• drathvedro
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    3 months ago

    The problem is it’s impossible to tell whether you’re joking or being serious. Throwing molten metal off the tower sounds like the most ridiculous thing ever, but apparently is a real thing.

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      3 months ago

      Here’s where it gets political. I learned about shot towers in passing years ago and thought that was a good idea. You learned about shot towers in passing, but then with a detailed explanation, still thought that was ridiculous. One of us is prone to rational thought and the other is not. This is a 17th century conversation happening now.

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        3 months ago

        Ah no, it’s just that from reading this, I imagined it being poured outside, not inside the tower.

        Like, someone looking at Galileo doing his experiments dropping weights off Pisa tower, and saying:

        — What if we put a bucket underneath? What a splash it’d make!

        And another one going:

        — Yeah! And why just weights, let’s throw molten lead off! What safety concerns? Haven’t heard any