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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Instead of movies and crappy games on those in-flight displays, they should just stream the view out the cockpit window. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like, I'm on a plane. I don't want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did on one flight I was on. You could choose from a number of different cameras around the plane and watch the view. Short of take-off and landing, it was pretty dull.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I landed in Orlando recently and the captain said “hey everyone look out the left side and you’ll see a rocket launch.”

I was on the right side. With my kid. It would have been amazing to be able to flip on the TV and see!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it different to see a launch live on TV in a plane vs. seeing a launch live on TV at home?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Just like seeing lightning with your own eyes is different than seeing a GIF of it on the internet.

A TV broadcast of a rocket launch is better in some ways - cameras are well positioned to show you more, etc. but there is something about seeing a thing with your own eyes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just pointing out the absurdity of describing seeing something on TV in a plane, recorded with a camera on the plane, as seeing it with your own eyes, without even realizing it 😄.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I see, the last thing I said about turning on the TV. Well you’re right that wouldn’t be the same but part of the problem was that we didn’t really know what we were missing. My kid got all stirred up over the fact that he couldn’t see the rocket. TV would have been something.

A lot of thing you can see from a plane have this problem of only being on one side so yeah the TV would just be a slight concession to folks on the wrong side.