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minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 year agoPyramids = basic engineering shape for a sturdy structure. Wide base, tapered top. A lot of early monumental structures were constructed with that basic concept in mind.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoits not the basic shape thats impressive, its the truly gigantic pieces that have tighter tolerances than a tesla.
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI don’t think people have ever been blown away from the shape of them. Edit: and it’s actually really silly to think about someone who would be… “Woah! How are those things triangles???” Like what?
Pyramids = basic engineering shape for a sturdy structure. Wide base, tapered top. A lot of early monumental structures were constructed with that basic concept in mind.
its not the basic shape thats impressive, its the truly gigantic pieces that have tighter tolerances than a tesla.
TBF that’s not hard
I don’t think people have ever been blown away from the shape of them.
Edit: and it’s actually really silly to think about someone who would be… “Woah! How are those things triangles???” Like what?