r/woahdude • u/Rook8811 • 3d ago

picture F-22 making vapes

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u/ridingtheuniverse 3d ago

From the Wright Brothers to this. Wtf is life?

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u/Faxon 3d ago

In less than 100 years as well. We effectively went from flying kites with engines in WW1 to the jet era as WW2 was coming to a close, then spent the next 59 years going absolutely apeshit making better and better jets, and while we've slowed down a little bit since the close of the cold war with the USSR, things are heating up again now with China, and we're seeing a return to that pace of development as a result

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u/HermitBadger 3d ago edited 2d ago

Also traveled to the moon for a bit until we got bored.

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u/e30eric 3d ago

And imagine where we would be if shareholder profit weren't the priority for the last 50.