Venkatesh Rao@vgrI’m always amazed by how large pieces of metal crumple like paper in accidents5:21 AM · Jun 3, 202119 Likes
madeofmistake phd (parodeeznutz)@madeofmistak3·Jun 3, 2021Replying to @vgrthe real world is more like a papier mache miniature town set in a godzilla movie than we realize14
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·Jun 3, 2021Replying to @vgrThat's an enormous amount of kinetic energy moving in directions not anticipated by the mechanical engineers.2
zbracisz@zacbracz·Jun 3, 2021Replying to @vgrconstruction metals are strong in tension, weak in compression. soon as you disrupt the tension array holding them together, metal structures crumple under the own weight.