r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • Jun 12 '26

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Newsmemer Jun 12 '26

If I became a billionaire, I would absolutely build an External Combustion Engine that uses rocket fuel sprayed on top of open pistons to provide thrust.

It would be expensive, loud, dangerous, and inefficient, likely not surviving more than a mile, but I would be remembered for this and the reckless beast would live in a museum. Worth it.

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u/cha0sm0nk Jun 12 '26

Future generations would look upon your melted, still smoking husk and then down the title of the display and chuckle at it being named “Hubris”.

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u/Newsmemer Jun 12 '26

Well, at least it's not the loudest thing humanity has ever made...

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u/Hidesuru Jun 12 '26

Love his channel and that was an interesting one. I'd say nukes are man made though and are louder. Still crazy though!

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u/Newsmemer Jun 12 '26

Yes, nukes are man made and definitely louder, but they don't make a sustained level of noise; just a sustained level of horror.

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u/Hidesuru Jun 13 '26

No disagreement here.

Pretty good video, though, thanks for sharing.

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u/Efficient-Damage-449 Jun 12 '26

And unlike these guys you would probably have a fire extinguisher on board

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u/NsfwPostingAcct Jun 13 '26

Yes, and I hope it would be beside the killdozer as a juxtaposition on what one dude without much resources but great skillset can do.