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NNadir

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1. Really? US Engineers are "stunned" by this catastrophically stupid facility? Can we name some of the "stunned..."

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Sun Aug 3, 2025, 07:22 AM

Aug 3

engineers?

Or is this claim of "stunned" US engineers simply bullshit marketing talk?

China is subject to typhoons, lots of them, which means of course, that this junk will be torn apart in due time.

I'm stunned that anyone would think this a good idea, fucking up more of the planet's surface and damaging ecosystems for a useless affectation.

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Really? US Engineers are "stunned" by this catastrophically stupid facility? Can we name some of the "stunned..." NNadir Aug 3 #1

👍 littlemissmartypants Aug 3 #2

According to that YT channel, China shocks and stuns the world with how wonderful they are on a daily basis: sl8 Aug 3 #3

China is, for better or worse, the new scientific and industrial superpower. We know from experience however... NNadir Aug 3 #4