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floofloof to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic

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The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic

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The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic | Artnet News
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Two suspects accused of digging a hole to create a Great Wall of China shortcut have been arrested, officials said.
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  • DLSchichtl@lemmy.worldBanned
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        GOD DAMN MONGORIANS!!!

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          AWRAYS TRYING TO BREAK DOWN MY WAL!

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      *Mongol horde

      (The Huns attacked Europe)

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        I thought Hun was a generic term like barbarian

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          No, it was a specific tribe.

          However there were “barbarian” tribes near China named the Dzungar and the Xiongu, both of which are a bit like “Hun” and either of which are suggested to perhaps be the eastern side of that same tribe.

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    Dumbass hicks are in every country.

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    Same two guys were just at Sycamore Gap in England, what a weird coincidence to get the same assignment twice!

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    The tourist-y parts of it are pretty much all newly rebuilt anyway; there’s not much of the original wall left at Mutianyu or Simatai or wherever.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      Now there’s even less of the original wall.

      • Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Only a matter of time before it becomes the Ship of Theseus

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          The whole point of that dumb thought experiment is that it’s already the Ship of Theseus and always was.

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    The Huns: finally!

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    So is it now ‘The Pretty Good Walls of China’?

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      'the adequate wall of China"

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        Given that you can now drive a truck through, I’d say it’s no longer adequate.

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        Ya I like that but you missed ‘walls’ plural.

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        The lesser wall of China.

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    Contractors are the fucking worst…

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    Education could’ve done something here.

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    Two workers near the Great Wall go missing.

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      Willing to bet its death penalty for the workers and a bonus for the manager who ordered it to happen.

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    I can’t help but wonder that literally sounds like what happened the first episode of Attack on Titan.

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      What are you talking about? It was the Collosal Titan that destroyed the wall, wasn’t it?

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        That’s just what they tell you.

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          Not sure if you’re joking, but someday in 2030, when they finish airing, I’ll rewatch the complete series.

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            This just reminded me I was waiting for this argh.

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    The invasion of Russia begins.

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    Shitty, but it also looks like that section of wall is just earthwork. Maybe a professional will chime in and say there’s something valuable about it, but given that it’s already mostly gone from erosion, I’m not sure if anything was actually lost here.

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    Pretty sure moving dirt isn’t irreversible. Shitty thing to do though.

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