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Like, how did I leave Bangkok at 8 AM and arrive in LA at 8 AM the same day, both local time? Time travel.

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[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Driving on the road with humans and highway driving. Humans are remarkably stupid and volatile and yet, by and large, driving is remarkably reliable and safe despit the fact everyone is controlling a 3000+ lb weapon whilr distracted by thoughts and their phones. It blows my mind.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On a related note, the idea that all it takes is a simple line on the ground for a lot of disaster not to happen. Sometimes when another car passes in the opposite direction, I think of how freaking close we are, at the relative speeds we're going, and I'm amazed/frightened that a line dividing our lanes, an imaginary border, is all that's keeping us apart.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

One tire blowout and everyone's gone.

Kiss the rain!

I could not come up with some kind of Carpe Diem quote on short notice so this is what you get!

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why are so many of these "seems like magic" posts people taking an opportunity to be super negative

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe bc real magic would also be an awesome and terrible force

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

No that's not it