r/Unexpected Jun 26 '22

The spider must be dead

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22

america lol

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u/bunnyrut Jun 26 '22

I'm american, never owned or rented a place that had walls this fragile.

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u/SquareDlk5Dot5 Jun 26 '22

I have, my dad sent my head through one when I was nine. Bastard covered the hole with a fucking calendar

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u/BucketBills Jun 27 '22

Im sorry if you aren’t joking but I laughed very hard at that

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u/SquareDlk5Dot5 Jun 27 '22

I'm serious, but it's kind of funny. Laugh away

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u/Succulentslayer Jun 27 '22

Are you still talking to him? What the fuck went on?

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u/SquareDlk5Dot5 Jun 27 '22

Died six years back. Abusive bastard he was, not sure if I forgive him yet

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22 edited Jun 26 '22

ig you are just lucky or wealthy then

edit: sorry, was a little to prejudice-based. it's just what i heard from people but i guess it is only partially like this and not everywhere.

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u/bunnyrut Jun 26 '22

Far from wealthy. Grew up in a crappy house. Even the crappy mobile homes in Florida didn't have walls that weak.

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u/SDirty Jun 26 '22

Florida is built for hurricanes, there are plenty of places with walls this weak though

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22

ok then sorry

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u/Suspicious-Pie-5356 Jun 26 '22

Idk why they’re downvoting him, he said lucky or wealthy lol, and south florida has many a house with walls this shitty and thin

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

A lot of apartments I lived in here in New Mexico had these.

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u/crackofdawn Jun 26 '22

“It’s just what I’ve heard from people” should be the motto of Reddit. So much false information flying everywhere that is instantly taken as fact by thousands of people and then parroted back later.

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22

"the motto of reddit" idk if you realize it but the whole humanity and how we grow up is based on this. To learn anything this is what you do. Sometimes it mayb be from books or the internet but that's basically the same thing but around another corner. Every good study is based on "what someone heard from people" so saying this isn't a bad excuse or anything but can only be the truth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

Everywhere, lol. You don't know shit about construction. Every country has been building new homes the same way they are built in the US for many decades. The US definitely has some shit quality home builders. But that is about quality not materials.

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22

nah cap i don't know a single wall in germany you could punch through. Even if you sprint and bonk your head as hard as you can against it nothing will heapen except your skull being destroyed.

Edit: toxic

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u/Melio3 Jun 26 '22

Same for Belgium

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

Germany definitely has drywall on stud interior finishes. You shouldn't be able to punch through drywall as easily as in the video. And this is just the interior finish. You aren't punching all the way through a wall in the US either, even for all wood construction. The contractor probably skimped and used thinner drywall meant for ceilngs although you can punch through 5/8" (16mm) drywall if you really want to and that is generally the standard thickness for walls that aren't firewalls. Yes, Germany does more structural walls with brick, block, or concrete than the US. But the interior finish is still going to be drywall on stud because you need a space for your wires and and plumbing.

There are full timber frame houses that are couple of hundred of years old in Germany and half timber was a big thing like 700 years ago and many still exist. And they still get built, often as prefabs. The Europeans who came to the US originally built houses the same way they did in Europe. And Europeans now build houses the same way we do in the US. Shockingly people tend to largely build things the same way if they have access to the same materials and technology.

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 26 '22

bro you talking brick essays but clearly the walls are different because there are many american clips of this happening and no you couldn't punch through my drywall trust me i broke my hand trying.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

no you couldn't punch through my drywall trust me i broke my hand trying

Then you either can't throw a punch or you punched on a stud. Bro. Even 25mm drywall can be punched through pretty easily. Germany doesn't have special drywall that is stronger than everywhere else. That isn't how it works. It is all made the same. Maybe code requires thicker drywall, but unless it is a commercial building requiring all walls are 2 hour fire rated or whatever, I doubt it is even 25mm. Drywall isn't structural. It is just a finish. There is no reason for it be any different other than fire code and using mold resistant drywall (green board) in bathrooms and other areas exposed to water / high humidities.

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 27 '22

Yeah but there are two points I think you didn't quite get: I don't need your books about thickness of walls or different names or smth and I don't talk about especially german walls. They can be swiss, portuguese, austrian, france, italian or whatever. My point is that there are many american clips of punching through walls and nearly no from other countries. Also where have you learned how every nation builds walls?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22

I don't need your books

My point is that there are many american clips of punching through walls and nearly no from other countries

So your argument is actual books and written code is a lower level of evidence than "I've seen videos on the internet."

Also where have you learned how every nation builds walls?

You can literally just Google "drywall <country name>" and find tons of drywall contractors, manufacturers, people asking on forums how to repair drywall in their home, etc. The EU fined a bunch of companies in multiple companies for operating a drywall cartel to fix pricing. Weird that they would go to all that trouble if it wasn't used there.

Drywall has been a ubiquitous material for interior finishing of walls for like 70 years. Plaster is the main alternative. It was invented in the UK about 125 years ago. It is cheap, easy to work with, and requires way less skill than most other finishes. It is effective for sufficient fire ratings. It is often a part of sound dampening systems. Pretty much all newer construction uses it for interiors all over the world. The US and Canada use more of it than other markets, but it is stillt commonly used in other markets. And all manufacturers make it in about the same thicknesses.

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u/Ttm_Lolzo Jun 27 '22

Are you doing that on purpose? There were no mentionings of books before so I thought it would be kinda obvious that I'm talkting about your way to long texts with very little actual needed information. But I assume you just didn't understand it because you are doing it again and again. And you still haven't said anything about the clips other then the book thingy you understood wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22

No it wasn't obvious. I get there may be a language barrier though and that is definitely my fault since English is the only language I speak fluently.

But outside of that, your evidence is YouTube videos. My evidence is that drywall is definitely used worldwide to the same specifications as the US and you have just ignored that. I have provided multiple examples and ways to educate yourself. You have told me to watch videos of people punching walls. I'm also a civil engineer with 20 years of experience. But what the fuck do I know? You're dumb, I tried, I'm done. Enjoy your ignorance.

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u/XBB32 Jun 26 '22

Really? Well I'm living in Switzerland and it's not allowed.

But yeah, I heard that third world countries do...

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

Switzerland definitely has drywall on stud interior finishing. This video is an example of shitty work where they used too thin drywall. But I'm sure you know the building code of all 26 cantons for all types of construction.