@ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down120
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minus-square@667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglish91•3 months agoAll planes land, some more controlled than others. Take-offs are optional; landings are mandatory.
minus-square@goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink60•3 months agoI would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
minus-square@naught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoIf you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
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minus-square@667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-23 months agoI find comfort in knowing there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.
minus-square@naught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•3 months agoThere are at least two whales though… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywhale
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoI was not prepared for boob wings this early in the day.
minus-square@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink5•3 months ago🎵If you’re alive and you doubted, clap your hands🎵
minus-squarePyrlinkfedilink6•3 months agoAs long as you are able to clap the plane probably landed okay
All planes land, some more controlled than others.
Take-offs are optional; landings are mandatory.
I would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
Planely not.
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
Concepts of a plane
If you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
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I find comfort in knowing there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.
There are at least two whales though…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywhale
I was not prepared for boob wings this early in the day.
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🎵If you’re alive and you doubted, clap your hands🎵
🎼🎶 Clap your hands🎵 !
As long as you are able to clap the plane probably landed okay