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omg sooo true bestie! *camera pans over to reveal im talking to the silent, whithered corpse of god*
lets drink to that! *ive contorted the skeletal hand of the corpse to hold a mimosa glass*
shut up about zelda, shut up about locked tomb, shut up about spn. this is the only character tagged in this post that i approve of
oh my god
That was timed so well oh my god
As I gaze at the structural column in Copley Station, cracked nearly in two and held together with zip ties that have been carefully painted over to match the column underneath, I feel my soul intertwined with that of a small Italian boy of days gone by, who also stopped to look up at a large, groaning, newly painted tank full of molasses
I feel that some non-Boston people think I may have been exaggerating this. While I did not snap a photo as I was on the train, someone else did several months ago. I do want to stress that this column is now freshly painted and therefore completely structurally sound and in absolutely no danger of causing the entire tunnel to collapse. And yes, it did in fact never cross my mind that the original post was nearly 105 years to the day of the Molassacre
This is so safe this is the safest I’ve ever felt good job mbta gold star
The concrete surface appears to be a decorative facade; the load is carried by a steel member underneath. That means that the steel bands holding the concrete on are just to keep the cosmetic part in place.
That said, there do appear to be support members in the MTA system that have deteriorated to the point of creating a safety risk.
See https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/07/20/new-image-deteriorated-column-mbta-shutdown-haymarket/
emthroney said:
I think spalling (attempted spalling?) of that type indicates that any structural steel underneath is either actively corroding or, at the very least, very much ready to start corroding now that it's been exposed. Painting it and smooshing the concrete back around it would probably lock moisture in, accelerating the corrosion.
Good point.
While there is evident spalling (the peeling), it's created by a process called iron oxide jacking (or "rust burst"). They are both symptoms of significant deterioration in masonry or reinforced concrete. The structural rebar has experienced water penetration, which causes the rebar inside to corrode (rust and crack, losing tensile strength). This pressure continues to create cracks through the concrete itself, exacerbated more so by the geographic location: Boston experiences cold winters, and when water freezes, it expands, further compromising the structural integrity of the reinforced concrete. As water continues to leach into the columns, this will continue to further degrade the integrity of the internal structure with freeze-thaw cycles.
@emthroney is correct in that pushing everything back together, zip-tying it up, and painting it over will only expedite this process. Ultimately this is not just a problem for these singular columns, but overall there is some larger water seepage issue that is not being addressed.
A singular column collapse would not be catastrophic (in the technical sense, it would most likely not cause the entire station to collapse), but if multiple columns are compromised the structural integrity of the ceiling is in question, and there are probably much worse problems that cannot be seen. 😥
it’s fascinating as a former semi high level mbta employee to see its decaying viscera dissected on tumblr getting over 10k notes. y’all are just seeing the surface of this shit. like, excuse me, an entire garage collapsed on top of the mbta tunnels and an entire subway line was shut down for months.
anyway…
Sorry but your sexual fantasy has a plot hole in it. Orgasm denied.
im trying to go to sleep but i cannotttttt stop thinking about this and laughing
Listen, we have to keep this thing circulating on the internet for at least another two decades, because I have to believe that one day that little girl will be grown enough to stumble upon it and She Will Explain
We’ve made it 5 years folks
my watery friend... are you too brushed with the pattern of the dappled light...?
tomorrow
Always reblog NSYNC the day before May
Queueing this for next year
then what
(me, my parents, my sister, and the baby are sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch)
baby, pointing at the light fixture over the table and signing "on": o.*
my sister: we actually can't turn that light on right now, because the lightbulb inside is burnt out! it needs a new one.
baby: ighbu.
sister: yes, lightbulb! granddaddy said after we eat he's going to climb up there on a ladder and change it, and then the light will come on!
baby: gadada! adda, uuu! ighbu o!
sister: exactly!
baby, signing "on" and pointing at the light and then my dad, with increasing urgency: GADADA ADDA UUUU. O.
my sister: we're going to finish eating first though, ok?
baby: nonono. O. gadada adda uuu.
[a split second goes by]
baby, pointing to himself: ba. adda uuu. ighbu.
me: you're going to climb the ladder and change the lightbulb yourself?
baby: dzyeah. *pointing to the buckle where he is buckled into the high chair* ububu.
me: unbuckle you? so you can change the lightbulb?
baby, highly businesslike: dzyeah.
*pronounced like "on" without the n
oh
(for the purposes of this poll, there is no monkey's paw situation: the chore you pick stays the same level of difficulty/grossness/etc. as it normally is for you, and you only have to do it as often as you want to. the chores you don't pick are magically done for you exactly the way you'd want them to be, just with zero effort on your part.)
“Dunk”
