Comment on Lawyer here: I concur!

radiofreebc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!

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  • bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.

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    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’

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      • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s the same in English…

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      • glibg10b@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In Afrikaans too. Probably in a lot of languages

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?

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      • bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Introducing the new Apple AirPort

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    • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s what I’m calling vents from now on

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How hot are your apples getting?

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• Calfpupa@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sometimes you come up with a genius idea only to realize you’ve reinvented the train.

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  • HeHoXa@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly take these as wins. Clearly it was a good idea.

    … or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory…

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought I invented the word “tragicomedy”

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    • slothrop@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The Germans invented it first, with ‘tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn’ *

      *disclaimer: not 100% sure

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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s apparently attested since at least the 2nd century BCE; Roman playwright Plautus is usually credited with coining the term.

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Adam Something, is that you?

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Convergent evolution

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• RogueBanana@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do you move the planes around if the entire tarmac is filled with these? Seems a little impractical.

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  • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you will notice the tires that enable movement;)

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• deacon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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:

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or, it’s a self unloading flat bed ;)

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    • deacon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hmm, makes sense.
  You’d need a long bed to transport the planes.

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