xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation
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My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.
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A chart that categorizes various modes of transportation based on their practicality and danger level:
Zone of Practicality:
- Trains
- Airliners
- Boats
- Walking
- Cars
- Scooters
- Bicycles
Zone of Specialty and Recreational Vehicles:
- Motorcycles
- Helicopters
- Light aircraft
- Go karts
- Skateboards
- Rollerblades
- Skis
- Unicycles
- Sleds
- Bumper cars
?????:
- Hot air balloons
“Hot air balloons are the optimal mode of transportation, if your optimization algorithm has a sign error.”
Bicycles more dangerous than cars? I guess I must have missed all the stories about people being run over by bikes.
Also, bikes more dangerous than unicycles?
I've never seen some ride a unicyle on a road in regular traffic, which is where most of the danger of riding a bike is.
Do those electric unicycles without a seat count? Because those are weaving through traffic at insane speeds all the time where I live.
Oh wow, never seen one of these. No idea.