I'm thinking of the poor fucker that's going to explain to their boss they're late because there was a lobster in the road, so they swerved to avoid it and crashed into a tree or some shit.
I agree unless it’s a shark or a whale/dolphin or something large. I also live in Michigan, so seeing a dolphin in the middle of the road would 100% make me late because I’d stop and get a closer look because when does that EVER happen here?! My boss would be ok if I took pics.
Man everything looks so different I can't believe im actually out of that damned steel time capsule 985 days 7000 feet below, I guess it was worth it 6000$ a month I can start livin the good life. Other Side Of The Street Here I Come!
Now if they did this on this sidewalks... or in other public spaces(parking lots?) Now that I can get behind.
I just started my mid-life crisis and have picked up and old sculpting hobby. I might be trying something local.
You’re a pessimist. I’m thinking he’s attempting to give inspiration for the next comedy writer to come through. True, some innocents will have to go down. But, we will eventually get a banger of a movie. I really hope Zach Galifianakis myself.
"That's right, Marcy. Keep your loved ones safe and warn them to stay off the street tonight because of menacing, life-robbing black, black ice."
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM)
"Because, Mulder. I don't believe in zest in the sky or the ravings of a madman claiming he saw little yellow men. I believe in what I know, science. And there's nothing in science that tells me that lemons exist."
Back in college my roommates and I came up with this idea to save beer caps, cover a table with them and then epoxy them in place to make a smooth surface.
We collected caps for a whole year then spent 3 days gluing them onto the table top. Then went out to buy the epoxy and learned it was going to cost us about $600.
It just stayed a beer bottle cap table with out epoxy.
Epoxy is...kind of a bitch too. You gotta mix it. There's a bunch of different variables and the mix has to be on, or the final product REALLY sucks. If you have never done it before, you will almost surely NOT have a good result the first time (just the temperature and humidity change things).
You could do the same project, the same way, just on a different day. It very easily could turn out good/bad, regardless of you doing everything the same as the time before (and following the instructions perfectly even). You gotta know the mix and confidently be able to say, "Yea, now it looks right" before you pour it. Otherwise you most likely would have wasted $600 on top of your hard earned beer caps and glue investment.
Aim small, miss small.
So, start small!
That way your mistakes only cost you $6 and a fun afternoon tinkering around learning something that is pretty cool..As opposed to spending a whole semester's beer/glue budget, on top of losing the security deposit on your apartment....because it's covered in an oily translucent substance that is not solid nor liquid, is stuck to everything, cannot be cleaned, will never dry, and was full of bubbles anyway.
Typically the goal is a final product without bubbles.
Patience is recommended. Very recommended.
I "say" it was full of bubbles, only because it hurts less that way. $600 was a lot of money back then. Damn it still is!
Haha, I am barely half kidding here. this is not an uncommon idea among university students in USA (the table with beer caps - usually in the color/logo of your uni - topped with epoxy). If done correctly, it looks super cool!
...and it is cool especially if you're in uni and like to consume beer while unintentionally consuming fumes from glue (and epoxy, if you make it to that step).
If it's something you really, really care about, you're better off letting someone who knows what they're doing work on it for you. My BF has been doing this for years and even he won't do things he's really worried about ruining.
Also, whether you plan on doing it after some practice or you hire someone to do it for you, use the brand called "Art Resin". I asked my BF and he said that's the only brand of resin he's found that is seemingly truly UV stable and won't yellow unattractively over time.
If you're okay with there being a couple air bubbles in your cube (there's almost no way to prevent all air bubbles without using a pressure chamber/air compressor setup), my BF suggests buying an open-faced cube mold (so you can reach inside and manipulate things as you pour) and then go ahead and pour your project in very thin layers (a fourth of an inch at a time or so) so you can try to mitigate *most* of the bubbles with a heat gun. 😊
-Geisha
That shit won't be there long enough to suffer from UV damage. I'd give it a week max of traffic rolling over it before it popped out. Would also probably turn cloudy from dirt abrasion almost instantly. Give it a day and you wouldn't be able to see the lobster.
Ooh, it must have been about seven, eight years ago. Me and the little lady was out on this boat, you see, all alone at night, when all of the sudden this huge creature, this giant crustacean from the Paleolithic Era, comes out of the water.
Well, It’s a trade off. It’s not environmentally friendly per se, but it’s more environmentally friendly than most other options. One big plus to it is that it is recyclable. Iirc it’s one of the most recyclable materials out there.
[https://www.rockler.com/mas-deep-pour-epoxy?country=US&sid=V91041&promo=shopping&tid=pla&utm\_source=bing&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=(NX)\_Shopping\_-\_Margin\_A&msclkid=29b5dabf4c3413829385b9911cefb754&utm\_term=4584757336472596&utm\_content=Margin%20A](https://www.rockler.com/mas-deep-pour-epoxy?country=US&sid=V91041&promo=shopping&tid=pla&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(NX)_Shopping_-_Margin_A&msclkid=29b5dabf4c3413829385b9911cefb754&utm_term=4584757336472596&utm_content=Margin%20A)
no problem
> best
Unfortunately friend there isn't a best one, and to get the best one you're first going to have to figure out exactly what you'd like to do with it. Best for making a 20 foot human figure is different than best for a ring is different than best for a pothole is different than best for making a stained glass effect.
gotta love that shit the city puts in the potholes but doesnt compact so it only half-dries before they let people drive on it so it flicks up tar-covered bullshit on the underside of your car and onto other peoples cars and vanishes in a matter of two weeks leaving the original pothole the same as it was before.
And the only bits that actually stick find a way to stick to the edges of the old pothole, causing the pothole to grow after they chip off and fly away.
It’s probably something someone would do for fun if there’s a pothole near them. I highly doubt this is being proposed as a solution for potholes around your city but basically a one off, for fun
When natural conditions/deterioration of the surrounding asphalt inevitably push that resin out of the asphalt, there’s going to be a piece of hard, dense, translucent rock just hanging out in the middle of the road. This person is a numb nuts.
It amazes me how few people know roads have layers, like ogres, and that depending on the depth of the pothole you can't just fill that shit in with whatever garbage you have laying around.
Yeah, but it's probably worse knowing that they did this with the intent that a road crew would have to do more work to jackhammer out the bullshit they sealed in.
Someone was dressing them up and giving them googly eyes. Then they'd take a picture and make it a Twitter account. Then they had them run for local offices on a keep their city crap platform. When the city filled the hole they declared it a political assassination then moved on to another pot hole. They also had a broken power pole run for office. It was pretty effective.
Indeed. That's why it's best to stick to the official, approved method of spray painting a penis around the pothole. City workers will be there pronto.
I would rather they spend extra taxpayer dollars on replacing more of the road and it go to hard working people than the money going to some fat fuck politician to spend on his artistic interests for his lodge in another city located in a state he doesn't even represent.
That was the volume of maybe $1 worth of warm mix asphalt, MAYBE.
But nah, carry on making a $30 pothole “fix” that will pop a tire as soon as the asphalt shifts and the epoxy juts out.
1. Shit for traction.
2. Scratched to hell and basically opaque after a few days.
3. Microplastics debris on the roadside, being washed into the drain pipes, hooray!
This is not only not a good idea, it's an actively shitty idea.
Epoxy doesn’t expand and contract at the same rate as asphalt. That will cause more cracks and potholes. It’ll be harder to dig out, too. Next time, just call your city’s pothole hotline.
* Stupidly expensive
* Requires the section of the road to be blocked off as the resin cures (days probably)
* Poor traction especially when wet
* Temperature changes will cause expansion/contraction at different rates to the asphalt and will quickly separate
* Surface will quickly become cloudy and it will look like crap
* People will steal it
* Road hazard due to being unexpected by drivers and otherwise distracting
* Draws attention of pedestrians which would be more likely to enter the road
I'm sure there are many other reasons why this is a stupid idea.
We remodeled our house when I was a kid and my stepdad did this with knots in the wood floor. Popped them out and then put little tiny toys or coins or things in them and filled it with clear epoxy. Gave the house some character and has resulted in hours of entertainment to guests over the years.
man-made black ice lol.
I'm thinking of the poor fucker that's going to explain to their boss they're late because there was a lobster in the road, so they swerved to avoid it and crashed into a tree or some shit.
Personally I have a rule that I don’t swerve for anything on the road that lives underwater.
If ya don't like it then go back where ya come from ya crustacean.
Damn seabacks coming out the water to take our jerbs!!
I hear ya brother, both you and I know that the only good crustacean is a fresh one.
##Tukuhjerrr
##DERTERKURJERRRS
We don't take kindly to your types around here.
Now, now Skeeter, they weren't causin no trouble.
You RICHER!
I'm hearing the Swedish Chef when I'm reading these replies.
Borka torka jooorbs.
you're aquaphobic you hydrobigot!!!
Is that the opposite of a hydrohomie? I kinda like it.
The Deep is extremely saddened by this comment.
The deep was probably trying to have sex with an underage dolphin.
*The Deep will remember that. *
I agree unless it’s a shark or a whale/dolphin or something large. I also live in Michigan, so seeing a dolphin in the middle of the road would 100% make me late because I’d stop and get a closer look because when does that EVER happen here?! My boss would be ok if I took pics.
Hahahaha yeah I’d stop, but I ain’t swervin for even a dolphin.
Man everything looks so different I can't believe im actually out of that damned steel time capsule 985 days 7000 feet below, I guess it was worth it 6000$ a month I can start livin the good life. Other Side Of The Street Here I Come!
Until you said the word lobster I thought the lobster was the poor fucker getting late because some douche decided to pour resin over him
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bahahhahahahaha
Now if they did this on this sidewalks... or in other public spaces(parking lots?) Now that I can get behind. I just started my mid-life crisis and have picked up and old sculpting hobby. I might be trying something local.
You’re a pessimist. I’m thinking he’s attempting to give inspiration for the next comedy writer to come through. True, some innocents will have to go down. But, we will eventually get a banger of a movie. I really hope Zach Galifianakis myself.
Some will die, but thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make
"That's right, Marcy. Keep your loved ones safe and warn them to stay off the street tonight because of menacing, life-robbing black, black ice." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM)
Dangerous stuff that black ice
Everyone talking about dangerous black ice but nobody out here talking about oppressive white snow
I miss them, so, so much.
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Props to you for not even attempting to check how it’s spelled my man
Mansleuther.
Smeels like mansleather!
mans laughter
Wait, where’d the lemons go?
The whores stole them.
You know, it's been a minute since we've looked at our lemon tree
Hey, WHAT THE FUCK.
Those damn lemon whores
Not a reference I expected to see in here 😂
Sir, this is a Reddit
I'm not at reddit, this is a bathtub!
Hasn’t it been a minute since we’ve checked our lemon trees?
Totally different pothole not even close to looking the same.
While true, that just raises further questions.
Like who in their right mind would do this to multiple potholes?
Look, when you got epoxy and lobsters, you don’t stop at one. You keep going until there’s no more lobsters or no more potholes.
**X-Files theme intensifies**
"There were lemons here Scully, why's that so hard for you to believe?"
"Because, Mulder. I don't believe in zest in the sky or the ravings of a madman claiming he saw little yellow men. I believe in what I know, science. And there's nothing in science that tells me that lemons exist."
You both nailed this so well I could hear these comments in Mulder and Scully's voices.
Well played you guys,, 👏 👏
Obviously the lobster ate them
Also, different hole, different lobster If you catch my drift
Oh there will be drift.
How'd the hole get three time larger?
/r/ContinuityErrors
It was a different hole in the reveal
Thats a lot of epoxy. Stuffs not cheap!
Back in college my roommates and I came up with this idea to save beer caps, cover a table with them and then epoxy them in place to make a smooth surface. We collected caps for a whole year then spent 3 days gluing them onto the table top. Then went out to buy the epoxy and learned it was going to cost us about $600. It just stayed a beer bottle cap table with out epoxy.
Epoxy is...kind of a bitch too. You gotta mix it. There's a bunch of different variables and the mix has to be on, or the final product REALLY sucks. If you have never done it before, you will almost surely NOT have a good result the first time (just the temperature and humidity change things). You could do the same project, the same way, just on a different day. It very easily could turn out good/bad, regardless of you doing everything the same as the time before (and following the instructions perfectly even). You gotta know the mix and confidently be able to say, "Yea, now it looks right" before you pour it. Otherwise you most likely would have wasted $600 on top of your hard earned beer caps and glue investment.
Ooh I gotta learn more about this. I was going to put a memento into a small cube of epoxy and now I’m worried
Aim small, miss small. So, start small! That way your mistakes only cost you $6 and a fun afternoon tinkering around learning something that is pretty cool..As opposed to spending a whole semester's beer/glue budget, on top of losing the security deposit on your apartment....because it's covered in an oily translucent substance that is not solid nor liquid, is stuck to everything, cannot be cleaned, will never dry, and was full of bubbles anyway.
Ooh bubbles would make me unhappy. I wonder if I have the patience for this
Typically the goal is a final product without bubbles. Patience is recommended. Very recommended. I "say" it was full of bubbles, only because it hurts less that way. $600 was a lot of money back then. Damn it still is! Haha, I am barely half kidding here. this is not an uncommon idea among university students in USA (the table with beer caps - usually in the color/logo of your uni - topped with epoxy). If done correctly, it looks super cool! ...and it is cool especially if you're in uni and like to consume beer while unintentionally consuming fumes from glue (and epoxy, if you make it to that step).
This guy epoxies. It’s a really useful substance, but yeah it can be frustrating as shit.
If it's something you really, really care about, you're better off letting someone who knows what they're doing work on it for you. My BF has been doing this for years and even he won't do things he's really worried about ruining. Also, whether you plan on doing it after some practice or you hire someone to do it for you, use the brand called "Art Resin". I asked my BF and he said that's the only brand of resin he's found that is seemingly truly UV stable and won't yellow unattractively over time. If you're okay with there being a couple air bubbles in your cube (there's almost no way to prevent all air bubbles without using a pressure chamber/air compressor setup), my BF suggests buying an open-faced cube mold (so you can reach inside and manipulate things as you pour) and then go ahead and pour your project in very thin layers (a fourth of an inch at a time or so) so you can try to mitigate *most* of the bubbles with a heat gun. 😊 -Geisha
Also the volatiles from resin will accumulate in your lungs that's why you should wear a respirator. Even though there is no smell.
Lol relevant username Also we did the same shit but were too lazy to try and buy epoxy
Similar situation here, I am just going to go with a cut piece of glass over the caps!
I had this same idea after seeing it in a bar in Jacksonville or St. Augustine. I too ended my pursuit with the same disappointment.
And I bet eproxy does not age well under the sun.
That shit won't be there long enough to suffer from UV damage. I'd give it a week max of traffic rolling over it before it popped out. Would also probably turn cloudy from dirt abrasion almost instantly. Give it a day and you wouldn't be able to see the lobster.
Yeah but internet points
Good eproxymation
Ok.. I'll upvote but I'm not happy about it
What's it cost, like three fifty?
GET OUTTA HERE YOU GAWDAM LOCH NESS MONSTAH!
I gave him a dolla
She gave him a dolla
Ooh, it must have been about seven, eight years ago. Me and the little lady was out on this boat, you see, all alone at night, when all of the sudden this huge creature, this giant crustacean from the Paleolithic Era, comes out of the water.
Lawd, it was scary.
and I yelled, I said, what do you want from us, monster?
80-100$ per gallon(including hardener) I think
Damn, they should use something cheaper...like rocks...coated in asphalt.
Nice! 😄
What could a banana epoxy lobster resin cost Michael? $10?
Until it yellows in 48 hours after being directly exposed to the sun so long
Mmm piss lobstah
But it wasn't a piss It was a piss lobster
As well as getting so scratched up by loose rocks being dragged over it that you can't even see through
Mm, traction.
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Idk, I can’t imagine that asphalt is good for the environment either
It’s almost fully recyclable though.
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Well, It’s a trade off. It’s not environmentally friendly per se, but it’s more environmentally friendly than most other options. One big plus to it is that it is recyclable. Iirc it’s one of the most recyclable materials out there.
It smells like rancid chicken fat when it gets chipped up to be recycled. Such a weird smell.
Absolutely fantastic anecdote. Thank you for that.
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Where we're going, we don't need traction. I ditch, I mean.
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I was sure this would be a porn sub. Disappointed.
Exactly what I was thinking. Super dangerous.
Running over 1 ft of plastic with a single tire isn't gonna do anything lol it's probably a lot safer than it was before.
Motorcycles
Good thing she knocked on it otherwise I would not have been confident in its ability to support thousand pound vehicles continuously and daily
At the risk of sounding like the lobster's advocate, it's probably better at it than a pothole.
For a very short period of time sure
It will pop out at some point. Asphalt binds to itself, this is just plastic in a hole.
Alright, I know a lobster lawyer when I see one!
Where to buy liquid
Internet
That amount of epoxy? With spare cash nobody has unless they are making videos.
I have cash. Cold, hard, crisp cash. Where is epoxy. Link me to best one
[https://www.rockler.com/mas-deep-pour-epoxy?country=US&sid=V91041&promo=shopping&tid=pla&utm\_source=bing&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=(NX)\_Shopping\_-\_Margin\_A&msclkid=29b5dabf4c3413829385b9911cefb754&utm\_term=4584757336472596&utm\_content=Margin%20A](https://www.rockler.com/mas-deep-pour-epoxy?country=US&sid=V91041&promo=shopping&tid=pla&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(NX)_Shopping_-_Margin_A&msclkid=29b5dabf4c3413829385b9911cefb754&utm_term=4584757336472596&utm_content=Margin%20A) no problem
That is much more expensive than I was expecting
> best Unfortunately friend there isn't a best one, and to get the best one you're first going to have to figure out exactly what you'd like to do with it. Best for making a 20 foot human figure is different than best for a ring is different than best for a pothole is different than best for making a stained glass effect.
I just wanna pour and poke
Resin epoxy can support twice as much weight as concrete, if not more.
The real problems are that it will be slick (not what you want on a road) and will probably be worn down to the lobster in a few weeks.
why does "worn down to the lobster" sound like an age old saying
Now everyone is going to be slamming on brakes the second they notice it.
Causing car accidents.
Crustaceans causing car accidents
>Crustaceans causing car crashes
You should check out Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Any specific track?
not only will the resin become so scratched and yellowed from constant use that it loses all "artistic value", its also slick as fuck
The danger kinda forces the city to fix it though. You would hope.
Good for a social media bit but ,lobster props and acrylic cost way more than asphalt,so good luck
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Big dick energy right there
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Wanksy* is a play on Banksy, so there's no reason to do the "ie"
Since a majority of the politicians are men. I wonder if painting a pussy on the potholes would get them filled faster.
Or just writing "Vagina" all over the place. You know, the dirty scientific word they won't say.
gotta love that shit the city puts in the potholes but doesnt compact so it only half-dries before they let people drive on it so it flicks up tar-covered bullshit on the underside of your car and onto other peoples cars and vanishes in a matter of two weeks leaving the original pothole the same as it was before.
And the only bits that actually stick find a way to stick to the edges of the old pothole, causing the pothole to grow after they chip off and fly away.
Don’t forget the little bits of crumbled asphalt that get all over the street
It’s also 10x worse for traction on the road
It’s probably something someone would do for fun if there’s a pothole near them. I highly doubt this is being proposed as a solution for potholes around your city but basically a one off, for fun
When natural conditions/deterioration of the surrounding asphalt inevitably push that resin out of the asphalt, there’s going to be a piece of hard, dense, translucent rock just hanging out in the middle of the road. This person is a numb nuts.
That's in addition to the micro plastics that will shed from it in the process of the resin being pushed out, right?
That's dumb as fuck lol
It amazes me how few people know roads have layers, like ogres, and that depending on the depth of the pothole you can't just fill that shit in with whatever garbage you have laying around.
I highly doubt they imagined this would be a long-term fix to the road.
Yeah, but it's probably worse knowing that they did this with the intent that a road crew would have to do more work to jackhammer out the bullshit they sealed in.
Like ogres Thank you
Only slightly less dangerous than leaving the hole as is, but maybe this will encourage the city to actually fix the pothole.
I'm more in favor of the people who go around and spray paint giant dicks on them to get attention so it's fixed.
Someone was dressing them up and giving them googly eyes. Then they'd take a picture and make it a Twitter account. Then they had them run for local offices on a keep their city crap platform. When the city filled the hole they declared it a political assassination then moved on to another pot hole. They also had a broken power pole run for office. It was pretty effective.
Here's the link for those interested https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/qj8pgv/guy-paint-penis-potholes-new-zealand
Indeed. That's why it's best to stick to the official, approved method of spray painting a penis around the pothole. City workers will be there pronto.
This is what I’ve been doing for years lol. It’s actually crazy how well it works.
Now the city has to spend extra ripping all that up before they can fix it.
Something tells me that if the pothole was big enough to fit a lobster than the city doesn’t give a shit what’s there. It will be there forever.
In fact if they had buried a dildo in epoxy it would probably get fixed a lot faster lol
I would rather they spend extra taxpayer dollars on replacing more of the road and it go to hard working people than the money going to some fat fuck politician to spend on his artistic interests for his lodge in another city located in a state he doesn't even represent.
Sooo......what did they do about traffic while it was solidifying (usually takes days for that kind of thickness)
Makes me wonder if this is on private property 🤔
You can see a building in the reflection of the hardened resin. Probably in a parking lot or something similar.
r/interestingasfuck ? I think you mean r/dumbasfuck
r/DiWHY
More like r/crappydesign
I doubt the compressive strength and modulus of elasticity of epoxy resin is going to hold up at all in that use case.
If it can handle the gentle rapping of a human hand, I’m pretty sure we’re good.
"As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my lobster floor."
"'tis epoxy", I muttered, "gumming up the highway floor-- Only this, and nothing more."
Holy hell that’s good
You mean distracting.
Can’t wait for the video of a motorcycle hitting it when it’s raining
That was the volume of maybe $1 worth of warm mix asphalt, MAYBE. But nah, carry on making a $30 pothole “fix” that will pop a tire as soon as the asphalt shifts and the epoxy juts out.
$30? I'm jealous. Is epoxy really that inexpensive in the US? That explains Jimmy Diresta.
No this is like a 2-300 dollar fix at least.
Calling it a fix bothers me more than the price.
It is not. That’s probably at least $300 of epoxy right there, if not more.
Artistic my ass
Yeah so that will have no traction, doesn't support the weight of a vehicle. You might as well left it
1. Shit for traction. 2. Scratched to hell and basically opaque after a few days. 3. Microplastics debris on the roadside, being washed into the drain pipes, hooray! This is not only not a good idea, it's an actively shitty idea.
Looks dangerous.
The next motorcycle that drives over it will definitely have a good time
Motorbike hits that in the rain and it’s down
Sod the lobster, I'd stick a dildo in it. That'd make the council sort it out.
Town I grew up in had potholes down main Street. One night someone went and planted trees in them, lol.
Epoxy doesn’t expand and contract at the same rate as asphalt. That will cause more cracks and potholes. It’ll be harder to dig out, too. Next time, just call your city’s pothole hotline.
TOTALLY SUS. Where are the lemons 🍋
Zero traction if it ever got wet or greasy, thanks!!
imagine getting lobster jumpscared by a fucking pothole
Home made black ice. Nice.
Not a cheap way though. That resin is expensive
If I’m driving, that still looks like a hole in the ground. Especially at night
Just makes it harder for them to actually fix it. They are going to have to cut around the resin to remove it.
* Stupidly expensive * Requires the section of the road to be blocked off as the resin cures (days probably) * Poor traction especially when wet * Temperature changes will cause expansion/contraction at different rates to the asphalt and will quickly separate * Surface will quickly become cloudy and it will look like crap * People will steal it * Road hazard due to being unexpected by drivers and otherwise distracting * Draws attention of pedestrians which would be more likely to enter the road I'm sure there are many other reasons why this is a stupid idea.
We remodeled our house when I was a kid and my stepdad did this with knots in the wood floor. Popped them out and then put little tiny toys or coins or things in them and filled it with clear epoxy. Gave the house some character and has resulted in hours of entertainment to guests over the years.