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Building implosion

In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings. Despite its terminology, building implosion also includes the controlled demolition of other structures, like bridges, smokestacks, towers, and tunnels. This is typically done to save time and money of what would otherwise be an extensive demolition process with construction equipment, as well as to reduce construction workers exposure to infrastructure that is in severe disrepair.

Building implosion, which reduces to seconds a process which could take months or years to achieve by other methods, typically occurs in urban areas[citation needed] and often involves large landmark structures.

The actual use of the term "implosion" to refer to the destruction of a building is a misnomer. This had been stated of the destruction of 1515 Tower in West Palm Beach, Florida. "What happens is, you use explosive materials in critical structural connections to allow gravity to bring it down.

The term "implosion" was coined by my grandmother back in, I guess, the '60s. It's a more descriptive way to explain what we do than "explosion". There are a series of small explosions, but the building itself isn't erupting outward. It's actually being pulled in on top of itself. What we're really doing is removing specific support columns within the structure and then cajoling the building in one direction or another, or straight down.

  •  Stacy Loizeaux, NOVA, December 1996

Building implosion techniques do not rely on the difference between internal and external pressure to collapse a structure. Instead, the goal is to induce a progressive collapse by weakening or removing critical supports; therefore, the building can no longer withstand gravity loads and will fail under its own weight

Numerous small explosives, strategically placed within the structure, are used to catalyze the collapse. Nitroglycerin, dynamite, or other explosives are used to shatter reinforced concrete supports. Linear shaped charges are used to sever steel supports. These explosives are progressively detonated on supports throughout the structure. Then, explosives on the lower floors initiate the controlled collapse.

A simple structure like a chimney can be prepared for demolition in less than a day. Larger or more complex structures can take up to six months of preparation to remove internal walls and wrap columns with fabric and fencing before firing the explosives.

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[–] welcome_back@hexbear.net 19 points 9 hours ago

Woke: Happy 9/11 for all those who celebrate

Bespoke: national day of mourning for victims of neoliberalism

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Workshopping a bit idea. Free to a good home:

"The backlash to the political violence that's coming for the democrats is regrettable. My thoughts and prayers go out to them."

It needs:

-separation of the left from the democrats

-irreverence about CK

-apathy about violence to dems

It has:

-acknowledges the apathy towards gun violence

-acknowledges the threats chuds are making (e.g. the dam meme where Charlie Kirk was the dam standing between uhoh and whoever)

I think it has the potential to leave some people pooper-peeved + everyone loves a good duck season/rabbit season

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

maybe this is a hot take, but i think charlie kirk was most analogous to julius streicher, the nazi that started der sturmer.

[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I think the one from breitbart is streicher, you know, the one that looks like a bag of shit and pus (can't remember the name honestly)

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago

more literally, i agree with you. but TPUSA and their associated media presence especially with influencing younger people, i think, puts kirk directly in that line of "chief propagandist"

[–] PurrLure@hexbear.net 17 points 9 hours ago

Hear me out:

Charlie's neck just did that on its own. imaginator

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wait at some point JD Vance changed what the D stood for?

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 20 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve always been a cardio fella but god lifting weights is just so much more time efficient, especially since I just have a couple of dumbbells at home now. I love swimming but man when you factor in travelling to the pool, getting changed, showering off, getting home, it becomes a significant chunk of your day.

Plus dumbbells and pull-ups at home are free, pool costs money. I used to jog/run but I’ve always worked on my feet and played sports that are hard on the legs, and I don’t think my knees and ankles need the extra heat at this point.

My earnest belief is that progressive overload is the shortest possible distance between you and a fitter body. It's not more reps (until you stall), it's not more auxiliary lifts/machines (until you stall), and it's not cardio (also good for you). You take your 7 compound lifts (squats, deadlifts, hang cleans, OHP, bench, rows, pull ups), you hit em 3x8, and you put more weight on and continue to do 3x8. Put a couple auxiliaries on there to round out the hour, warm up, cool down, and stretch then you call it a day.

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 10 points 8 hours ago

We need an edit that's a live Charlie Kirk reaction but with a smaller face

[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 8 points 8 hours ago
[–] Cutecity@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago

Can anyone unpack the jokes from that picture please?

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago

Why dont we have the Triplet Towers now

[–] ComradeSpahija@hexbear.net 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I guess we were just spared from a Charlie Kirk (D) presidency

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 11 points 10 hours ago

He could’ve been the JD to obama’s third run

[–] MelaniaTrump@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Babe, I have a random question. I saw you with her last night again and I just gotta ask:

Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?

[–] Buptendo@hexbear.net 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

It kinda funny bc no matter what his answer would have been it would have been aleast +2 considering he became a stat along with tha school

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It all went slightly wrong, he was supposed to give the exact correct answer and append "counting the one in Colorado right now and this one" right as the trigger got pulled.

[–] Buptendo@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago

The thought was clearly in his brain lol

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

eh? this wasn't a mass shooting ~~only kirk was shot~~ his neck just did that

[–] Buptendo@hexbear.net 8 points 8 hours ago

His head counts for multiple people sorry dont make the rules

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

~There was also a school shooting yesterday. It just didn't get much coverage.~

Oh, I see what you meant.

[–] cosmosaucer@hexbear.net 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

how do yall screen out the trotskyist parties in your area

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Anything presenting as a Marxist party but refusing to use “communist” is a potential warning sign. Think “revolutionary socialist party”, “socialist equality party”, “socialist alternative”.

If they’re Marxists but using the term “Stalinist”, that’s 99% chance trots in my experience. It’s their pejorative term for MLs or non-revisionist communists.

They will also potentially have references to 4th international, or 7th, or 25th, whatever number those silly lot are up to now, on their website or magazine or whatever. Speaking of magazines, trots LOVE making newspapers.

In my experience trots are either:

  • almost exclusively based around organising on student campuses (where I assume they do well because kids are interesting in capitalist alternatives but have been propagandised against muh scary Lenin and Stalin, Trotsky is less vilified, wonder why…). These student groups will then glom on to almost any protest movement that has left wing appeal make themselves highly visible, biggest banners, trying to get to the front, etc. The leadership will be made up of academics or professional students who have been at uni for like 10+ years (or now work there in some capacity), whilst the rank and file is made up of 18-22 year old kids who they seem to burn out and drive away from the movement completely by the time they leave university.

Or,

  • basically invisible groups who will show up to pickets to awkwardly hand out printed out articles they have written about how the striking workers union is inherently flawed and going to betray them, whilst being unable to really talk to the workers or look them in the eye due to social awkwardness. (Of course a lot of unions suck but this strikes me as a bizarre thing to do during a strike lol).

In my experience trots seem to dislike working with other left groups to some degree.

Trots love front organisations. For every lefty issue they will start a front that they actually control - “unionists for Palestine”, “students for the climate”, “community against fascism”, whatever, so they can more surreptitiously insert themselves into every issue.

Obviously, if they’re hosting reading groups or seminars to talk about the revolutionary thought of Trotsky, that’s a sign lol. They will obviously also endorse Marx and Lenin, but reject Stalin. In my experience they also will just blanket reject working with ML, Maoist, groups. Not sure how they get along with anarchists but in my city the anarchists do fuck all so it’s hard to know.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 8 hours ago

In my experience they also will just blanket reject working with ML, Maoist, groups. Not sure how they get along with anarchists but in my city the anarchists do fuck all so it’s hard to know.

what if we did trot entryism?

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 6 points 7 hours ago

its usually trying to sell you a newspaper in .01 seconds

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 33 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So the old guy just happened to be carrying a pellet gun and was unrelated to the shooting, so the actual shooter got away? Absolute cinema

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 27 points 12 hours ago

Like this shit is gonna make me a conspiracy guy. There just happened to be an old white guy, least likely demographic to get shot by cops, in the crowd with a fake gun. Cops spend hours interrogating him before letting him go. Meanwhile the actual shooter snipes Kirk from like 200 yards in the neck, killing him instantly. You couldn't write up a better false flag if you tried

to all the haters and losers, etc

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago

"I did that 👈" —W.

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