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I flew for the first time on a plane last week and I've seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just.... Soars... Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf... It's crazy. With how much these things weigh, it's insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we're flying now. Like wow... Dude crazy.

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[–] Bluetreefrog 64 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I used to think so until I realised that air and water are both fluids, except air is thinner.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly. Ever skip a stone on the surface of a lake? It's like that, except it's a continuous skip, with air instead of water, and you're inside the stone.

[–] Dasus 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

It was a joke.

[–] InverseParallax 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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