I think they were onto something when they built the pyramids. Like, what’s wrong with making smaller home sized pyramids? The big ones sure as hell proved to stand the test of time.
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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
There really outts be a hurricane-proof trend, like dome houses, and for the coastline, domes on stilts.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
The inhabitants is the pyramids all died, though.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Design flaw. They forgot to make the doors openable.
Mac@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Usable space.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
You are literally suggesting living in a tomb.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Whether the pyramids were particularly intended as tombs or not, why the hell do dead people get structures that can last thousands of years? While the living people get to live in structures that if we’re lucky, might tend to last a hundred years, and that’s assuming they don’t get blown apart in a hurricane or burned down or something.
Seems a bit back asswards if you ask me.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Because the requirements are different. Royalty inhabit places designed to last thousands of years (castles), and they are known to be dreadful to live in. Stone walkways and stairs wear and become uneven, shifting foundations create little gaps for drafts to flow in, modern conveniences are difficult to install, if possible at all.
It is better for living humans to inhabit spaces that can be replaced and updated over time. The dead need things to stay essentially the same, and they don’t wear down the areas they reside in.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Pensacola Beach, FL. It’s survived loads of hurricanes since the 60s.
acchariya@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
South Florida is full of these small cinder block houses because everything else gets wrecked and these survive. Sure, they might need some new roof sections, and maybe the drywall cut 4ft from the floor, but porcelain tiles on a concrete slab with cinder block walls is going to last until the rebar rots.
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The coast should be empty
db2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
How about don’t live where hurricanes keep happening? Crazy thought, I know.
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
That excludes where half the US population lives.
db2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Let’s move 100,000,000 people, what could go wrong?
Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
You act like there are hurricanes every year and they don’t offer insurance anymore.