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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by walshemj on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:03PM (#16596503)
You might not know this but Civil Engineers have a dark sense of humor and for major projects its jokingly said that the gods require a blood sacrifice.
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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by akira2501 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:20PM (#16596618)
> its jokingly said that the gods require a blood sacrifice.

Usually we're referring to something like a paper cut or a sharp edge on a prototype.

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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by walshemj on Friday March 16, 2018 @06:52AM (#16599795)
Not in civil engineering large projects are inherently dangerous places to work.
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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by rm_-rf_slash on Thursday March 15, 2018 @06:43PM (#16597104)
My fiancé studied there. She’s still waiting to hear if anybody she knows was crushed under that bridge. This isn’t funny.
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