Facepalm

440 readers

1 users here now

Anything that makes you apply your hand to your face.

founded 6 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Good luck getting that off of your car... (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm just a dumb Australian but what are they doing exactly? Painting a street? Why? Is it purely decorative or is there some functional purpose eg "seals the surface so ice during winter doesn't crack it"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Applying sealer to asphalt every few years extends how long the asphalt lasts before it has to be replaced.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. I can see how our Australian tradition of letting roads just go to shit confused me.

I guess we don't really have freeze and thaw cycles. Only hot and even hotter cycles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And we put that shitnon our roads it melts out anyway haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I just think it's a thin layer of tarmac? Maybe to smooth out the road more and reduce noise.