Sometimes you come up with a genius idea only to realize you’ve reinvented the train.
Comment on Lawyer here: I concur!
radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Honestly take these as wins. Clearly it was a good idea.
… or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory…
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I thought I invented the word “tragicomedy”
slothrop@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The Germans invented it first, with ‘tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn’ *
*disclaimer: not 100% sure
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I love the joke, but there is actually a German word for this: Tragikomödie.
It is a compound noun formed by combining Tragödie (tragedy) and Komödie (comedy).
This term was notably used in German Romanticism and later in 20th-century drama (for example like Brecht or Dürrenmatt) to describe works that refuse to fit neatly into a single emotional category.
Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It’s apparently attested since at least the 2nd century BCE; Roman playwright Plautus is usually credited with coining the term.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Adam Something, is that you?
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Convergent evolution
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 months ago
How do you move the planes around if the entire tarmac is filled with these? Seems a little impractical.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
you will notice the tires that enable movement;)
deacon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them.
Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane.
Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this:
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Or, it’s a self unloading flat bed ;)
deacon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It technically is that, as well, and I’ve certainly seen them used to transport things short distances. At a top speed of 15 MPH (unless you know where to find the governor, but even then), it isn’t something you’d want to use to bring a bunch of lumber back from the lumber yard. More like bringing a broken towbar to an unresponsive GSE shop so that it can be left on their doorstep to shame them. As a random hypothetical.
picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yeah I was thinking if the OP has never seen the airport and these vehicles.
In addition to that belt loader, there are a plethora of different kind of half-cockpit vehicles there. Ofc its easier there as these likely dont need to be registered for road use.
I’ve seen so many different types and makes.
mech@feddit.org 2 months ago
Hmm, makes sense.
You’d need a long bed to transport the planes.
NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It’s the same in English…
glibg10b@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
In Afrikaans too. Probably in a lot of languages
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Introducing the new Apple AirPort
fartographer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s what I’m calling vents from now on
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
How hot are your apples getting?