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xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation

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Title Text:

My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.

alt-text:A chart that categorizes various modes of transportation based on their practicality and danger level:

Zone of Practicality:

  • Trains
  • Airliners
  • Boats
  • Walking
  • Cars
  • Scooters
  • Bicycles

Zone of Specialty and Recreational Vehicles:

  • Motorcycles
  • Helicopters
  • Light aircraft
  • Go karts
  • Skateboards
  • Rollerblades
  • Skis
  • Unicycles
  • Sleds
  • Bumper cars

?????:

  • Hot air balloons

“Hot air balloons are the optimal mode of transportation, if your optimization algorithm has a sign error.”

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[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago
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[-] IamLazersword@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure I agree that unicycles are safer than roller blades. But that's probably because I am comfortable on roller blades and don't know how to unicycle, so for me, the opposite is true.

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[-] Zidane@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It took me too fucking long to figure out what an "airuner" was...

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[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The Dyke Delta doesn't fit anywhere on this graph.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

an American homebuilt aircraft designed in the United States in the 1960s and marketed for amateur construction.

Doesn’t get safer than that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_Delta

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Hmmm, Boeing vs me being paranoid about my own safety.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Where would horses go?

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