Comment on In the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane lands

• goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.

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  • 667@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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  • tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Planely not.

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    • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?

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    • Archer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That sounds problematic, engineering-wise

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  • konalt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus

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  • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Concepts of a plane

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  • TheRealKuni@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.

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• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  All planes land

  Some planes water

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  • 667@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I find comfort in k owing there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.

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    • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There are at least two whales though…

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywhale

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      • TheRealKuni@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I was not prepared for boob wings this early in the day.

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• anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If they can still clap when the plane lands, they will.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    🎵If you’re alive and you doubted, clap your hands🎵

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    • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      🎼🎶 Clap your hands🎵 !

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• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As long as you are able to clap the plane probably landed okay

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