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[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

It uses fewer bricks

It's not about cosmetics, it's just cheaper

[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Of note: Only applicable if you compare single brick thickness serpentine wall to a standard wall that uses double thickness (and therefore double the bricks)

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

That seems really dangerous next to a road. Any car that wanders off will have a hard collision against those folds instead of glancing off a flat wall.

[-] BigTwerp@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago

The wall is older than the existence of cars.

Yeah have we considered that maybe the cars are the dangerous part of the equation?

[-] ArcaneGadget@nord.pub 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You are really overestimating the strength of an old single row brick wall, in relation to a car. The trees behind the wall are much more dangerous...

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

fuck that car then.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

Ah. I have seen that page before, via the "types of wall" category when I looked up ha-ha.

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