(not actually official) (sadly)

Every time I travel I compare the trip in air vs land... Trains are fucking expensive, I would rather not fly ever again but I cannot afford to go by train

- I find it crazy that I pay for an industry that's constantly trying to fuck me over

Fucking love the concept of monorail tbh. Why does everyone shit on it? (I've never actually been on a monorail)

They accomplish the same thing as a train, while being more expensive, easier to kill via vendor lock, and more expensive to expand.
They do have a place similar to guided buses, when you need an elevated rail, but have too many hills for steel on steel.
Mono = one
Rail = rail
I would love to ride this.

The funniest thing about using Tumblr was having to explain to new users that "official" doesn't mean shit. That's how you know a site is unmonetizable.

Tumblr is the social media equivalent of those little hellstrips of lawn squeezed between the sidewalk and the street - useless for any profitable purpose and generally full of dog shit. I love it so much.
- I miss it. 😔 I know it's still around but my entire community got nuked during the nsfw ban so I split.

Bullet trains are cool and all but have we considered bullet zeppelins?

Give airline subsidies to Amtrak instead. GG

The minute there is a Hindeburg II, I'm booking a ticket and getting on it with my tailed tux and top hat.

America murdered everyone on it by refusing to sell the Germans Helium in the past. I'm sure today it will just be corporate greed because Hydrogen is so much cheaper. Same outcome. Get a picture on Wikipedia forever. Win win.

America murdered everyone on it by refusing to sell the Germans Helium in the past.
I see a lot of people shitting on the US on Lemmy. But this is the first time I've seen someone shitting on the US for refusing to sell a military resource to Adolf Hitler.
- There’s a lot of people that blocking makes your experience better. I usually block only if their profile shows all comments being same stance tho. Some people’s entire personality is hating America lol
- So what's your view on the SR71, specifically the titanium sourcing...
  Sanctions are good except when I need them?
You'd only get the same outcome from using a balloon made out of thermite. If it's just hydrogen, a leak would flare (if ignited), but it wouldn't explode until enough oxygen mixes in with the hydrogen (again, if ignited). And something like a nitrogen tank being used to displace the lost hydrogen would prevent that from happening. The main thing would be getting to the ground before buoyancy is lost, but that would also be the case for a breached helium zeppelin.

Airship gang rise up