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Siberian permafrost is melting, and the apartment buildings relying on it for a foundation are collapsing.

• danans 5y ago
  I think there was an implicit /s on that comment.
  • justnotworthit 5y ago
    Good joke, but knowing that foundations in permafrost don't "depend" on it but adapt and adjust to it (either through adjustable piers, gravel pads, or floor joists floating on insulation and gravel, etc)... definitely an /s
    • ncmncm 5y ago
      Except apartment buildings in Siberia really are collapsing, for exactly the reason noted. We and they might wish they had foundations that didn't depend on the ground staying frozen, but that is not what is there.