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checkmate, big geology!! (mander.xyz)
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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
  • cement: mostly not rocks and mortar mix or whatever the fuck
  • concrete: mostly rocks, mortar mix, and significantly stronger than cement.
  • lava: literally actually just fucking molten rock
  • also lava: buried thousands of feet deeper below millions, possibly billions of pounds of more rock
  • concrete: weights about the same

shitposting aside this would just spray incredibly small chunks of solidified lava everywhere, for miles.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cement is the chemical that cements. Mix it with sand and you get mortar, add aggregate and you get concrete. Concrete is not only made with cement, if you swap it for bitumen, you get asphalt.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

there we go. This is someone that cements.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Right? Finally a concrete answer.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

do love myself a good rocky foundation to base things on.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's like expecting the pipe of a pipe bomb to contain the explosion

[–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Build a bigger pipe. Concrete on the out side of the mountains. Lots of it

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

i think we should build a giant lava canal and store the lava in a pool.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

i mean, it does contain it, so uh.

It just won't contain it forever.

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but what if you push it down with both your hands? Lava couldn't get out then. Checkmate.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

damn, you got me there.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hey I am sorry I gotta go to the bathroom can you hold it I know it’s my turn but I’ll be right back I swear

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's how they got Pompeii.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks Kyle

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

sorry man im busy right now