At least we haven't gotten flying cars. Humans can barely handle sharing the road; thank God there aren't 20-something dudes texting and plowing into winged family cars overhead
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Oh totally. No way humans can manage that.
aug 17, 2025, 6:01 pm • 1 0 • view
I have had this very thought! We can’t all be trusted with nice things.
aug 17, 2025, 6:28 am • 4 0 • view
That was My argument 40 years ago.
aug 18, 2025, 12:37 am • 0 0 • view
Not to mention 20-something dudettes texting and instagramming and regularly trying to kill me nearly every single day I drive.
aug 18, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 0 • view
I think by the time we get to that point we'll have been able to dipshit-proof them with proximity sensors or some shit. If they were invented tomorrow yeah no
aug 18, 2025, 3:41 am • 1 0 • view
On the up side, it would considerably hasten Darwinism.
aug 17, 2025, 10:16 am • 2 0 • view
But we really should have robot maids by now
aug 17, 2025, 9:54 am • 5 0 • view
They've been training for this for years
aug 18, 2025, 3:41 am • 3 0 • view
My late father had a Roomba. Whenever I visited, I felt like the damn thing was always under my feet. Just like the cat. 😆
aug 18, 2025, 3:49 am • 1 0 • view
Yet
aug 17, 2025, 6:42 am • 0 0 • view
Or dipshits who run out of gas and fall out of the sky.
aug 18, 2025, 1:53 am • 0 0 • view
The biggest reason no one even tries for flying cars is it seems like it would inevitably lead to falling cars.
aug 17, 2025, 8:34 am • 7 0 • view
yet!
aug 18, 2025, 1:46 am • 0 0 • view
With flying cars, we'd have multiple 9/11's every single day.
aug 18, 2025, 1:43 am • 0 0 • view
Otoh, if we get a propulsion method out of sci-fi, there's suddenly much more room to evade (6DOF instead of just one - lateral). But current flying relies on high speeds and long landing strips, or a machine that tries to kill you at every move - a helicopter 😁
aug 17, 2025, 11:04 am • 1 0 • view
Being one of the highest scorers in my Army Basic Training marksmanship test, I received the "honor" of being flown back to the barracks in a helicopter sporting bench seats with no restraints running alongside wide-open doors. Clipping along at 30mph 200 feet up, I was never more scared in my life.
aug 17, 2025, 10:15 pm • 2 0 • view
I remember reading a comment elsewhere that made me think. “We did get flying cars. We called them helicopters. Now why do you think we’re not all flying helicopters?” 🚁
aug 17, 2025, 10:06 am • 3 0 • view
PS: aviationhumor.net/helicopter-p...
aug 17, 2025, 11:05 am • 2 0 • view
Helicopter is a really tough thing to fly. It tries to kill you with every move. Flying fixed wing is much easier. That said, we need new propulsion methods out of sci-fi to make it forgiving enough to be viable for the masses. Antigravity and inertial dampeners.
aug 17, 2025, 11:00 am • 0 0 • view
This 100%. I’m appalled at myself for ever thinking the human race could handle “the future”.
aug 17, 2025, 7:51 am • 6 0 • view
See I'm glad I'm not the only one that's thinking about what a nightmare it would be in the real world if cars could fly. If folks fly like they drive, the carnage would be UNREAL.
aug 17, 2025, 10:36 am • 0 0 • view
Yes! It will be rudderly ridiculous.
aug 18, 2025, 2:12 am • 0 0 • view