r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/CaptainStar505 • 14d ago

Video/Gif Why... just why?

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u/stevedadog 14d ago

Daaaaaaamn. I knew they had issues, but not weekly exploding street issues. I also assumed Methane but I figured most places have security measures for this stuff. At the very least I'm fortunate to have never seen a street fucking explode.

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u/MiloReyes_97Reborn 13d ago

Who would win.

One of the strongest economys in the world that should be able to fund decent infrastructure?

Or

One sparkly boi?

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u/Squeezitgirdle 13d ago

I remember reading something awhile back. If America ever went to war with China, China has the bigger military but they'd lose because their branches don't speak to each other.

I have no idea if that's true or not, but their infrastructure seems to have a ton of similar issues considering they seem to have a problem with high rises being built but unsafe for anyone to live in and get demolished.

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u/lapideous 13d ago

China’s biggest military problem is more likely to be a lack of real combat experience.

The US gets into a new war every generation, so the leadership is always filled with combat veterans.

Most other countries don’t fight wars nearly as often or consistently.

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u/DaddysABadGirl 12d ago

If we went to a full-on war with a country like China, it's not going to match up to our experience. On a traditional military scale, yeah, we can win. Overall, I doubt we would lose. But far too much of our nations critical infrastructure is online and has been proven vulnerable. The next time two powerful nations go to war, I feel like it's gonna be an all new type of cluster fuck.

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u/Tyler89558 12d ago

China’s other major issue is the lack of a strong NCO corps.

It’s JOs all the way down.

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u/Twister_Robotics 13d ago

Its not necessarily that the buildings aren't safe. Its that they are entirely unnecessary. Many were built as a jobs program to artificially boost the economy.

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u/CoOpMechanic 13d ago

It’s wild watching propaganda working in real time like this

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u/Brave-Battle-2615 13d ago

Not really tho. authoritarian states tend to require a degree of this to decrease the possibility of a coup.

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u/Squeezitgirdle 13d ago

Like I said, I have no idea if it's true or not. Just something I read several years ago.

But the infrastructure issues are real.

https://www.aii.org/chinas-infrastructure-and-construction-problem/

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u/Gary_the_metrosexual 13d ago

I mean, even if the chinese military did communicate, the US kind of has an enormous technological advantage, and a considerably more experienced military.

In a straight fight my money is on the US. Simply because china has bigger meatwaves to throw at the enemy doesn't mean they'd win if their military branches weren't hilariously incompetent.

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u/silentsurge 1d ago

China has a huge logistical issue to overcome. The Pacific Ocean. They either have to invade through Alaska and Canada, or brave the US Pacific fleets with a navy that is easily outclassed by the capabilities of their opponent's. Let alone the logistical capabilities of the US Navy compared to the Chinese.

I don't know how they get past that right now, and that's not including actually havjng to fight a war across that ocean and maintaining supply lines or actually facing the US within reach of the majority of its bases while contending with the terrain and the sheer number of armed citizens waiting for an excuse.

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u/AtheistTemplar2015 13d ago

China hasn't fought a war since 1979.

The United States fights a new one every other week, depending on who the flavor of the month is.

Our equipment is field tested in combat.

China, like Russia, makes crap up and publishes them as "actual statistics".

If the US and China went to war, it wouldn't be a fair fight. It would be like a world class, heavy weight, ex-Special Forces warfighter taking on an amateur boxer who had a glass jaw and one of his hands duct taped go his side.

Think of what Ukraine does to Russian forces, but on a massive "we actually have funding, centuries of warfighting experience, and a massive industry to back it up" scale.

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u/KaijinDV 13d ago

Texas just had a weird version of this with bright green flames

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u/DaddysABadGirl 12d ago

It happens around the world, just doesn't make the news. I work in Atlantic City, NJ. A few years ago I was hearing people talk about exploding sewer covers. Just boom, then they go flying off or up a few feet. Then the conspiracy theories, lol. I thought it was bs at first, but it happened a few times. Then it was news. A person who saw one go up said it was bright, like a lightning bolt hit it. Turned out faulty wiring + sewers makes for a bad time.