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Do you have some links to this? A few cursory quacks turned up nothing. My family loves those channels but it would be interesting to see how the structures h
by mulmen 4y ago
Do you have some links to this? A few cursory quacks turned up nothing.
My family loves those channels but it would be interesting to see how the structures hold up and how/if they are ever used.
- t_mann 4y agoHere's one, although I don't like it because I feel like it's overdramatizing a bit. With construction quality this low, my hinge is that the jungle will claim back those spots fairly quickly, but the (drainless!) water pits will remain moscito breeders for a considerable amount of time (and wildlife trap hazards for some time). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyLWhPnq1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyLWhPnq1M In response to your question: they hold up extremely poorly. But ecologically speaking, it's probably no worse than the average palm oil farm.
- mulmen 4y agoYeah I wondered if this was some kind of “traditional” construction with modern style. But water-based masonry seems like a suspect choice in a rainy climate. On the other hand I was wrong once back in the 90s. Thanks for the link.
- t_mann 4y agoFyi, here's a probably legit traditional jungle building channel (that clearly inspired the ripoffs, down to the no talking, shirtless + shorts): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
- hammock 4y agoThat guy (Primitive Technology) is the original. Then someone started a different channel making swimming pools and it really caught on
- hammock 4y agoCan I ask what you tried searching? Because "Jungle Builders' channels" pulled it up immediately.
- mulmen 4y agoI was looking for the aftermath specifically. Not just the channels where the structures are built. So I searched “jungle builders aftermath” and “jungle builders today”.
- hammock 4y agoFound a video with the aftermath: https://youtu.be/YCyLWhPnq1M https://youtu.be/YCyLWhPnq1M For documentation purposes, I googled “jungle builders are a scam,” clicked the second result which is a Reddit thread and found this in the comments 4-5 parent comments down