/jp/ - Otaku Culture

civic engineering a shit

The only big bridge I've crossed is the Mackinac.

I thought it was really scary.

>>9890688
My penis is the best bridge
It lets me transport my semen into your mothers womb and get her impregnated with my seed.

I-Is this what they call "Bridge Otaku"??

>>9890724
Is this what they call a massive assburger that sounds like a /q/ reject?

>>9890688
I like that type.

>>9890728
Would you eat a burger made of nothing but ass?

>>9890733
Asses are nice, but why do you ask such silly questions, Anonymous?

these ones are awesome

>>9890735
Hey, I live there. I like that bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge number one for people jumping off of it. Guess that automatically makes it one of /jp/'s favourites?

Lion's Gate in Vancouver

>>9890775
That's Vancouver? Damn. It looks way nicer than Toronto. So much more nature.

>>9890763

I watched a documentary on this a while ago called the bridge. So many people commit suicide off it, so often, that all they had to do was camp out there for a few months, and got footage of tons of people jumping. Actually made me cry watching the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-O0B1Jvb4#t=3m37s

>>9890815
that guy had awesome hair too bad he died

>>9890787
Used to live in Vancouver when I was young. Recently went back. I feel it's gotten alot dirtier. Fuck what happened to you Stanley Park?

>>9890825
>Stanley Park
Pretty game name, dude.

>>9890841
game = gay

>>9890847
Cute typo dude.

Reminds me of this bridge I went over and under in Hungary. Longest and tallest in Central Europe.

>>9890733
zomg THIS IS AN ASS SANDWICH

Would you?

>>9891084
That bridge is easy mode.

YES OH YES
I was in Philadelphia a few days ago
FUCKING WONDERFUL BRIDGES

The only big bridge I've driven across is the Sydney Harbour bridge.
It's the only pretty bridge in this country, really. Melbourne's bridges are ugly.

>>9891146

I forgot. I have also crossed the Humber, that is a huge bridge but not as pretty.

This is the only cool bridge i have driven over.

>>9891215
I'm jealous, anon.

>>9891236
It was pretty cool. When i had driven over i wanted to turn around and drive over it again, but because you have to pay money each time I decided against it.

I might drive there again this summer though.

These open bodies of water are so unnerving.

The scariest bridge I've driven over was Tongil Bridge in Korea.
We were told the waters were mined and that the bridge was rigged to blow.
No idea how much of that is true, though.

This one is nice.

Trucker here.

Fuck, I love crossing bridges. Sitting high in the truck helps give an awesome view of everything.

I love the bridges over the Mississippi, Missouri, and Colorado rivers. And the gorge bridges are sweet, too.

And the Peace bridge in Buffalo, NY.

I love them all.

I really like bridges that cross borders. There's something really awesome about human ingenuity removing barriers between people that have been in place for millennia and bringing them closer together.

However, the romance fades a bit when you realize they charge toll fees about as high as what you'd pay for a fare to cross the same distance.

Anyone else?

Quality otaku culture thread

The other bridge to San Francisco.

So many Otaku Culture feels...

>>9895252
you got a problem? the janitor doesnt

>>9895260
Please stop speaking in the third person

Nice otaku culture thread :)

Any washing machine otaku online and want to start a thread?

Are there are any virtual novels aimed at bridge otaku like myself?

I live next to this bridge. I hate it when those tour buses break the down and everything goes to hell.

This is the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge. It has the longest span of any bridge.

>>9890744
Just wanted to let you know your hashi joke did not go unappreciated.

Whoa, any other civil engineers here?

Pic is Salginatobel bridge. It's a reinforced concrete structure, which was a new thing at the time, and it's curves fit the flow of forces to a tee. Not to mention it uses less concrete and was the cheapest design. It's my favorite bridge.

>>9895511
Cute bridge man.

>>9895511
That's really pretty.

jesus love you bro. don't do that please. life is so beautiful.

Local suicide bridge.

Back to front page. This thread will stay alive for at least a month.

>>9895262
Do lots of people jump off that one too?

>>9895749
There's a bridge that looks kind of like this In DC. Coincidentally, it's also a suicide bridge.

DId anyone else imagine "bridge otaku" as people who live under bridges and beg tolls of ramen from passerby?

>>9896064
I have not heard of anyone doing that as it does not have a pedestrian path.

>>9896064
I have not heard of anyone doing that as it does not have a pedestrian path. Plus, would you rather die by jumping off a famous bridge?

bridges

Favorite 2D bridges? Fate had a nice bridge.

>>9896552
?????

>>9896568
Impressive recreation

>>9896568

The Port Island Bridge. I enjoyed a lot of routine walks from Sannomiya to the island when I lived in Kobe.

They are in the process of erecting a suicide barrier on the main bridge here.
Actually, they might have finished it, I'm not sure because I never cross it.
Does the Golden Gate have a barrier?

>>9896681
They are talking about it, but people are against it because it will "ruin the aesthetics". I say let people kill themselves off the bridge.

There aren't many bridges around Phoenix. If you want to call it a bridge, the one on the right is for the light rail. The two on the left are for cars, bicyclists, and pedestrians. One runs northbound and the other southbound.

I want to ride that light rail one day. It's the closest thing to a train I have here.

>>9896952

Yeah, I agree with that.
They say "we have prevented [some number] of suicides" when talking about these things, but so many of those will be people who then just shot or hung themselves instead.
I can understand the train barrier doors like what they have in Paris because one suicide can hold up an entire train line. The cost-benefit ratio just isn't favourable with bridge barriers though, where there are multiple lanes and the traffic won't be stopped.
For the bridge I posted aesthetics aren't a problem, because it wasn't aesthetically pleasing to begin with.

>>9896994
"A study review conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States found that nine out of 10 people who are unsuccessful in committing suicide never try again, suggesting that it is usually an impulsive act."

At the very least something like this would cause these impulsive individuals from killing themselves. I think the major factor here would be how to add that much weight onto a suspension bridge without causing some sort of structural issue.

>>9897005

The weight consideration is an interesting one. I assume that if they find the weight to be outside tolerable limits they add more steel suspension cables, as I assume the limiting factor is the cables and not the pylons, etc.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Well, technically it's two bridges but they're both commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge. Kind of scary to go over, especially when it's windy. Heard a few stories about people jumping off it too.

>>9897005
I don't think a net would weigh very much compared to the weight of the traffic.

>>9897033

I assumed he was talking about concrete barriers. That's what they put on the West Gate, although that isn't a suspension bridge.

>>9896994
>cost-benefit
I actually wonder how much it costs to have the coast guard, police divers or whatever mount a search and try to fish out dead bodies from around the Golden Gate Bridge almost every week. Not to mention the highway patrols that sit around there watching. Probably much cheaper than putting up nets everywhere I'm guessing.

Longest suspension bridge in the world at one time

>>9897427

The West Gate concrete barrier apparently cost $20,000,000AU to give you some indication. I don't think a barrier is worth the expense.

"There is a plan to install steel nets on the Golden Gate to prevent suicides, but the $45-million US in funding the project has not materialized."

I got that from an article about installing suicide nets on the lion's gate bridge in vancouver, so not exactly the best source, but they must have pulled that stat from somewhere.

Have you visited any good bridges today?

>>9896952
I can't imagine "dead bodies floating in the water" doing much for aesthetics either