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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

We need a sky god to start making our annual billionaire sacrifice too.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The gods of the deep need some of that, too. Titan was a worthy sacrifice.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 17 hours ago

Why not both?

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be the first time for high ranking officials to die that way. It happened at least once in the soviet union.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

It happend in Poland in 2010 too :)

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Would be even better if they got boeing to help too. Would be just the best plane ever, such a great plane. Other people would look at it (as it explodes in a fireball in the sky) and say wow what a beautiful thing

[–] SkupaSalataNaPopustu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We know you can make it happen God, we've seen you do it with that skit-of-skits billionaire sub thing God. We know you just need them to all willingly line up God. Well they're lining up, God! They're willingly lining up! It's your time to shine God!

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

John 14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Yes. Make him hasten the process. And have both of them on all flights.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago

trump killing himself by using Musk to skirt safety precautions so he can feel special riding around in a shiny new ego tube might be enough to get me wondering if god exists.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Beside all the jokes that we want the president and trump to ride that plane together... He's on a mission to save as much money as possible and then he wants two new airplanes for himself???

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

So technically they were commissioned during the Obama era, Trump 1 threatened to cancel the program if the budget went over 4 billion, then Boeing appeased him.

Also the reason they were commissioned to save money. Aging aircraft are a bitch to operate. That's why cheap airlines like Ryanair only run new planes.

Also there are already two of them. I suppose one is probably a backup?

Also, fun fact, technically any plane that the US president is currently flying on, is at that moment, Air Force One.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

1 for him to golf, and 1 for secret meeting with putin/russians.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please let them both ride it together, please please please.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

And take the new FBI director, I hear he likes plane rides.

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

sounds like a chance for the world. boing is doing so well in recent years. get all republicans on that plane. put bannon in. put all other friends of epstein on that plane and have it tour the world.

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

It's not a death threat if you're supporting their death wish.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Ordinarily, the implied result would be sad due to the press corps flies on air Force one as well, but now that they've replaced all reputable news outlets with Fox clones... Let's do this!

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 103 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Please, God, if you're listening, do something really really funny with this.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (6 children)

"Didn't you people learn from the Holocaust that I either don't exist or am evil if I do?"

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Oh wow, what's the worst that could happen, they skip safety and defense features and the plane gets shot down and the president killed? Oh man, that would be horrible, just horrible!

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

It's good they chose Boeing to build it lol

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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 day ago

Please have Boeing do this. Focus on the doors.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Next will be SkyGate. The year the GateVatar will be born.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was gonna say, hopefully Trump's up for some deep sea exploration next!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

funny thing stockton used "used defective airplane parts to make that sub"

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 1 day ago

Could Musk be useful for something after all?

[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

This is starting to feel like someone's playing a joke on me and the whole world is on it.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

Dear Boeing,

I know i said i wanted world peace. Hear me out.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hurry Elon, hurry. Godspeed.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Take every drug you need.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

Oh! Wouldn't that be a nice resolution...

Put the President and Trump on an unsafe plane and sent that bitch on a nice long flight over the ocean.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The only bad part about the obvious outcome here is that we'll have the 9/11 and JFK conspiracy theorist types jerking themselves raw about how it was absolutely a conspiracy to assassinate him.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, they'll say that no matter how he dies. "Deep state operatives made him eat that fatal cheeseberder on the toilet!"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No matter how he dies, there will be a contingent insisting he isn't actually dead.

Some of those insane QAnon people think JFK is still alive. Not JFK, Jr. JFK. Who was born in 1917.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 42 points 1 day ago

SpaceX and BOEING engineers. You know what to do, right? GET TO WORK!

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

DOGE needs to get rid of those pesky safety regulations holding up the plane.

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[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump is completely right on this issue. Despite the fact his plane is produced by a company plagued with consistent quality control issues I believe this should be rushed into service as quickly as possible. In fact, I agree that the anyone including temp workers should be allowed in to get this thing in the air today.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

All those lights and dials and displays in the cockpit take the pilot's attention off of flying. Don't need 'em.

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