My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.
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A chart that categorizes various modes of transportation based on their practicality and danger level:
Zone of Practicality:
Trains
Airliners
Boats
Walking
Cars
Scooters
Bicycles
Zone of Specialty and Recreational Vehicles:
Motorcycles
Helicopters
Light aircraft
Go karts
Skateboards
Rollerblades
Skis
Unicycles
Sleds
Bumper cars
?????:
Hot air balloons
“Hot air balloons are the optimal mode of transportation, if your optimization algorithm has a sign error.”
Are hot air balloon not like super safe, last accident I think was a guy that made his own DIY hot air balloon but before that it has been relatively safe. I think America has only seen like less than 800 deaths total.