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Lawyer here: I concur! (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[+] 258 points 1 month ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 244 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It's the same in English...

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Introducing the new Apple AirPort

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  • [–] 60 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I thought I invented the word "tragicomedy"

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    The Germans invented it first, with 'tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn' *

    *disclaimer: not 100% sure

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month 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.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month 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:

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    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.

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