One reason for this, believe it or not, is slavery. One very under-appreciated aspect of cotton plantations is that cotton (in the days before artificial fertilizers) very quickly exhausted the soil of the American South, leaving behind land that was mostly only suitable for growing pine trees. This left pine wood as a cheap and plentiful resource for building houses. Southern US pine is now so plentiful that it's even the source of most of the chopsticks in China.
I think on a residential exterior I’ve usually seen full bricks, but they’re only a facade nowadays, not structural, so it’s only one deep and then normal wood framing and plywood behind the brick. I have seen at least once on a house show where they just made lines in stucco and painted it to look like brick, and brick face tiles on the interior.
Dude. Wtf. Use the bar analogy.
Would you say this in a bar with friends and strangers around the table when someone shows you a cute picture of his cat? How you react and make it about masturbation is just suuuuuper weird.
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Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works · 51 pts · 180d
I have my own version of this.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 179d
Why is this giving me Alien vibes ...
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 180d
Thats when you rub the belly. Can't move or he'll fall. Guess it's belly rub time!!! Silly kitty!
istdaslol@feddit.org · 17 pts · 180d
After owning multiple cats I’m now 99% sure that the „hang on“ cat from that motivational poster is having the time of their lives.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 8 pts · 179d
Anne@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 179d
Why are they so drawn to the basement ceiling
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 179d
If I fits, I sits
jqubed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 180d
Why do so many basements have ceiling tiles? It always looks strange to me in a residential environment
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 179d
Ease of access to pipes and duct work. It's a FUCKING GOD SEND if you actually own your home.
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 180d
It's often to allow access to pipes and wires and heat ducts if any issues arise.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 179d
Ha! I got ahead of the game and just had an unfinished basement for five years! Even easier access!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 179d
American homes...cheap AF. They only put bricks on the side facing the street.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 179d
One reason for this, believe it or not, is slavery. One very under-appreciated aspect of cotton plantations is that cotton (in the days before artificial fertilizers) very quickly exhausted the soil of the American South, leaving behind land that was mostly only suitable for growing pine trees. This left pine wood as a cheap and plentiful resource for building houses. Southern US pine is now so plentiful that it's even the source of most of the chopsticks in China.
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 179d
Bricks cannot be put at ground level. They will deteriorate.
if it it's only on the front are they even using full bricks or just brick face?
jqubed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 179d
I think on a residential exterior I’ve usually seen full bricks, but they’re only a facade nowadays, not structural, so it’s only one deep and then normal wood framing and plywood behind the brick. I have seen at least once on a house show where they just made lines in stucco and painted it to look like brick, and brick face tiles on the interior.
coaxil@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 179d
Does it.. Ah, watch you masturbate?
trongod_requiem0432@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 179d
Dude. Wtf. Use the bar analogy. Would you say this in a bar with friends and strangers around the table when someone shows you a cute picture of his cat? How you react and make it about masturbation is just suuuuuper weird.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz · 17 pts · 179d
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ceiling-cat
Old meme reference
Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 179d
trongod_requiem0432@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 179d
ok, thx. still weird.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 179d
Ceiling Cat is an ancient meme, over 20 years old. That is what Ceiling Cat does though.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 179d
The best memes age like wine.
MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 179d
Yes. Especially if I was stoned.
brognak@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 179d
This wooshed over your head so hard and fast I'm surprised your windows didn't blow out from the pressure🤣
piranhaconda@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 179d
They're just one of today's lucky 10,000. No shame in that
https://xkcd.com/1053/
p0358@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 179d
You wouldn't? I'm so sorry you can't joke around with your own friends. And it's on the strangers for eavesdropping, you're not talking to them.
trongod_requiem0432@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 179d
That belly looks mighty fluffy.
d00ery@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 179d
And stretched our like that I'd imagine limited options for kitty retaliation 😅
I always like to help my cat learn the error of his ways whenever possible.
trongod_requiem0432@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 179d
They're such drama queens. "Oh no, I'm getting a free massage! Horrible! How dare you!" lifts paw menacingly
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 180d
His name is Sam and he likes fishing, right?
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 179d
Was it hiding after being accused of standing on that shortcrust pastry?
innermeerkat@piefed.social · 1 pts · 180d