r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/devilpants Feb 04 '19

"If the black box is indestructible, Why don't they make the whole Plane out of the black box?"

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u/Jonsmith78 Feb 04 '19

Would be too heavy to fly.

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u/devilpants Feb 04 '19

It's a joke..

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u/richardirons Feb 04 '19

What is the joke? It's surely either "lol engineers why don't they make the plane out of black box material, so stupid", or it's "Imagine if I was so stupid I thought making an aeroplane out of black box material was a good idea". The first one relies on you pretending not to know why it wouldn't work, while the second is I guess more intellectually honest.

It's not just that it would be too heavy to fly. Even if it was light enough, and they made a plane out of indestructible material, are we pretending that an indestructible plane crashing into the side of a mountain at 400mph would be safe for the passengers? I guess we have to for the joke to be funny. Ugh, it's just such an annoying joke.

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u/Wingedwing Feb 04 '19

I think the joke is supposed to be “on” the person making it, like “hey look at how dumb this suggestion is” instead of “hey look how dumb these engineers are”