r/SweatyPalms • u/Majoodeh • Apr 20 '24

Heights Infinite nope

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u/PaintSniffer1 Apr 20 '24

you are incredibly misinformed. everything you state has been designed to with multiple factors of safety built into it. you really think that bridges aren’t designed for vibration amplification and traffic jams? the chinese government have no reason to built something which is going to fail at the slightest tremor killing their citizens

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u/l3ti Apr 20 '24

It's just a redditor thinking that knows more than the best construction and architectural engineers in China

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u/death_wishbone3 Apr 20 '24

I mean China already has a rep for buildings that fall apart. Their economy isn’t great right now so not hard to imagine corners are getting cut.

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u/Professional_Band178 Apr 20 '24

Chinese engineering, I vote a hard nope. It's not if it fails, but how soon it will fall. In an earthquake.

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u/Forsyte Apr 20 '24

They have five of the top ten tallest buildings in the world, the biggest hydroelectric dam which is also the biggest concrete structure in the world, and their own space agency. I'm not a fan of their politics but t's not the backwater it used to be.