So some new handrails were installed on the Golden Gate Bridge. They were designed to lower drag on high wind days. Not a bad idea, right? Well… the new railings sing, and apparently sing loudly.
Anthony J.:
“Engineers designed new sides for the sidewalk to help with wind resistance but didn’t take into account the EXTREME sound it creates when wind passes through it. The bridge sings crazy songs now it’s so trippy. It hurts the ears and unbearable it’s that loud.” pic.twitter.com/GWdVia1GNS— Mark Krueger (@markkrueg) June 6, 2020
It is apparently *painfully* loud on high wind days, and can at times be heard some miles away. Not only are there no plans to replace these, there are plans to add *more* of these guardrails. So… if you live in the area and are very disturbed by the noise what are your options?
1: Claim that minorities and the alphabet community are disproportionately negatively affected by the noise.
2: Claim that the “singing,” since there is no actual artistic merit to it or talent/skill required for its creation, is cultural appropriation.
3: Claim that your shaman confirms that the singing is actually the audible wailing of the spirits of alt-right white supremacist demons.
4: Claim that the railings are the result of western civilization and/or engineering rigor.
5: Claim that the noise is inherently pro-Trump.
Any one of these, if disseminated widely enough, *should* be adequate to assure either that the San Francisco city government will leap into action *or* that a sufficiency of Peaceful Protestors will arrive and set upon the bridge with fire and bricks. Soon the Golden Gate Bridge can look as gloriously woke as Minneapolis!
Minneapolis, looking like the aftermath of a war. pic.twitter.com/eEiF6gkJdL
— Mark Higgie (@MarkHiggie1) June 6, 2020