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tjakov
Oh no! Darren with his spirit leveler is gonna lose his job!
jexsam
This is just the tip of the insanity that is Dahir Insaat.
Arock77
You had me at tight seal for the plug
EveryUsernameIsTaken4
TUK DERRRR
Doomgriever
https://i.redd.it/z2hjbbj6slc01.jpg
Randomice
Can I have a small fleet of these for my neighborhood?
rookiefdb
imagine the traffic!!
aDrugAddictThatIsntDeadInside
No
gatt0h
You thought getting stuck behind the garbage truck was annoying?
AVoiceOfReason
It wouldn't be twice a week.
robots914
Cities don't want these, they've realized that they can save even more money by just not fixing the potholes.
shoulkion
Could save millions compared to fixing the holes but costs more than not fixing them. *cough* Michigan *cough*
ThoseWereTheDroidsYouWereLookingFor
SirReginaldJackson3rd
erugby
I'll believe when I see a working prototype
shackslam
Semenov Dahir Kurmanbievich/Dahir Insaat makes a lot of crazy CGI stuff https://www.youtube.com/user/dahirsem
gandalfv314159
As soon as I see CGI followed by white text coming in and out, I immediately think “suuuuuuuuuuure”
WolnyLogin
But it saves millions! didn't you watch the animation!?
StrictlyBull
ffs that's dahir insaat, they're not a real tech company they're patent sharks. This will never be made and now because of them.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Does that actually make them money?
Yeah they can sue people who have ideas or try for patents heavily similar to their ideas.
Does that actually work though? Seems like an expensive outlay for potentially no return
jajmelton
It took the job no one was doing
CyberAkuma
I remember when Retsupurae made fun of these people's videos for being total B.S.... and we're hit with takedowns...
muffincrumpet
Reuploads are still super easy to find, thank god.
joeys2323
I'd like to see it try and fix the craters in Michigan
HiddenSanity
Plugs don't work anywhere with a winter anyway.
lowcaloriedarkness
Was on of those holes in the shape of a penis or am I seeing things that aren't there again?
morgan0073
That's way cheaper than a guy with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.
superawesomeguy
It's similar to your mom, which can also service an entire city in a day.
pyrogriffin
MrSmilingDeath
Dahiir Insaat back at it again. Also, why does this post have a south park tag?
sassybeckalicious
1. that was a dickbutt pothole. 2. this is just huge dental equipment. :D
itsybitsykitsy
Reminds me of the guy who painted dicks around potholes to force the council to fix them.
Sauce: http://www.indy100.com/article/this-man-is-painting-penises-on-potholes-so-the-council-has-to-take-action--ekSuZ63mgW?amp
Durendal5150
I see you, Dahiir Insaat watermark. When does it launch the Quadcopter? I'm waiting.
It's too busy delivering giant pizza to the turnkey city.
HeywouldJablowme
Only 40 downvotes shows me how completely detached from reality we have become
Silvermane
Is it really their job if they weren't going to fix the pothole in the first place?
jxjzh
After a month, the road settles around the fixed patch leaving it sticking out on the road so that when you drive over it you get a flat tir
e.
OrionRed
I would love for this to make top comment. Not the whole thing...just the e.
FiddlerofFate
Wouldn't have understood this without the important 'e.' Good on you
Well, no. Why a road that was there for years would settle just after the repair? My bet is on poor quality of plugs and their deformation.
governmentgavemeagun
Either would be a problem, as well as the change in traction (especially for bikes & motos).
Oh I agree there would be multiple problems, e.g different stiffness of the patch = new hole. I just disbelieve that settlement mechanism.
cozzlecoz
What a neat cartoon truck doing cartoon things
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N3ss3swife
This is a Dahir Insaat video, all of their "inventions" are completely bonkers.
aintgottimeforbs
Unions would never let my city buy one.
thanthanthan
I think unions would love your city to buy these and then have their trained employees run them.
I'm super skeptical, too... simple plugs don't really work anywhere with a winter, shrink and then a snowplow catches the edge...
HelloMyNameIsHuman
Chicago? Where the unions are like mafias?
waitwasthatreal
Unions are a big part of any level of government, they paid for more than a quarter of the 2016 elections.
Carchomatic
And still dwarfed by a handful of rich people
Not really, 4 of the top 15 donors are contributors are unions.
Semiflaccid
Who's jobs? Certainly no one in michigan.
GfycatURL
I once saw a pickup truck slowly driving down 75 dumping asphalt as it went. 4 dudes with shovels followed, patting down the loose asphalt.
That feels very michigan
crankyoldgeezer
This animation is not real and the real ones like python are clunky & not as effective as a dude with a shovel so pause the outrage fellows.
FungusForge
Also I was thinking, the patches are kept cool and heated to expand. Do they stay expanded or would something like winter shrink it
SendMePornAndNudes
real pythons can be really fast
darkpoter
agreed, and the "sealing" of the pavement was such poor quality there will be a pothole there in a couple months again.
woopwooppulloverdatasstoofat
python the programming language? python is not clunky
Vyrro
But dey turk urr jerbs!
Boredoom
Yeah... The first aeroplane wasn't all that good either.
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
Someone always says something like this, he isn't saying it won't happen, he's saying its not happening now.
there must be a version of Godwin’s law for this argument
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnm
Imgur- let people enjoy thingssss! Reeeeee!
BaileyAmBull
I’d love to watch some ‘real’ animation, but don’t know where to find any (btw animation = illusion of movement)
every real movie is real animation
the technique of linking drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence
Animation is a dynamic medium in which images or objects are manipulated to appear as moving images.
I’ll write to the academy to scrap the “animation” category then, apparently it’s not distinct to the straight recording of moving images.
grovberg
I’m fascinated by this even as a concept. Potholes don’t go unrepaired because they’re too hard to fix, they just don’t have money for it.
I love the idea of a local municipality that can’t afford asphalt and a guy with a shovel going out and buying one of these.
HiratioVelvetine
No shit, that’s why it’s an animation! It’s a concept
It’s a concept that solves the wrong problem. And makes the real problem worse!
corbynDallas
Tech just isn't there yet
it is, but its expansiv
datcatburd
Tech is unnecessary. Like trying to automate eating a sandwich.
FortressCraft
Given that the uk is something like 60 years behind road repair, I disagree.
thissitestealswhatcouldvebeenmyproductivity
Once those roads become older, they will mature and really start to handle the damage all on their own.
Maybe even take care of younger, less capable roads. Just have to add weight and see.
That's a funding issue, not a technology issue. Also a bit of a 'we designed these roadways for fucking carts', not major traffic issue.
Well, it's both really. We need to throw more money at it *and* get much faster at doing it. Or build better roads. Or railway lines.
YourBossAndLandlordLikePolitics
Tesla would have made it work
the elon musk fandom is the worst
conradfr
But they could only produce one per year.
IamLewAshby
Poorly produce
gimking
You do mean Nikolai, right?
root1657
Man out of time...
LloydChristmas2
Since it would be owned my municipalities it will still require 4 guys leaning on shovels watching the machine work.
OpieCunningham
And with contract breaks and lunches they'll get maybe 19 potholes a day.
FurtiveGlancer
*4 Mexican guys, because of the title "they took our jobs"
ReplyingToTopCommentsIsHowIGetPeopleToReadMyComments
It will never happen. The city will never have enough money in their budget to fund something like this.
karlthefunruiner
So you admit work would be getting done
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
I used to work for a utilities board, they actually trained us to have one person working while 2 people fire watched (watched them work)
DannyDLC
gotta spend this tax dollers on something
yobego
That is often required by safety regulations and for a good reason.
Phlapjack923
I still don’t see a line of applicants out the door...
Spikelf
Yeh gots know someone. The system am I right.
That can be said in a lot of jobs. I’m public sector and work overtime in a private company. New hires always have existing ties to bosses
fake40nedeso
You forgott contractors, controllers and a random compliance/audit team
braindotexehasfailed
Not to mention that the darned thing is unable to do feasibility studies, and we all know those are mandatory
kenobijuan
When you start doing road work you'd be surprised at the amount of certifications you're required to get or specs for each dot
OddBrock
Don’t forget the local council bribe to get them to actually buy one in the first place
dirtyketchup
And they’re inevitably gonna break down and need service.
Nuclearun
5 minutes to fix a hole, 50 holes fixed a day... that's a little over a 4 hour work day. sounds about right for municipality work.
JohnSmith3697
Maybe it can only carry 50 patches, or maybe the travel time from each job site is factored in as well
Bozziboi
Can't forget the two guys laying down the 127 unnecessary traffic cones
dangerranger89
More often than not that is a legal thing, you have to have a zone that is a certain length before and after the work area.
bolshevik09
Necessary
erdogansfatpinkpusspuss
and coronas, don't forget the coronas
zeiji
better that they 4 guys leaning watching a 5th guy leaning, watching 4 guys.
Edutittam
hurrr durrr
Griztastic
Nah, one dude underpaid and overburdened with tasks. Truck only has half the shit on it he needs. Bitched at for not getting enough done.
yesImFunAtParties
You know the funny part?I'm from Portugal but I love in Scotland and its the exact same thing.I'm guessing you are from somewhere in the1/2
JohnnyricoMC
This phenomenon knows no borders. Same in Belgium.
anotherKiwi
And I thought you were talking about France!
paperodiabolico
Same thing here in Italy
ThePunneryOfficer
I also live in Scotland, and I have to say, the scottish roads are uniquely badly maintained
Some yeah but mainly(Edinburgh) not that bad, comparing from where I'm from lol
Well I mean Edinburgh's the capital, and a tourist city, so it's going to have at least decent roads, but generally they're not that good
Exacly
MyPseudoIsAlduinSkyrimStoleItFromMe
Same in Canada. Except 2 stay in the truck when it's cold out.
Someone has to keep the truck running!
U.s.?This shit it's not local or a national thing it might be even universal
TorFlathus
Yes, Bleep Blorp, from planet Gurpagork just filed a complaint with his municpality for the pot holes around the market his brood hen shops.
There's actually a reason for that in the nature of road repair...(Corruption nepotism aside) Shovel work is occasional but intense.
It costs a lot to have those machines there and running oftentimes(Which is why a lot of municipalities try and wait to get 'em cheap)
But although they can do most of it, there's still some bits that need to be done by hand, and you want those parts done FAST so that the-
Angrynortherner
If it was the UK there would have to be a minimum of three miles of useless cones to protect all those ghost workers.
wfh42000
That’s what unions are for. Getting cities to pay for 4x the needed workers
UnexpectedThanos
When I first saw it I was like, what jobs, no one does that.
mineovermatter
*leased* by muni's, for gobs of money annually
Myothercarisadelorean
It's the laws of thermal horizontal application, for every 1 man working x 2 watch ÷ 1 h&s officer, x2 lollipops men x 75%on public holidays
Dranton12
If that’s what it takes to get the potholes fixed here in Vermont.
kaevar
seanvt
Ha! Fix the potholes in VT, that's a good one! Everyone looks like they are DUI on 117 because of swerving around potholes!
hihellobyeoh
Man I grew up in Vermont, trust me, it ain't got shit on the roads here in Michigan.Hell I'll just call em potholes as there isn't road left
KingOfAntarctica
Wait, you mean they're supposed to get fixed?
Well I mean they’re only filled with snow for 2/3 of the year.
auserwithaname
Hello fellow Vermonter!
PunjabiMacgyver
oh my god get a room already
JustHereForTheBooze
Hi!
Beefyjeans
Bennington here
Hello
Acrossbetweenabunnyandeeyore
Vermonite
TheMariachiGangbangers
You must not be from here, then.
ManWithAName
I am also a Vermonter! All the way down by Rutland
I'll be there in a few weeks for a conference.
St A. Checking in.
Hello westerly neighbor.
Badsequence
Vermonter or Vermontite or Vermontian?
Vermonter
Vermonter. Though I sometimes like to say Vermonsters.
Those were double sized doughnuts you used to be able to get at most gas stations in Vermont. Amazing with a buck cup of hazelnut coffee.
DigBick2000
I'm a fourth generation shovel leaner. I find this highly offensive.
Hahaha!!
speedstorm
You are missing some people. The papers guy, the 2 eng, the boss and the guy who will the manual that comes by.
Direwolf05
Don't forget the 4 weeks of road closers only during rush hour
valen00
People who bitch about others leaning on shovels seem to not be the ones who have used a shovel very much.
NOPE! I own my own construction company so I have earned the right to find the irony in the difference between private and public work
override367
And half of them are browsing imgur while they're at work!
MadTrippin
I was about to say the same thing, its a little bit harder than sitting your aas on a chair.
Except I'm the one who said it and I don't sit my ass on a chair. Self-employed carpenter so I know hard work vs leaning on a shovel
photos or it didn't happen.
That is also universal, ppl how don’t know about others jobs tend to to think the others are lazy. But that’s why we got different jobs ;)
As I said previously, I work construction, self-employed, so I have earned the right to point out the ironic differences between private 1/2
and public work and their habits. I don't get pension, benefits, PTO, etc. I've busted my back for years, so yeah, I laugh when I see them
EricMatthews
It's more about the wasted manpower of guys watching than anything
If it's being done right they are recovering because 5 minutes down a hole digging around a pipe and your fucked. Or they are waiting for /
the 10 minutes when the stuff has just been poured and you need 8 guys to do the job before it sets, or any of a multitude of reasons.
They dug the hole, the dude with the fibre splicer is now doing his thing and they are then going to fill in the hole, or do you want /
IT here, you can have 7 persons staring - and not helping - at one operators monitors trying to save a DB server from dying *shrug* apes...
That's more like watching a slow motion train crash than trying to actually help though ;-)
CroissantMagnet
Have you ever seen an office building?
1coronado0444129
Yes
Yes and no worked many years as a construction worker, mainly small companies with not much/nothing in heavy duty equipment and we didn't1/2
Wait around for things to be done since wr have a schedule to keep.So no clue what you are on about
Unions maybe? Or paid by hour vs job?
Working on private property is different to public around a bunch of services and legal liabilities.
AMEN!!
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
At least they have paying jobs instead of arts degrees.
Fotzenleckers
That a job is paying doesn't make it any more or less useful.
They're both ways to waste time doing something "useful" but one pays and the other costs you money. Also, it's a joke.
It's normal to hate stranger's degrees.
I didn't need a degree to work as a programmer. I just think it's funny.
IAmTheEarlyEvening
Holy defensive, city employee
I used to be a computer programmer. Saved up enough to be a full time single dad since it's what my kids really need atm. Nice try, though.
My arts degree pays. Why the double standards?
It's a joke, relax.
shhep
I'm amazed how you manage to portray the stereotypical lazy cunt in a nice way... wait, you're one of them, aren't you.
No, I don't have an arts degree.
I meant the lazy cunt. I guess for your type, gotta spell everything out in big, round letters.
Ouchies my feewings. Are you a bit triggered because I insulted your Perspectives on Gendered Crochet class where you learned to be a prick?
bigvox
Who's saying they don't have art degrees?
JayEnfield
Arts degree here (economics). I fix furnaces for a living.
GodsFoot
No matter the degree, the paper does go a long way
Eh, hasn't helped me any. But learning the things I learned there was certainly worthwhile anyways.
drunkhistorian
So short sighted.
With a username like drunkenhistorian, I would have thought you'd have a sense of humour. Or did you get a non-history history degree?
By now it's pretty standard to get shitted on for being educated. So yeah it's a non-history history degree
I have a lot of respect for real history degrees, such as the essential core topics of western civilisation, and directly related subjects.
Before the internet changed everything it was standard to treat nerds like dirt.
designedbyhumans
So you want a vacuuming, freezing, heating, magic arm truck? Looks good on paper but check buy price repair and just fucking nonsense. GL
And imagine all the jobs this will destroy
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
The more moving parts, the higher risk for expensive repairs
DannyBoel
also the roads will look like a puzzle in a few years time ;)
OneFootInTheGravyTrain
yeah but i kinda like that bit
ShamanOfHigh
But it will "save the city millions"!! didn't you read!!??
CreepyPhlox
Cities already save millions by just not repairing any potholes.
WhiteWolfSix
Also, if you're counting on it heating to create a "durable seal" what happens when the temperature outside drops below freezing?
Snow/Ice gets in the cracks, snow ice then melt/thaw cycles. You now have additional problems.
Yep that's why roads in Arizona are impeccable and in Michigan are damn near impossible to maintain
phobosorbust
2 options: reinforced high-strength concrete or resurfacing asphalt every 2-3 years over a deep bed. Either works.
I'm originally from the northern midwest but now live on the gulf coast. I had hoped the roads would be better but with the sandy soil, nope
I bet! AZ Earth is so hard the group d absorbs no water. But they can use just cement not asphalt for reading which lasts without cold crack
tjakov
Oh no! Darren with his spirit leveler is gonna lose his job!
jexsam
This is just the tip of the insanity that is Dahir Insaat.
Arock77
You had me at tight seal for the plug
EveryUsernameIsTaken4
TUK DERRRR
Doomgriever
https://i.redd.it/z2hjbbj6slc01.jpg
Randomice
Can I have a small fleet of these for my neighborhood?
rookiefdb
imagine the traffic!!
aDrugAddictThatIsntDeadInside
No
gatt0h
You thought getting stuck behind the garbage truck was annoying?
AVoiceOfReason
It wouldn't be twice a week.
robots914
Cities don't want these, they've realized that they can save even more money by just not fixing the potholes.
shoulkion
Could save millions compared to fixing the holes but costs more than not fixing them. *cough* Michigan *cough*
ThoseWereTheDroidsYouWereLookingFor
SirReginaldJackson3rd
erugby
I'll believe when I see a working prototype
shackslam
Semenov Dahir Kurmanbievich/Dahir Insaat makes a lot of crazy CGI stuff https://www.youtube.com/user/dahirsem
gandalfv314159
As soon as I see CGI followed by white text coming in and out, I immediately think “suuuuuuuuuuure”
WolnyLogin
But it saves millions! didn't you watch the animation!?
StrictlyBull
ffs that's dahir insaat, they're not a real tech company they're patent sharks. This will never be made and now because of them.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Does that actually make them money?
StrictlyBull
Yeah they can sue people who have ideas or try for patents heavily similar to their ideas.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Does that actually work though? Seems like an expensive outlay for potentially no return
jajmelton
It took the job no one was doing
CyberAkuma
I remember when Retsupurae made fun of these people's videos for being total B.S.... and we're hit with takedowns...
muffincrumpet
Reuploads are still super easy to find, thank god.
joeys2323
I'd like to see it try and fix the craters in Michigan
HiddenSanity
Plugs don't work anywhere with a winter anyway.
lowcaloriedarkness
Was on of those holes in the shape of a penis or am I seeing things that aren't there again?
morgan0073
That's way cheaper than a guy with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.
superawesomeguy
It's similar to your mom, which can also service an entire city in a day.
pyrogriffin
MrSmilingDeath
Dahiir Insaat back at it again. Also, why does this post have a south park tag?
sassybeckalicious
1. that was a dickbutt pothole. 2. this is just huge dental equipment. :D
itsybitsykitsy
Reminds me of the guy who painted dicks around potholes to force the council to fix them.
itsybitsykitsy
Sauce: http://www.indy100.com/article/this-man-is-painting-penises-on-potholes-so-the-council-has-to-take-action--ekSuZ63mgW?amp
Durendal5150
I see you, Dahiir Insaat watermark. When does it launch the Quadcopter? I'm waiting.
muffincrumpet
It's too busy delivering giant pizza to the turnkey city.
HeywouldJablowme
Only 40 downvotes shows me how completely detached from reality we have become
Silvermane
Is it really their job if they weren't going to fix the pothole in the first place?
jxjzh
After a month, the road settles around the fixed patch leaving it sticking out on the road so that when you drive over it you get a flat tir
jxjzh
e.
OrionRed
I would love for this to make top comment. Not the whole thing...just the e.
FiddlerofFate
Wouldn't have understood this without the important 'e.' Good on you
WolnyLogin
Well, no. Why a road that was there for years would settle just after the repair? My bet is on poor quality of plugs and their deformation.
governmentgavemeagun
Either would be a problem, as well as the change in traction (especially for bikes & motos).
WolnyLogin
Oh I agree there would be multiple problems, e.g different stiffness of the patch = new hole. I just disbelieve that settlement mechanism.
cozzlecoz
What a neat cartoon truck doing cartoon things
WolnyLogin
N3ss3swife
This is a Dahir Insaat video, all of their "inventions" are completely bonkers.
aintgottimeforbs
Unions would never let my city buy one.
thanthanthan
I think unions would love your city to buy these and then have their trained employees run them.
HiddenSanity
I'm super skeptical, too... simple plugs don't really work anywhere with a winter, shrink and then a snowplow catches the edge...
HelloMyNameIsHuman
Chicago? Where the unions are like mafias?
waitwasthatreal
Unions are a big part of any level of government, they paid for more than a quarter of the 2016 elections.
Carchomatic
And still dwarfed by a handful of rich people
waitwasthatreal
Not really, 4 of the top 15 donors are contributors are unions.
Semiflaccid
Who's jobs? Certainly no one in michigan.
GfycatURL
I once saw a pickup truck slowly driving down 75 dumping asphalt as it went. 4 dudes with shovels followed, patting down the loose asphalt.
Semiflaccid
That feels very michigan
pyrogriffin
crankyoldgeezer
This animation is not real and the real ones like python are clunky & not as effective as a dude with a shovel so pause the outrage fellows.
FungusForge
Also I was thinking, the patches are kept cool and heated to expand. Do they stay expanded or would something like winter shrink it
SendMePornAndNudes
real pythons can be really fast
darkpoter
agreed, and the "sealing" of the pavement was such poor quality there will be a pothole there in a couple months again.
woopwooppulloverdatasstoofat
python the programming language? python is not clunky
Vyrro
But dey turk urr jerbs!
Boredoom
Yeah... The first aeroplane wasn't all that good either.
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
Someone always says something like this, he isn't saying it won't happen, he's saying its not happening now.
SendMePornAndNudes
there must be a version of Godwin’s law for this argument
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnm
Imgur- let people enjoy thingssss! Reeeeee!
BaileyAmBull
I’d love to watch some ‘real’ animation, but don’t know where to find any (btw animation = illusion of movement)
SendMePornAndNudes
every real movie is real animation
BaileyAmBull
the technique of linking drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence
SendMePornAndNudes
Animation is a dynamic medium in which images or objects are manipulated to appear as moving images.
BaileyAmBull
I’ll write to the academy to scrap the “animation” category then, apparently it’s not distinct to the straight recording of moving images.
grovberg
I’m fascinated by this even as a concept. Potholes don’t go unrepaired because they’re too hard to fix, they just don’t have money for it.
grovberg
I love the idea of a local municipality that can’t afford asphalt and a guy with a shovel going out and buying one of these.
HiratioVelvetine
No shit, that’s why it’s an animation! It’s a concept
grovberg
It’s a concept that solves the wrong problem. And makes the real problem worse!
corbynDallas
Tech just isn't there yet
SendMePornAndNudes
it is, but its expansiv
datcatburd
Tech is unnecessary. Like trying to automate eating a sandwich.
FortressCraft
Given that the uk is something like 60 years behind road repair, I disagree.
thissitestealswhatcouldvebeenmyproductivity
Once those roads become older, they will mature and really start to handle the damage all on their own.
thissitestealswhatcouldvebeenmyproductivity
Maybe even take care of younger, less capable roads. Just have to add weight and see.
datcatburd
That's a funding issue, not a technology issue. Also a bit of a 'we designed these roadways for fucking carts', not major traffic issue.
FortressCraft
Well, it's both really. We need to throw more money at it *and* get much faster at doing it. Or build better roads. Or railway lines.
YourBossAndLandlordLikePolitics
Tesla would have made it work
SendMePornAndNudes
the elon musk fandom is the worst
conradfr
But they could only produce one per year.
IamLewAshby
Poorly produce
gimking
You do mean Nikolai, right?
root1657
Man out of time...
LloydChristmas2
Since it would be owned my municipalities it will still require 4 guys leaning on shovels watching the machine work.
OpieCunningham
And with contract breaks and lunches they'll get maybe 19 potholes a day.
FurtiveGlancer
*4 Mexican guys, because of the title "they took our jobs"
ReplyingToTopCommentsIsHowIGetPeopleToReadMyComments
It will never happen. The city will never have enough money in their budget to fund something like this.
karlthefunruiner
So you admit work would be getting done
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
I used to work for a utilities board, they actually trained us to have one person working while 2 people fire watched (watched them work)
DannyDLC
gotta spend this tax dollers on something
yobego
That is often required by safety regulations and for a good reason.
Phlapjack923
I still don’t see a line of applicants out the door...
Spikelf
Yeh gots know someone. The system am I right.
Phlapjack923
That can be said in a lot of jobs. I’m public sector and work overtime in a private company. New hires always have existing ties to bosses
fake40nedeso
You forgott contractors, controllers and a random compliance/audit team
braindotexehasfailed
Not to mention that the darned thing is unable to do feasibility studies, and we all know those are mandatory
kenobijuan
When you start doing road work you'd be surprised at the amount of certifications you're required to get or specs for each dot
OddBrock
Don’t forget the local council bribe to get them to actually buy one in the first place
dirtyketchup
And they’re inevitably gonna break down and need service.
Nuclearun
5 minutes to fix a hole, 50 holes fixed a day... that's a little over a 4 hour work day. sounds about right for municipality work.
JohnSmith3697
Maybe it can only carry 50 patches, or maybe the travel time from each job site is factored in as well
Bozziboi
Can't forget the two guys laying down the 127 unnecessary traffic cones
dangerranger89
More often than not that is a legal thing, you have to have a zone that is a certain length before and after the work area.
bolshevik09
Necessary
erdogansfatpinkpusspuss
and coronas, don't forget the coronas
zeiji
better that they 4 guys leaning watching a 5th guy leaning, watching 4 guys.
Edutittam
hurrr durrr
Griztastic
Nah, one dude underpaid and overburdened with tasks. Truck only has half the shit on it he needs. Bitched at for not getting enough done.
yesImFunAtParties
You know the funny part?I'm from Portugal but I love in Scotland and its the exact same thing.I'm guessing you are from somewhere in the1/2
JohnnyricoMC
This phenomenon knows no borders. Same in Belgium.
anotherKiwi
And I thought you were talking about France!
paperodiabolico
Same thing here in Italy
ThePunneryOfficer
I also live in Scotland, and I have to say, the scottish roads are uniquely badly maintained
yesImFunAtParties
Some yeah but mainly(Edinburgh) not that bad, comparing from where I'm from lol
ThePunneryOfficer
Well I mean Edinburgh's the capital, and a tourist city, so it's going to have at least decent roads, but generally they're not that good
yesImFunAtParties
Exacly
MyPseudoIsAlduinSkyrimStoleItFromMe
Same in Canada. Except 2 stay in the truck when it's cold out.
LloydChristmas2
Someone has to keep the truck running!
yesImFunAtParties
U.s.?This shit it's not local or a national thing it might be even universal
TorFlathus
Yes, Bleep Blorp, from planet Gurpagork just filed a complaint with his municpality for the pot holes around the market his brood hen shops.
HiddenSanity
There's actually a reason for that in the nature of road repair...(Corruption nepotism aside) Shovel work is occasional but intense.
HiddenSanity
It costs a lot to have those machines there and running oftentimes(Which is why a lot of municipalities try and wait to get 'em cheap)
HiddenSanity
But although they can do most of it, there's still some bits that need to be done by hand, and you want those parts done FAST so that the-
Angrynortherner
If it was the UK there would have to be a minimum of three miles of useless cones to protect all those ghost workers.
wfh42000
That’s what unions are for. Getting cities to pay for 4x the needed workers
UnexpectedThanos
When I first saw it I was like, what jobs, no one does that.
mineovermatter
*leased* by muni's, for gobs of money annually
Myothercarisadelorean
It's the laws of thermal horizontal application, for every 1 man working x 2 watch ÷ 1 h&s officer, x2 lollipops men x 75%on public holidays
Dranton12
If that’s what it takes to get the potholes fixed here in Vermont.
kaevar
seanvt
Ha! Fix the potholes in VT, that's a good one! Everyone looks like they are DUI on 117 because of swerving around potholes!
hihellobyeoh
Man I grew up in Vermont, trust me, it ain't got shit on the roads here in Michigan.Hell I'll just call em potholes as there isn't road left
KingOfAntarctica
Wait, you mean they're supposed to get fixed?
Dranton12
Well I mean they’re only filled with snow for 2/3 of the year.
auserwithaname
Hello fellow Vermonter!
PunjabiMacgyver
oh my god get a room already
JustHereForTheBooze
Hi!
Beefyjeans
Bennington here
auserwithaname
Hello
Acrossbetweenabunnyandeeyore
Vermonite
TheMariachiGangbangers
You must not be from here, then.
ManWithAName
I am also a Vermonter! All the way down by Rutland
auserwithaname
I'll be there in a few weeks for a conference.
Dranton12
St A. Checking in.
auserwithaname
Hello westerly neighbor.
Badsequence
Vermonter or Vermontite or Vermontian?
Dranton12
Vermonter
auserwithaname
Vermonter. Though I sometimes like to say Vermonsters.
Dranton12
Those were double sized doughnuts you used to be able to get at most gas stations in Vermont. Amazing with a buck cup of hazelnut coffee.
DigBick2000
I'm a fourth generation shovel leaner. I find this highly offensive.
LloydChristmas2
Hahaha!!
speedstorm
You are missing some people. The papers guy, the 2 eng, the boss and the guy who will the manual that comes by.
Direwolf05
Don't forget the 4 weeks of road closers only during rush hour
valen00
People who bitch about others leaning on shovels seem to not be the ones who have used a shovel very much.
LloydChristmas2
NOPE! I own my own construction company so I have earned the right to find the irony in the difference between private and public work
override367
And half of them are browsing imgur while they're at work!
MadTrippin
I was about to say the same thing, its a little bit harder than sitting your aas on a chair.
LloydChristmas2
Except I'm the one who said it and I don't sit my ass on a chair. Self-employed carpenter so I know hard work vs leaning on a shovel
MadTrippin
photos or it didn't happen.
fake40nedeso
That is also universal, ppl how don’t know about others jobs tend to to think the others are lazy. But that’s why we got different jobs ;)
LloydChristmas2
As I said previously, I work construction, self-employed, so I have earned the right to point out the ironic differences between private 1/2
LloydChristmas2
and public work and their habits. I don't get pension, benefits, PTO, etc. I've busted my back for years, so yeah, I laugh when I see them
EricMatthews
It's more about the wasted manpower of guys watching than anything
valen00
If it's being done right they are recovering because 5 minutes down a hole digging around a pipe and your fucked. Or they are waiting for /
valen00
the 10 minutes when the stuff has just been poured and you need 8 guys to do the job before it sets, or any of a multitude of reasons.
valen00
They dug the hole, the dude with the fibre splicer is now doing his thing and they are then going to fill in the hole, or do you want /
fake40nedeso
IT here, you can have 7 persons staring - and not helping - at one operators monitors trying to save a DB server from dying *shrug* apes...
valen00
That's more like watching a slow motion train crash than trying to actually help though ;-)
CroissantMagnet
Have you ever seen an office building?
1coronado0444129
Yes
yesImFunAtParties
Yes and no worked many years as a construction worker, mainly small companies with not much/nothing in heavy duty equipment and we didn't1/2
yesImFunAtParties
Wait around for things to be done since wr have a schedule to keep.So no clue what you are on about
Spikelf
Unions maybe? Or paid by hour vs job?
valen00
Working on private property is different to public around a bunch of services and legal liabilities.
LloydChristmas2
AMEN!!
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
At least they have paying jobs instead of arts degrees.
Fotzenleckers
That a job is paying doesn't make it any more or less useful.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
They're both ways to waste time doing something "useful" but one pays and the other costs you money. Also, it's a joke.
Edutittam
It's normal to hate stranger's degrees.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I didn't need a degree to work as a programmer. I just think it's funny.
IAmTheEarlyEvening
Holy defensive, city employee
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I used to be a computer programmer. Saved up enough to be a full time single dad since it's what my kids really need atm. Nice try, though.
Spikelf
My arts degree pays. Why the double standards?
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
It's a joke, relax.
shhep
I'm amazed how you manage to portray the stereotypical lazy cunt in a nice way... wait, you're one of them, aren't you.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
No, I don't have an arts degree.
shhep
I meant the lazy cunt. I guess for your type, gotta spell everything out in big, round letters.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Ouchies my feewings. Are you a bit triggered because I insulted your Perspectives on Gendered Crochet class where you learned to be a prick?
bigvox
Who's saying they don't have art degrees?
LloydChristmas2
Hahaha!!
JayEnfield
Arts degree here (economics). I fix furnaces for a living.
GodsFoot
No matter the degree, the paper does go a long way
JayEnfield
Eh, hasn't helped me any. But learning the things I learned there was certainly worthwhile anyways.
drunkhistorian
So short sighted.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
With a username like drunkenhistorian, I would have thought you'd have a sense of humour. Or did you get a non-history history degree?
drunkhistorian
By now it's pretty standard to get shitted on for being educated. So yeah it's a non-history history degree
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I have a lot of respect for real history degrees, such as the essential core topics of western civilisation, and directly related subjects.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Before the internet changed everything it was standard to treat nerds like dirt.
designedbyhumans
So you want a vacuuming, freezing, heating, magic arm truck? Looks good on paper but check buy price repair and just fucking nonsense. GL
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
And imagine all the jobs this will destroy
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
The more moving parts, the higher risk for expensive repairs
DannyBoel
also the roads will look like a puzzle in a few years time ;)
OneFootInTheGravyTrain
yeah but i kinda like that bit
ShamanOfHigh
But it will "save the city millions"!! didn't you read!!??
CreepyPhlox
Cities already save millions by just not repairing any potholes.
WhiteWolfSix
Also, if you're counting on it heating to create a "durable seal" what happens when the temperature outside drops below freezing?
WhiteWolfSix
Snow/Ice gets in the cracks, snow ice then melt/thaw cycles. You now have additional problems.
designedbyhumans
Yep that's why roads in Arizona are impeccable and in Michigan are damn near impossible to maintain
phobosorbust
2 options: reinforced high-strength concrete or resurfacing asphalt every 2-3 years over a deep bed. Either works.
WhiteWolfSix
I'm originally from the northern midwest but now live on the gulf coast. I had hoped the roads would be better but with the sandy soil, nope
designedbyhumans
I bet! AZ Earth is so hard the group d absorbs no water. But they can use just cement not asphalt for reading which lasts without cold crack