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Ah, yes, the “Mistakes were made” passive voice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made
by hbarka 6y ago
Ah, yes, the “Mistakes were made” passive voice.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made
- klyrs 6y agoExcuse me??? What an uncharitable interpretation of my comment. I highlighted an example of a more catastrophic mistake, familiar to engineers, which was apparently forgotten in this case. Bridges are resonant structures; this is 100% predictable through modeling but that was not done. Sibling comments point out the Hyatt walkway (news to me, I only took first year mech eng but learned about "galloping Gertie" in elementary school because it was a local and recent catastrophe). Other comments note that the construction crew must have noticed. That this was not escalated points to a communication breakdown similar to the root cause of the Hyatt walkway.
- lisper 6y agoChill, dude. Hbarka was agreeing with you.
- master-litty 6y agoWhat an uncharitable interpretation of their comment :)