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[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not a cool idea, it's a retarded idea, unless we are saying making something super expensive and very impractical is cool, in which case, it's cool I guess, like a Bugatti Veyron, just even stupider for it to exist while there are children starving in the world.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good point I was wrong, I forgot it's impossible to spend money on more than one thing at a a time.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There is spending money and utter waste of money, the hyperloop as a concept is fucking idiotic, it's trains but worse in every conceivable way other than from the standpoint of one individual trying to get fast from one point to another, and much more expensive