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Funnily enough, it might be safer to build big buildings made out of wood than steel, as it takes longer to collapse than for example steel (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/skyscrape...)

I hear witches are made out of wood...

It is, in fact, illegal to build things out of wood. Unless you adhere to a set of best practices called the Building Code.

> most woodworkers are dumb enough to not do that correctly.

Our wood workers have a track record at that.

It's one thing laughing at wooden bridges. The other thing is we already have charred landscape full of them.