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xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation (sh.itjust.works)

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xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation

Title Text:

My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.

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A chart that categorizes various modes of transportation based on their practicality and danger level:

Zone of Practicality:

Trains
Airliners
Boats
Walking
Cars
Scooters
Bicycles

Zone of Specialty and Recreational Vehicles:

Motorcycles
Helicopters
Light aircraft
Go karts
Skateboards
Rollerblades
Skis
Unicycles
Sleds
Bumper cars

?????:

Hot air balloons

“Hot air balloons are the optimal mode of transportation, if your optimization algorithm has a sign error.”

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[-] Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

I really wish the x axis was average distance traveled and the y axis was danger.

I get that the way this graph was designed was for humor and to highlight hot air balloons, but if you’re looking for a safe vehicle for a specific distance, it really doesn’t help out in any way. It probably wouldn’t be safe to drive my car across the Atlantic Ocean.

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Airliners should be below boats for convenience 😂 just because of airport security and bag collection...

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Airplane least convenient for travel from bedroom to kitchen

Walking least convenient for travel to Antarctica

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Iduno, travelling to Antarctica might be more difficult with skis than walking 😂

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh, and because you have to get to the airport first with some other means of travel and then get to the terminal...

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 4 months ago

With helicopters it's more that they're expensive than unsave.

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[-] Mighty@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

why are scooters practical and motorcycles not? I only ride a motorcycle. any distance too long for bycicle or inconvenient with public transit, I take my motorcycle.

[-] Michal@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Looks like only because they're presented as dangerous. Convenience - wise they're still the same. Practicality seems to be defined here as a balance between danger and convenience.

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[-] thefrankring@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Now I wish I has a hot air balloon for my transportation optimization algorithm.

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