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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Except that is the guy on a a flight in 2020 by himself when the airlines kept flying routes with empty planes so they didn't lose access to their routes.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

That's probably when I downloaded this meme lol.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think I, too, would stay on the plane. I pretty clearly designed a plane and made it's schematics, but I sure as shit never put hand-to-tool and riveted those hot bitching shags of metal into that soft aluminum skin that rippled so gently under my heated, pounding assault.

Plus, staff and security get pretty upset about a person leaving the plane once boarded, so I'll take my chances with the engines and landing gear over super lame cops with guns.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 18 hours ago

The most sensual description of aircraft manufacturing I have ever read

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't understand... Do engineering students build commercial airliners now, or...? I mean it would explain Boeing I guess.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

It's not a "did you know" but instead a joke as old as air travel.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 30 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

So he's gonna just... stay on the plane? Just sit there on a plane he knows isn't going to go anywhere?

Sounds like the students were the smart ones, they could at least go catch another flight.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

It's a joke; you don't have to analyze it.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago

He wanted his salted peanuts.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 131 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I designed physics exam questions I tried to make them such that if the answer was wrong people in the problem could die.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s more fun when the problem involves them dying anyway.

[Introducing KE formula] “Would you rather be hit by a semi truck or a lime scooter? What if the lime scooter is going really fast and the semi truck is just slowly moving through the parking lot?”

“If I drop [student who is currently on their phone] out of an airplane, ignoring air resistance, how much kinetic energy will they have when they smack into the ground? Is that an “elastic” or “inelastic” collision?”

Or “spaghettification” when doing gravity. Or “yeah, if a gamma ray burst happened to point at earth, it would wipe out all of human civilization.” Or “if the sun went out we wouldn’t know for about 8 minutes.”

Physics is phun.

And you have to traumatize them a little bit for lab safety. I remember my upper div physics lab back in undergrad started with like a full two hours of “these are all the ways you can die in here.” I always make sure to talk about Karen Wetterhahn in my own safety lectures.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 19 hours ago

“if the sun went out we wouldn’t know for about 8 minutes.”

you might like the first chapter of Iron Sunrise. it's a SF book that begins with someone destroying a civilized planet by causing their sun to explode. not a rare trope, but they describe it in a realistic-sounding way. (the rest of the book is mid, unfortunately)

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 34 points 1 day ago

true legend over here

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 16 points 21 hours ago

Funny joke but if it won’t even start, what the hell are they doing still on the plane?!

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I get it's an old ~~meme~~ joke, but I think it's still pretty funny so why downvote it?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How often do you like to reheat, eat and freeze the leftovers of the same meal before you want to eat and taste something fresh again?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

are you aware how many autists are here?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Are you aware that all us autists are different?

Also, how does the number of autists on this platform have anything to do with that many people do not like to see old jokes because those jokes are old?

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Albert's autism joke is about your food analogy (many autists famously prefer eating the same thing every day for up to years on end)

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

That's not what I said though. I wasn't talking about identical prepared meals, i was talking about the same meal from the same batch reheated over and over again.

Bad joke.
I even intentionally phrased my initial comment in a way that it shouldn't be interpreted as identical meals but the same meal.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

it was a direct reply to the food statement. thought it was painfully obvious.

we do eat the same regularly

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

But we do not make a huge batch at once then reheat it and refreeze it over and over again. I thought that to be obvious, that's why i chose the terms "reheat" and "freeze again".

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

you're taking it to such a literal degree.

take care

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

I think he's just trying to prove your point about the number of autists on lemmy...

that's the most autistic response possible.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

It’s AI slop unless you have a source. Pretty low energy meme.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Definitly not AI slop, I downloaded this meme long before people were using generative AI to make shit tier memes. This is probably from 2020-2021.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

It's a low-effort repost, but it's pre-AI

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I can confirm, this was low-effort. Someone has to do it though.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Thanks for the clarification. I am always suspect.

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 3 points 13 hours ago

lol this is probably older than both of us together

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And then everybody clapped.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The name of that teacher: Albert Einstein.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

The students were the founding fathers before the revolution.

[–] amotio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sergio@piefed.social 8 points 19 hours ago

The gif was made by those students.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

George of the jungle love it