• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    i always find these kind of statements and comics weird, because like.

    If the plane is your own, this would also signal the sound of protection and defense, which is an objectively good thing, if we’re classifying dying due to a plane as a bad thing.

    There are two sides to the coin and i guess this is either shitposting memes, or people never think about the fact that like, you can also just have a military.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Most people don’t like living near even civilian airports. Active duty flights would’ve usually happened nearer to the front, and modern flights often happen from aircraft carriers anyway.

      Much more common for people to hear are shows of force, like the States do for holidays, airshows, and large sports games.

      The comic is making fun of the fact that an airshow idolizes machines of war. Not all airshows focus on military craft, but most of them do, often being held at military airbases.

      As cool as they are, it’s good to remember that those machines are instruments of death, and often used against people of no immediate threat. Regardless of the necessity, I don’t think that’s something to cheer for.