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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2021-06-26

"there are qwo types of people in the world: those with the self-control to go to bed at a responsible hour, and those who, upon bedtime, suddenly need to know the etymology of the word blimp, differences between blimps & zeppelins, and stories of the Hindenburg disaster survivors" -- jane c. hu ([twitter.com profile] jane_c_hu), 2021-06-21

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posted by [personal profile] gale_storm at 11:15am on 2021-06-26
“qwo types of people”

Not the “qwo qypes” of people? 8^D

“zeppelins have an internal metal framework that maintains its shape even when not filled with gasses”

So, I suppose I’m a blimp, as I *always* have gas! 8^D


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posted by [personal profile] selki at 01:09pm on 2021-06-26
I don't usually get burning research desires late at night, but I do often want to read a book.
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posted by [personal profile] sabotabby at 01:23pm on 2021-06-26
I remember being super weirded out by finding out there were Hindenburg survivors. I guess I just assumed that any disaster big enough to halt an entire field of technological research would have, like, killed everyone on board. But apparently not.
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posted by [personal profile] ckd at 07:11pm on 2021-06-26
The two are arguably related: if it hadn't happened during landing with a lot of people around (including spectators, cameramen, and newsmen) to firmly place it in the social consciousness, there might not have been any survivors (either because it happened over the Atlantic, or over land at a higher altitude and with no nearby rescuers).
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posted by [personal profile] sabotabby at 08:32pm on 2021-06-26
Ohhh, point.
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posted by [personal profile] gale_storm at 08:25am on 2021-06-27
I had to look this up, too.

Wikipedia is useful, in this regard:

‘The accident caused 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen) from the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), and an additional fatality on the ground.’

Yeah, count me as someone who just figured that it all went up in a puff of smoke.


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posted by [personal profile] cellio at 02:12am on 2021-06-30

Yeah, me too -- I figured the "survivors" were onlookers on the ground, not that anybody on board had made it out.

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