xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation
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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.
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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.”
Tell you what, you drive your bike into a car and maybe the concussion will change your thinking enough to make it believable that bikes are more dangerous.
We’re not rating danger for the damn planet here. It’s obviously danger for the user - that’s the one who’s buying the product. Why would anyone care about the safety of others over their own safety?
As long as I can slice vegetables using my car door I don’t give a damn about pedestrians.
I will literally shit inside any human being I don’t personally know (and some that I do know) if it makes my life 0.02% more comfortable. What’s your point?
Oh I think you made the point better than me. As it is written somewhere, live by the sword die by the sword. I hope you enjoy your bowl of shit.
The tone and content of this message indicate
a severe lack of empathy and a high degree of self-centeredness, verging on sociopathic tendencieslulz, you know how to underscore a perspective right there! I wonder if that is a brand new sentence…No need to indulge but since you got me thinking about self interest and empathy:
If you had the opportunity to gain an extra hour of sleep the next time you wanted it, but in return, someone you don’t know would experience moderate discomfort for ten years. Would you be willing to make that trade-off?
I have it on good authority they got banned for abusing the report feature, so I guess we’ll never know how they might respond.