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Please don't my family needs these accreted assemblages of exotic terranes to live.

Okay, but why don't they do this for real? ...it's because of "them" isn't it?

Correcting for God’s shoddy workmanship.

There's a techbro taking notes

Washers included!

Wouldn't this kind of work be more appropriate for geomechanics?

Been meaning to get around to it forever but kept procrastinating.

this could've been done so much sooner if they had just read the instructions

That would explode brilliantly! 13.0+

Sequel? Also you've really been on a geology kick lately (dont worry I am too its great) bsky.app/profile/xkcd...

I really want to see the giant turtle we are all riding on!

That job has to be Nuts

Ugh, NOW you tell me. I just bought in to a new development in Pangea II.

Is this before or after we finally but concrete plugs in all the volcanoes?

What impact will that have on our ability to harvest geothermal energy to help us decarbonize our economies though?

Finally, a viable alternative to arc welding.

Oh yeah that’s right !! They are from the new Department of batteries and Sharks…. DBS….

😂

*pfft* Took long enough.

“Are those my mukluks?”

How did that bottom washer get there?

Why do I get the feeling that even if this was possible, that it would be a very bad idea?

Does Paul Bunyan go around to tighten the wingnuts?🤔

Came to say "cascadia first pls"

Randall, I always upvote you…even on posts like this one where I don’t understand you.

Well with NSF not funding infrastructure grants anymore I'm not sure how we'll ever get it done!

Those are some big ass-bolts.

🤣

The air con needs work too

Can this work on my knees?

What took them so long?

Ah this might be an explanation of all the weird postmodern art, it's to hide the fact some of them are real wingnuts 😂

*Anchorage bolts cause wow that place likes to shake

How did the get the bottom washer on to the bolt?

What's the pitch on that thread? Curious minds and all that...

Torque Test Channel is getting a hard on thinking about the impact driver they must have used.

I’m just here to read the comments, you all are hilarious 😂😂😂

Plate movements are the earths way of managing a very large set of variables… Locking them in place seems like a fundamentally bad idea, like bolting a whole set of pressure release valves shut.

On the long timescales (like 100,000 years or more) where you would notice things, one of the biggest impacts would be on the climate! Subduction/volcanism are a big part of the long-term global carbon cycle, regulating the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere! The hover text on the comic mentions this.

Large Igneous Provinces. Fewer subduction zone volcanos. More LIPs. The bolts turn the earth into Venus.

Need to see a x-section of this anchor bolt 10-Ma later!

Only just noted autocorrect turned subducted to subdued. Yet subdued feels on point for the cartoon.

Damn, that's embarrassing. I even remember the push vs pull lecture.

😅 that will stop my recurring nightmares about floating helplessly out into the Pacific atop SoCal Island to go live in Alaska

Who has thumbs that big?

Living under a wing nut! Holding the rock when it's going down. youtu.be/h3Yrhv33Zb8?...

It took discovering those two super embarrassing chunks of old continent under the Pacific and Africa.

Damn Simpson Strong-Tie really does make hardware for everything

You got a diameter on that washer?

The problem there is that the subduction fault is locked. A subduction zone grease-gun would be a better solution, geologically!

I can feel the tension, and some pressure building up too.

Oh good it's a wing nut so it can be hand turned. Now all we need is an 8 mile wide hand.

I don’t know if this a joke. Soil nailing is used all over the world and has been for a long time.

About tine too

Oh shit! The bolt has an SAE thread, and DOGE ordered a metric wing nut. Not only that but the wingnuts were a lot cheaper in a 5 pack, so they ordered 5 to save money.

Who would have thought that it would be the wingnuts that would save us all.

The plan is nuts for sure

Hahahahee and it is not April Fools Day, but Easter!

Installation of the anchor bolt from the inside out as shown in the drawing might be even more challenging than the shear stress ;-)

You realize you’ve just opened up a brand new avenue for Conspiracy Nuts to charge down full tilt 😂

Props to the team that goes under the mantle to put the giant bolt and washer up the crust.

Can't we just hire some labor to hold it? Maybe some legal immigrants or willing to work for minimum wage?

Continental drift!? Not on my watch!

Notice that it;s a wingnut.

🤣

That's a good idea for a what-if video! 😄

Nice concept, heh heh...

About time!!

needs a banana for scale

This will not end well

When that thing finally gives out, it will be one hellova earthquack.

I want a "What If?" on this one.

About friggen time…

A fully threaded bolt? Tisk, tisk, tisk…

I had worked with Darwin Crum back in the '80's at ECM motor company in Schaumburg, Illinois. His theory was the world is held together with left-hand threaded screws. I have a love-hate relationship with gravity. Great for skiing, not so much for flying.

You get a grade 8 for this.

And here I thought it was just Amazon putting up a new building on their HQ campus.

Agreed. And should use a Nyloc or pair of nuts.

You gotta be nuts to get this one.

Give me the What If of this.

Finally, some much-needed stability.

This makes me feel deeply uncomfortable to the core.

Nepal tried something similar 40 million years back.

We in Oregon are mightily relieved and grateful.🫨

Why do I see a penis... My brain is rotting...

Wow! There is a solution to the earthquakes around the world. 😎😎😎😎

directions clear as day, but I ran out of full length threaded rod and substituted two half length ones with some nuts and a plate to make them into a full rod again

this as some megalophobia art would go crazy

Anchor bolts are known for shear strength. Installation may prove challenging.

This would fail spectacularly… let’s do it 🍿

😂

Let me guess…RFK jr is leading the project?

That bolt will sheer off. You need a gusset plate.

Paul Simon’s “Slip Slidin’ Away” comes to mind.

I recommend some Loctite 262 on those threads to ensure that wingnut doesn't back off on windy days.

Haha

Not more wing nuts! There is already a continental imbalance occurring.

No problem with tariffs then?

🤣🎯

That's the american way: look for a cheap short cut and lower your standards until you pass.

What about a giant molly bolt?

When it fails, we’ll have the first wing nut in space

Bad news: they were 3D-printed with the bolt on the bed, so are a tad susceptible to shear forces in line with the screw thread.

Those some big fuckin' wingnuts.

Don't forget the Loctite!

Maybe use a lock washer instead of a flat washer under that wing nut, though.

I saw those in IKEA and was wondering what they were for!

NIMBY.....!!

Could we get Cascadia retrofitted soon? Oregon coast would appreciate it!