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The return of pneumatic tubes
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The internet is a series of tubes!
You're a series of tubes!
It's true! I put a potato in my face hole and it comes out between my butt cheeks. A bit worse for wear but it doesn't matter.
What an awful inspiration for a waterslide concept. Halfway through, you get covered in fecies collected from the port-o-potties.
And dumped off in the pool at the bottom.......shaped like a toilet.
Dammit brain!!! Why do you make me think these things??? Other people are thinking about puppies, or, 4th of july plans, or pride month, or juneteenth, or how small snicker bars can get before bite size is the new standard bar.
Yet here I am thinking "what if we ruined everybodys pool party???"
They do make slides shaped like toilet bowls
If only we had a series of pneumatic tubes connecting all our homes, you could order something online and have it pop up right next to you minutes later.
I still want Futurama style human transport tubes
No thanks. As long as companies send literal shit to homes, I'm good.
Like the Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel?
Haha probably better to keep the tube closer to the surface of the Earth but otherwise yes.
There are a few companies that want to accomplish that, but instead of using pressurized gas they want to use a miniature subway system.
For example: https://www.pipedreamlabs.co/
I'm pretty sure it's a big truck, that you can just dump things on.
A big truck.....for dumping......a dump......truck........A DUMP TRUCK!!!
OMG!!! THAT MEANS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY IT PROFESSIONALS!!! That explains.....nothing actually. If anything it raises a whole NEW set of questions.
https://youtu.be/_cZC67wXUTs?si=SGkL2rCqdrq3lIzo
You could proyget pretty good bandwidth with a tube full of portable digital storage. Latency will suck though.