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1. One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 08:16:25 JST One Eye King

   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-concrete-has-self-healing-capabilities/

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   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 08:31:28 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking I know about this discovery, but Roman roads weren't built with concrete and we do have self healing concrete and super durable concrete, we just don't build everything with them because we don't feel the cost is justified

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 16:04:48 JST One Eye King

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     @matrix I live in a pothole capital of the US where the roads are under construction, causing traffic 24/7 12 months per year. Cost justified? Also keep in mind that Roman Empire was 2 thousand years ago and their innovation was just rediscovered. People marvel our modern technology, completely unaware how much past societies achieved with so little.

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   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 16:24:38 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking
     The Romans didn't have thousands of 70 ton trucks every day drive over them and small roads fall into disrepair because they aren't a priority for maintenance. Our roads appear shit because we want too much of them.
     Yes, the Romans were very skilled civil engineers and were the best during their time, but they didn't have some mysterious secret sauce.

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 06:22:03 JST One Eye King

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     It has nothing to do with cost. I'm convinced that they purposefully create traffic on public highways to redirect cars into tolls. Same thing applies with GPS. When there are two routs with same ETA, google always sends me on a Toll road instead of free. Lucrative construction contracts are distributed to political campaign donators.

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   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 06:22:03 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking @opal literally every country has a traffic problem regardless if they have toll roads or not
     You can also just tell your GPS to avoid toll roads

   • opal hart (opal@ap.maladaptive.art)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 06:22:05 JST opal hart

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     @Oneeyeking @matrix oh the cost is justified, but not for the people using the roads
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   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 06:32:30 JST One Eye King

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     @matrix Again. You're missing the point. They build those roads 2 thousand years ago. Those roads are still here. Yes we have combustion engine and electricity to lift mountains. All of these inventions came around in the last century. ROMANS ACHIEVED GREATENESS 2 THOUSANDS YEARS AGO.

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   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 06:32:31 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking Yes, if I place a rock somewhere and then walk on it it's going to be still be there in 2 thousand years. Btw they're not there in the original state, they are withering away.
     Technical progress isn't linear, it plateaus, it jumps.

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:10:30 JST One Eye King

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     @matrix Original state? Rock? Huh?

   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:10:30 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking The concrete connecting the rocks on the surface of the road is gone sometimes replaced with dirt and grass.

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:28:20 JST One Eye King

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     @matrix @opal Not every country has a traffic problem. It takes me an hour to drive 20 miles. Choosing to avoid toll roads? You're missing my point again. What are you smoking dude?

   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:28:20 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking @opal Maybe the US has it worse because less people use public transport there, but yes, every country has problems with traffic.
     Yes, certainly there could be corruption in giving construction contracts but you don't need a huge conspiracy between the government, construction companies and gps makers.
     And if you want to say that quality of the roads isn't up to snuff due to corruption, then you need to demonstrate how the current corruption is unique, because corruption has always been there in institutions, even Roman ones

   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:34:52 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking No, but it's made of rock.
     And btw the pyramids had an outer finishing layer that has eroded away

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:34:53 JST One Eye King

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     @matrix Do you compare the pyramids to a rock?

   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:35:31 JST Moon

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     • opal hart
     @Oneeyeking @matrix @opal not every place in the USA has a problem, I went my whole life and have almost never been stuck in traffic, and pretty much only when there was an accident or construction. cars just aren't that bad outside dense urban areas.
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   • opal hart (opal@ap.maladaptive.art)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:47:29 JST opal hart

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     @Oneeyeking @matrix romans probably had better drivers that didnt cause crashes and congestions near exits
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   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:47:36 JST One Eye King

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     @Moon @opal @matrix Yes. I never said that every place in US had traffic. I said that it's bad where I live

   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:47:36 JST Moon

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     • opal hart
     @Oneeyeking @opal @matrix just registering my experience for others reading the thread, tehre's an outside perception that the USA is uniformly car hell but it's big and diverse.
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   • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: (matrix@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:49:44 JST matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

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     @Oneeyeking That humans cut and put those rocks there on purpose.

   • One Eye King (oneeyeking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 07:49:45 JST One Eye King

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     • matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire:

     @matrix NO? What's the difference?