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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 104 points 2 years ago (4 children)

OP doesn't know shit about arictechture OR history.

Early on in Italy they did finish buildings but due to the gravity situation and the soil there they would tilt over. Using the protractor (invented by da Vinci, an ITALIAN) they started calculating which part of the buildings to leave off so they would stay level.

Sorry you missed that day in middle school chump.

[–] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to explain what should have been quite obvious to OP.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is one of the best wrong but plausible sounding explanations I've ever seen! Well done to you, Sir/Ma'am/other! 👏👏👏

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s not wrong, you just missed that day in middle school, chump

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

We don't have middle school here in Denmark. That's probably why I was never taught about this.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

we need a /shittyaskanatchitect.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

and it could've been another work of art from u/shittymorph if In nineteen ninety eight the undertaker had thrown mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table and…

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could you please add this link to the words "Da Vinci": https://youtu.be/CMnLDhph5Cc?t=1m12s

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well I did just read an article yesterday where some European billionaire was complaining that Europeans don't have the "ambition" that Americans do, so they waste their lives by working fewer hours and spending time in social situations.

Clearly, the Italian builders guild only allows for a two hour work week, so no jobs ever get completed.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 15 points 2 years ago

two hour work week

what the heck what am I doing with my life

[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I cant tell if you are italian or what ? Its exactly what an italian would Say After a day at the post office ...

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You see, back in the day, lifespans were so short that most builders died before the building got finished. Only recently, when lifespans have became longer, people have started to live long enough to finish building their buildings before dying.

[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah not tomention the flu every one caugh due to constant exposure to rain ...

[–] Moreless@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

If they're always under construction, you don't have to pay property taxes

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Real reason is you get a tax break on expenses on construction projects, so if you never finish your house your can claim back sales tax on groceries and utilities.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'm trying hard to understand this and/or determine if you are being serious or silly.

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 11 points 2 years ago

You ever eat too much at lunch and can't possibly go back to work?

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 10 points 2 years ago

It's just lazyness. Don't you know how much effort is required to build stuff this big?

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Because Italy not Finland, duh.

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago
[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We'll see how the White House looks after its first millennium and an earth quake. My guess is bulldozed and there'd be a few office buildings and a condominium instead.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"Architects hate this one weird trick”

[–] Juice88@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Juice88@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’ll never recover from this