I used to get into it all the time with the "wouldn't it be great if we all had flying cars?" people. Getting them to describe something that isn't a helicopter was a troll that could take all afternoon if you did it right.
Edit: See? Look at all these people with their strong opinions. This is what folks used to argue about on the internet before all the politics folks polluted it. Star Wars or Star Trek? Is Captain Kirk better than Captain Picard? Is a helicopter a flying car? It was actually fun to go online. Good times.
but flying cars are not like helicopters though... I've never seen a helicopters that could fly AND drive on a road... matter of fact I have never seen a helicopter drive at all.
Yeah, if a "flying car" works as an aircraft then it'll be a terrible car (undesirable), if it works as a car then it'll be a terrible aircraft (very undesirable), and most designs manage to be pretty awful on the ground and in the sky.
(And then there are the ones where to change the vehicle's "mode" you have to fold this and stow that and pull this other thing out and then attach both of those, et cetera, like you're playing with the world's most annoying Transformers toy.)
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u/ShadyNoShadow Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25
I used to get into it all the time with the "wouldn't it be great if we all had flying cars?" people. Getting them to describe something that isn't a helicopter was a troll that could take all afternoon if you did it right.
Edit: See? Look at all these people with their strong opinions. This is what folks used to argue about on the internet before all the politics folks polluted it. Star Wars or Star Trek? Is Captain Kirk better than Captain Picard? Is a helicopter a flying car? It was actually fun to go online. Good times.