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Amerlis t1_jb2v67l wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron

Rather not see r/idiotsinflyingcars. There’d be nsfw/nsfl tags all over the place.

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okaterina t1_jb4yx2g wrote

Never underestimate human stupidity.

Your fool-proof user interface still has one actionnable item ? It's not fool-proof enough.

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