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submitted 11 months ago by matto@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

We have cars for earth, boats for water and planes for air. Nothing for fire. Not that I want to ride on fire.

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[-] NoRodent@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

Aren't rockets vehicles that ride on fire (that they create themselves)?

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

By that logic, anything that has an engine rides on fire

[-] Rootiest@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ok but the return capsule kinda rides on fire when it re-enters the atmosphere

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

The fire is at the vehicle’s boundary for a rocket, making the rocket a vehicle that rides on fire.

[-] sarchar@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

Sooo steam engines ride on water?

[-] LennethBright@artemis.camp 6 points 11 months ago

Yes, and a hang glider rides on air.

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