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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·3 days agoThey are quite safe and you can land pretty quickly if need be, but yes steering is nigh impossible.
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·3 days agoNot impossible if you know what way the winds are blowing at different heights
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·3 days agoYeah thats why i said “nigh”. Its not really steering because you cant freely decide, its more like choosing from a limited set of directional options.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·3 days agoomg, life is just a hot air balloon ride
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·3 days agoJust depends how high you are
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days ago“Depends. For those times when you’re too high to make it to the bathroom.” (For the non-aware, “Depends” are an American brand of adult diapers.)
minus-squareTheRtRevKaiser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoDepending on how things go, you can land very quickly indeed.
They are quite safe and you can land pretty quickly if need be, but yes steering is nigh impossible.
Not impossible if you know what way the winds are blowing at different heights
Yeah thats why i said “nigh”. Its not really steering because you cant freely decide, its more like choosing from a limited set of directional options.
omg, life is just a hot air balloon ride
Very zen.
Just depends how high you are
always.
“Depends. For those times when you’re too high to make it to the bathroom.”
(For the non-aware, “Depends” are an American brand of adult diapers.)
Depending on how things go, you can land very quickly indeed.