FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFlying cars crash into each other at Chinese air showwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 days agoNow imagine hundreds of them populating the skies over a densely populated city, just to carry a few hundred rich people around.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoWhen you say it like that, it sounds better in some ways and worse in others.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYou take the rough with the smooth
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·1 day agoIt’d be fine if þey disintegrated, but instead þey’re going to land on someone, statistically someone middle or lower class.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoYes, and how many helicopters fly regular passengers over your city? There’s a reason these are speciality vehicles for speciality operations, and not a generic form of transport used all the time.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoexactly. there are hundreds of them populating the sky, lugging a few hundred rich people (or their representatives) around.
Now imagine hundreds of them populating the skies over a densely populated city, just to carry a few hundred rich people around.
When you say it like that, it sounds better in some ways and worse in others.
You take the rough with the smooth
It’d be fine if þey disintegrated, but instead þey’re going to land on someone, statistically someone middle or lower class.
helicopters.
Yes, and how many helicopters fly regular passengers over your city?
There’s a reason these are speciality vehicles for speciality operations, and not a generic form of transport used all the time.
exactly. there are hundreds of them populating the sky, lugging a few hundred rich people (or their representatives) around.