ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down120
arrow-up1570arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·1 year agoAll planes land, some more controlled than others. Take-offs are optional; landings are mandatory.
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·1 year 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-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat sounds problematic, engineering-wise
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI find comfort in knowing there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThere are at least two whales though… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywhale
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI was not prepared for boob wings this early in the day.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago🎵If you’re alive and you doubted, clap your hands🎵
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAs long as you are able to clap the plane probably landed okay
minus-squareSorolainen@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinksuomiarrow-up7·1 year agoALL planes land. The question is, whether or not there is someone left to clap afterwards.
minus-squareScrotusMaximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIf an American plane crashes in the woods and no one survives to clap does it make a sound?
… clap if the plane lands
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.
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
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
ALL planes land. The question is, whether or not there is someone left to clap afterwards.
If an American plane crashes in the woods and no one survives to clap does it make a sound?