Why humans struggle to build bridges out of tears

Society · Published 25 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: This walkthrough explores a specific bridge-building exercise in the game Portal 2. It highlights a humorous mechanical hurdle where players must navigate a test that was originally designed to be impossible for humans.

The video demonstrates how to complete Room 06/08 of Course 3 in the Portal 2 Co-op mode. The challenge is framed as a bridge-building exercise that the game's narrator claims humans were historically "miserable" at performing.

The narrative suggests that the test was originally designed with a specific logic that humans couldn't fulfill, leading to the joke that humans cannot build bridges out of tears. The walkthrough shows how players can navigate the reconfiguration of the room to succeed where previous attempts failed.

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