[ofjcihen]

I mean Zeppelins were supposed to be the premier form of air travel despite the glaringly obvious issues.

Invoking “heliocentrism” is the HN version of “Ive already drawn you as the virgin and me as the Chad.”

[LogicFailsMe]

A modern equivalent of abandoning zeppelins because of the Hindenberg would be abandoning skyscrapers because of 9/11.

But it's humorous that Sergey Brin has a company dedicated to bringing back zeppelins and that's a lot more fun than Zuck's doomsday bunker or Bezos's doomsday yacht.

[ofjcihen]

Who said I was referencing the Hindenburg?

They had a ton of fundamental problems despite seeming like a good idea at first. It was only after we started using them did we realize they weren’t actually as good of an idea as they seemed.

[LogicFailsMe]

That was ~90 years ago. We're a few branches higher on the tech tree now. Their return has been promised for over 40 years. Only the future itself will answer whether they do.