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[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 255 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Have these guys never been to an airport? There are trucks like this all over the tarmac.

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

you will notice the tires that enable movement;)

[–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 240 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If you have two words and exchange both with synonyms, it's a new word

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago
[–] glibg10b@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In Afrikaans too. Probably in a lot of languages

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

In Swedish it is "Flying Place".

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 7 points 1 day ago

Yes, including english

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Introducing the new Apple AirPort

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How hot are your apples getting?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'd estimate they've reached 3, maybe as high as 4.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

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

... or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory...

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought I invented the word "tragicomedy"

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Germans invented it first, with 'tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn' *

*disclaimer: not 100% sure

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day 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 4 points 1 day 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 4 points 1 day ago

Adam Something, is that you?

Convergent evolution

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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:

[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah I was thinking if the OP has never seen an 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.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 15 hours ago

...the layout works for road cars, too...

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours 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.

[–] mech@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago

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