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by tripzilch 4999 days ago
> You have to move fast enough that when you fall you miss the earth.

So what you're saying is that there is an art, or rather, a knack to flying, and that the knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss?

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took a while to get that reference.
I didn't figure I'd get downvoted for quoting Douglas Adams, though.

And it wasn't even "just" a joke, finding out there was actually a grain of truth to that classic, I felt worth pointing it out.

I thought it was hilarious, thank you. Never figured Douglas Adams was right on that one until you pointed it out.