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Modus_Pwninz 32 points ago +32 / -0

I don't think that's true about the moon. I have heard this dam is so massive that it SLIGHTLY effects the Earth's rotation or something, but I wouldn't expect it to be much.

Humans are incredibly small-scale. We like to think we aren't.

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UndercoverSpez 16 points ago +17 / -1

Yeah it will affect it by .00000000000001%, but will be written about by low end journalists for weeks.

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montominco [S] 8 points ago +8 / -0

I think I agree that angle is overhyped. But it is amazing to think more people could be wiped out by their reckless damn than any single nuclear detonation.

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SomePedeOnline 3 points ago +3 / -0

So CNN and every single left wing outlet in the US?

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SacredBandOfPedes 4 points ago +4 / -0

Just think of the lakes that ruptured into the sea after the last glacial maximum. Much, much larger than what would be released if the three gorges dam failed. It would be a disaster,.but not a world ending event.

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Modus_Pwninz 3 points ago +3 / -0

Can't wait!

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LugNuts 1 point ago +1 / -0

As far as we know, us puny humans have seen farther and understood more than any other life form... cut us a break.

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Libertysheimdall1 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah think tectonic plate movement. If entire continents shifting around didn't destabilize the moon, a pond made by humans sure as hell won't.

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raver9876 20 points ago +20 / -0

The Chinese built the great wall and it’s still there, but CCP can’t even build dams that last more than 15 years ...

Just goes to show you, you can’t force people to do a good job, they have to be internally motivated by purpose.

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seaside_dreams 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is so true My father would never use Chinese tools.

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MrBlack 5 points ago +5 / -0

That explains libs in the workforce here too.

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liberty4alll 12 points ago +12 / -0

Chinese can’t be trusted with anything close to ‘high tech’. Not chemical labs. Not dams. I worry about their handling of nuclear energy.

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raver9876 6 points ago +7 / -1

Honestly I think the Chinese know this too which is why they have very few nuclear plants and so very many coal burning plants.

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liberty4alll 7 points ago +7 / -0

Very possible. But they overestimate their capabilities time and again. The Tianjin explosions is another example of this. Dangerous chemicals were stored in a way that would be illegal in every other developed nation. They didn’t know any better and BOOM. New crater on Earth.

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raver9876 6 points ago +6 / -0

Coal if stored without proper ventilation can build up gases or aerosol powders that can lead to an explosion. But the technology to avoid that is the opening a window or a vent. It’s hard to screw that one up.

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liberty4alll 1 point ago +1 / -0

Then yeah, they should stick with coal. And bicycles. And rice patties.

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Asshat4Congress 9 points ago +11 / -2

I love god, god I ask you to destroy this dam

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Logan051361 6 points ago +6 / -0

HAHAHAHAHA

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liberty4alll 1 point ago +1 / -0

I hope so too! With minimal damage to human life. And maximum damage to the party.

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momosinthedojo 7 points ago +8 / -1

Much as I want to see the CCP regime delegitemized, I pray this dam does not break. 400 million people will be affected. What a disaster.

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MrsSilenceDogood 4 points ago +4 / -0

350 million Americans plus the rest of the world being affected by their Kung Flu says Hi. Fuck em. I hope the fucker collapses.

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BeMyFren 3 points ago +3 / -0

A long time ago a friend of mine said something similar. I remember thinking that you shouldn’t wish death on people. He died just a few days later. Call me superstitious but it left an important imprint on me.

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MrsSilenceDogood 2 points ago +2 / -0

Don't fear the reaper

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BeMyFren 1 point ago +1 / -0

I won't while I don't tempt fate.

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liberty4alll 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don’t want to see human lives lost either. But the Chinese communist party is literally the life support for North Korea and their Nazi-style death camps. If and when North Korea is liberated, unspeakable horrors will be revealed (just like the holocaust was) and the entire human race will be ashamed that this happened in our lifetime. And it was all made possible because of China’s support. To me, it’s an unforgivable sin.

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Stellastella 4 points ago +5 / -1

I think the city of Wuhan is down stream.

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Gwoz8881 2 points ago +2 / -0

Destabilize the moon? Lol that is the dumbest theory ever

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thelastlast 2 points ago +2 / -0

that doesnt sound right but I dont know enough about gravity to dispute it

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RepublicRob 1 point ago +1 / -0

I second it and I can see that happening already.

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physicscat 2 points ago +2 / -0

Tha Japan 2011 earthquake rang the Earth like a bell. The TGD is nothing.

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PropagandaWizard1984 1 point ago +1 / -0

A tiny silly lake won't move the Moon, sorry OP not going to happen. Earth > Moon

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LibertyisYuge 1 point ago +2 / -1

Sooooo your saying the earth is round? 🙆

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the_shootist 1 point ago +1 / -0

As a point of compariolson, the filling of the 3GD reservoir slowed the rotation of the earth by like 6 microseconds or .6 microseconds per day. So yeah, it has an effect but not one that's meaningful in anyway