about bugs in this game seemed overblown

      You should’ve tried it on PS4 at release. It was glorious. I did have a ton of fun because of the bugs (couldn’t progress in the game much) but if I had paid for it I would’ve been pissed

  • no banana
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    I have never thought about the fact that manhole covers need to hold up to weight. Of course they do and it’s perfectly normal and sensible. It’s just not a thought I’ve ever had.

    • @9point6
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      535 hours ago

      Technically it’s the manhole covers that need to support the weight.

      Manholes themselves are expected to do the opposite of holding weight

        • @[email protected]
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          53 hours ago

          Structures underground experience buoyant forces that act to push them up. Manholes (and any structure bottom, like storm inlets, pump station wet wells, etc) need special consideration since they can be partially or mostly hollow, so they have to be heavy enough to remain in place.

          • @[email protected]
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            53 hours ago

            You know, I knew that but couldn’t figure out what the opposite of weight was for some reason. Thanks for the extra learning!

            Fun fact: Coffins experience this force too, and during flooding can rise up out of the ground

            • @[email protected]
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              Ah, that explains why my grandpa was buried in a lead coffin.
              He lost a lot of weight right before he died, so he was too light!

    • @Whelks_chance
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      134 hours ago

      For formula one races they weld them down to stop the cars incredible downforce from sucking them up into the air. Even then they sometimes get torn up and thrown around.

      Very important to take them seriously.

    • @x00z
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      44 hours ago

      Manhole covers are also a common exercise for engineering students. Like designing one that can hold x amount of weight with a specific set of limitations and/or requirements.

  • @[email protected]
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    445 hours ago

    This is part of the test you need to ace if you want to get German citizenship. We have some standards

  • @[email protected]
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    274 hours ago

    It’s not a bug, it’s a feature, in this dystopian world nobody cares about manhole cover standards anymore.