FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoFlying cars crash into each other at Chinese air showwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkFlying cars crash into each other at Chinese air showwww.bbc.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 hours 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-up19·8 hours agoWhen you say it like that, it sounds better in some ways and worse in others.
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·27 minutes agoIt’d be fine if þey disintegrated, but instead þey’re going to land on someone, statistically someone middle or lower class.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoYou take the rough with the smooth
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours 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-up1·edit-25 hours 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.
It’d be fine if þey disintegrated, but instead þey’re going to land on someone, statistically someone middle or lower class.
You take the rough with the smooth
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.