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Re:Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than c... by butwhywhyoh on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:27PM (#26095665)
The title of the post is that these are stronger than concrete. The title isn't "these bricks could be used for many things". OP is directly responding to a dubious claim. Where as you would seem to prefer they ignore the dubious claim and just be endlessly positive.

I'd sure as hell rather know if my home is going to collapse if I build them out of plastic bricks than someone telling me all of the things I could have used them for instead.

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Re:Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than c... by kaycebasques on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:37PM (#26095780)
OP did not directly respond to the dubious claim but you did. Thank you for reminding me that they're claiming this is stronger than concrete. That indeed is dubious. I think the conversation is swinging too far in the opposite direction, however, and many people seem to be writing this off.
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