this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
459 points (96.2% liked)

memes

17147 readers
3625 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

97,000 tons moving at just 3mph would be sooo much force. I'm not sure what type of bomb it would be equivalent to but I don't see much stopping that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm coming up with 1000lbs of TNT. I have no idea what I'm doing though and the conversions are apparently controversial.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can hit the standard bridge with 19, 19 hand high horses with a standard 15 meter trebuchet; assuming all shots are places back to back in under 7 minutes.

If it is built to withstand such a horse thumping, it is given an A rating by the Bridge Association of America. (BAA)

Some of this may be controversial though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

does range come into play here?