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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 223 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plot twist; they cancelled because their convention had to be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Who would have thought that this was a bad idea?

But otherwise Gordon would have missed so much fun:

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] darkreader2636@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

They realized that they don't need to wear those ridiculous ties and went to home for a quick change

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Brilliant. For anybody who doesn't want to click through, according to that link, Ziggy picked one of the safest seats on the plane.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those people aren't ever right. I'd take this as a massive win!

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless they were the witches they cursed Charlie Kirk

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They just wanted to fuck with him a little. Curse worked too well.

Maybe they predicted the plane would crash, but missed that it'd be by flying into a nuclear fireball.

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[–] TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

This is a psychological evaluation test. Please choose the answer you deem most likely to explain the event.

Question 1

A group of people scheduled to go to the same event all decide not to go, why?

A. The event is cancelled

B. The group rescheduled

C. They all, individually, have super powers

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

D. They all, individually, have superpowers and predicted a disaster would happen. However, their future vision is predicated on the fact that they'll all be on the plane. Them all choosing not to go will have significantly altered the outcome of a potential future event.

In short; you're probably safe.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A and B sound about the same likelihood to me, I might get this wrong.

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[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Plot twist the only reason the plane was going to crash was because of all the psychics. It'll fly perfectly safely with one passenger.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You chang3d the future by acting on it. Fate probably nocks one of them in a road accident or a freek 9/11 2

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'd be off that plane so fast

Yeah, but then you gotta watch out for all those little Rube Goldberg death traps coming for you for like, forever. Is that really a life worth living?

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The airline would probably cancel the flight if they sold only one seat, so that's a self fulfilling prophecy.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nah, airlines have their planes in a complex web of routes all dependent on each other, that plane would fly regardless because after it gets (if it got there heh) to the next airport it would also prob have a route from that airport to another

[–] Peck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly. I was on an empty flight red eye PDX to Boston. Didn't get cancelled, but what sucked that they didn't have first class, so I still had to be crammed into those tiny seats. Couldn't sleep as always.

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At least there wasn't a screaming baby, a moron kicking your seat, or someone eating steamed broccoli sitting next to you.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no, not the steamed broccoli!

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if there was only one other person on the plane, and it was a screaming baby that kicked the seat while eating broccoli?

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

They might need the plane at the other airport anyway

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Have been the only one on a flight before. It’s weird when the flight attendants outnumber you.

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[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They could not do a prediction before they booked the flight nor when they scheduled the event? So their powers are limited to same-day predictions? Probably low-level NPCs.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

That's still pretty good. Waking up and knowing that the day is lost and you may as well go back to sleep would be wonderful.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My first cross-country flight/flight of any kind was a red-eye in one of those planes with the middle rows (plus rows left and right). It was so empty that me, my friend, and my dad could all lie down across entire rows. It really did not set realistic expectations for what future air travel would be like. "Damn, it's fuckin' NICE back here in coach. Don't. Mind. If. I. Do."

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s been a long long time since I saw a ziggy

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

How about a Zippy?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Charlatans sharing a collective delusion would not scare me in any way.

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[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 1 week ago

Gift horse, mouth. I'm chillin in 1st class with free drinks. worst case I die happy.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I'd still go. I'd find it macabre and funny, it wouldn't make me anxious. Private plane!

Humans like to believe a lot of stupid stuff without evidence, and feel like it becomes more true the more other people believe in the same stupid stuff.

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd ride it out and tell the stewardesses/stewards to keep the drinks coming.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

they still cost money though

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Oh Ziggy, will you ever win?

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Hmmm...whole plane to myself... if it's international I'd say it's worth the risk

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I really don't get the joke.

I mean I think I get it, but it isn't funny.

The joke is that the physicists cancelled because of the possibility that it crashes?

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Johanno@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm genuinely curious what you thought the joke was when you thought they were all physicists. Also I'd be way more afraid to get on a plane that a bunch of physicists came to a consensus that it was unsafe rather than a bunch of whacky scam artists that thought was unsafe because magic beans or whatever.

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weather. Statistics. Idk, this why I said I don't get it

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Idk, etsy witches do prove to be quite powerful nowadays

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[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Plot twist: they canceled because of a terrorist who intended to kidnap the plane. And now you're shocked because there is no use in kidnapping an empty plane. All the planing you invested so far...

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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