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This is a legit method for building small things like that where you can use the brick-like shape of the bag when it’s hardened. You just need to make sure the concrete gets soaked all the way through with a hose or rain.

https://www.core77.com/posts/80454/An-Easy-Way-to-Build-Retaining-Walls-Leave-the-Concrete-in-the-Bag-Stack-Like-Legos-Wet-With-a-Hose

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There’s a park on the lake near me that has a retaining wall that steps down into the lake swimming area built this way. The bags are rotted away so they’re just concrete pillows now. They’re been there at least 20 years

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That’s exactly how I built a retaining wall at my last house. It had rotting railroad ties that I got rid of and I just stacked bags of concrete before it rained. The concrete set, the bags degraded, and I had a cool retaining wall in my back yard.

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18 points

In like 10 years when the bags have all eroded away it’ll also leave a neat look formation I’d bet lol

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12 points

Lots of revetments for water control in South Florida were built like this in the past. The burlap sacks all eroded away and leave an interesting pattern like you mentioned.

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7 points

A state park near me did this with a giant set of stairs.

Looks neat. Is awful to walk down.

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9 points

I hate to break it to you, but concrete isn’t good for the environment either.

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5 points

Pretty sure all the packaging was just papier

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Aren’t the bags paper based?

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There’s a bit of plastic in there somewhere probably, but the bags are usually burlap. It may also be special paper depending on where you get it from.

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Can’t unsee the goatse

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You are a mean person. My sweet little brain had not made that connection, now I can’t unsee no matter how much I want to.

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Moo hoo ha ha!

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6 points

Do you mean muahaha?

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if you’re too lazy to google, check it out here: https://goatse.ru/

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24 points

I thought you had misspelled goatee

I tried really hard to see a face with a beard in there

I gave up and instead just googled what a goatse is

I regret. I regret so much

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3 points

Honestly, it’s refreshing that all these years later goatse has lost none of its power.

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7 points

It even has fingers.

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Better than what I saw next to the work shed at a large local park…

About 60 bags left out in the rain. Wasted tax dollars

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When I was checking my notifications I was confused as to why would someone send me a pic of a rock formation in the wild and then the horror hit me… 😱

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1 point

Welcome to Hadrian’s pillow fort. Please state the password.

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25 points

If it’s stupid and it works, is it stupid afterall?

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This is exactly how the bridge on a piece of property I used to live on was built. It lasted 20 years but eventually washed out, while I was there, ofc.

20 years ain’t bad.

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23 points

Constructed on a Friday at 4:50pm

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lol if I started that job right after lunch it wouldn’t be done by 5. i don’t know the proportions, but it would be partly because I’m out of shape af and partly a lack of rats asses to give

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