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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Well I must admit, when the plane is resting on the ground, the wings droop down a lot. Then when airborne it's the other way around, the wings curve upwards as the fuselage hangs from them. In my mind nothing that big made of metal should be able to flex that much.

But since I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I have learned about material science, airplane design and engineering. And I have found out that it does indeed flex that much. It also isn't that thick, since it's only a skeleton wrapped with a very thin layer of metal. In fact if it didn't flex as much, it would be weaker and not stronger.

So the thing I really learnt is never to trust intuition when it comes to things like this.

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait till this guy find out that there are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, technically pregnant women can be submarines

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've read your comment and I'd like you to know that I don't approve of it.

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[–] Aliktren@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Glue, is how the wings stay on, really good glue

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

hot glue or super glue? I mean super glue has super in the name

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Welding is just extreme hot glue, the hottest glue

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[–] dave@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any type of glue is fine. Just stay away from the cardboard derivatives.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 30 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I remember a quote from an A380 pilot saying the plane doesn't look like it should be able to fly.

Even the people that fly them know they don't look like a flying object.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 166 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

This perfectly encapsulates how anti vaxxers and others think. "Ive thought it through and it cantnbebright". Its incredible how we can have access to vast amounts of information and yet live in an age of gleeful ignorance.

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[–] Wildfire0Straggler3@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Whatever the fuck that last part means, how is it gay?

[–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It is a traditional slang on 4chan (and somme parts of r*ddit).

Years ago there where a few sincere jokes with it now it is just straight up homophobia and culture war shit.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fake-and-gay

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You are in the greentext community, this is the standard phrase used by 4chan people to call stuff they dont like or think is fake.

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