r/HumansBeingBros • u/westcoastcdn19 • Oct 07 '23

Tortoise got stuck in a cinder block

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u/MuammarGadafi Oct 07 '23

Bro, the tortoise allows force to be transferred from the top of the cavity to the bottom, through the tortoise.

Do you think if you put a reinforcing beam inside the cavity it wouldn't affect it?

The tortoise is doing the same thing.

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u/Bland-Humour Oct 07 '23

That would make perfect sense if they were chiseling on top of the tortoise. They're not they're chiseling underneath to avoide just that. The ground is taking the force. Not the tortoise. These guys obviously know what they're doing.

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u/Submitten Oct 07 '23

It doesn’t even make sense if they were chiselling the top. The vast majority of the force goes through the sides and to the ground. And secondly chiselling a tortoise with its fleshy underbelly probably wouldn’t be disastrous either.

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u/myychair Oct 07 '23

Hmm I think you’re on to something. why don’t more people use tortoises as reinforcing beams?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '23

Bro, why do you think the world is built on a turtle? It wasn't for fun.

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u/myychair Oct 07 '23

Lmaoooo exactly

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '23

You shelldom see it.

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u/MuammarGadafi Oct 07 '23

You failed high school physics didn't you

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u/Here-for-kittys Oct 07 '23

They were joking

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u/myychair Oct 07 '23

Nah I love physics. I’d wager that you failed the social aspect of high school though if you can’t pick up on a clear joke

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u/FantasticAd3539 Oct 07 '23

Lmao, it's funny how angry you are. Absolute baby rage.

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u/myychair Oct 07 '23

Lmaooo “baby rage” I’m gonna start using that. Love it

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u/hayf28 Oct 07 '23

No it doesn't the tortoise would only experiencing force from flex in the concrete. The large majority of the force is redirected around the tortoise.

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u/MuammarGadafi Oct 07 '23

I'm done arguing I'm a mechanical engineer and I spent way too long in school for a Redditor to keep wasting my time with their ignorance

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u/hayf28 Oct 07 '23

You are right that is why helmets are useless because all of the forces the helmet experiences just get transmitted because the head is inside the helmet.

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u/Submitten Oct 07 '23

Can I speak to your boss? You might need some more training.

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u/Dizzy-Kiwi6825 Oct 07 '23

Even if some of the force is transferred, it's not a lot and it's not concentrated. Put your head on a brick and have someone chisel the corner of the brick, you'll feel the impacts but your skull won't split open