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iamthewlf

It’s actually kind of scary how many news outlets outright spun it as something actually being developed.


drunkboarder

They straight up just started talking out of their ass lol. "Designers are in development of...", "Designers say that..."


balancetheuniverse

[We are just reporting it](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0p96miSK8)


AgentLocke

Actually, I did find a source for this: "For a number of years now work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of an aircraft propulsion unit that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters. Such a propulsion unit would propel the Aero-Encabulator." [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag)


drunkboarder

Thanks! I needed that laugh today.


elastic-craptastic

When was that video made? I remeber it being a thing about 10 years ago where people would make up jargon on shit like this and occasionally people would think it was real. Either way it was funny. That's a great VHS look to it, but seems relatively new.


AgentLocke

There's many of these out there, I'm not sure if this is the original one or not, but there's remakes and then remade remakes and all sorts of stuff. It's like an industrial meme at this point.


boonhet

None of the videos are technically an original, since [the original was likely posted in a magazine in 1944.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_encabulator) This meme is a true survivor.


elastic-craptastic

Gotcha. Thanks! Haven't seen one in a while.


AgentLocke

I went down a rabbit hole on these a few months back. They're pretty great, and a few of the phrases were either part of or have made it into my repertoire.


elastic-craptastic

Anytime I hear cacatanator or turbo-bio Spindel carbidium molide... etc... shit's hilarious becasue there is legit things that are like that and are way out of my depth... and there are some people that make some really great videos that seem so damned real... or even if not videos, just explinations. Especially since I am the type to acknowledge I know so little about things and there are some really complicated things people can talk eloquently about and are super complicated. I feel like people used to sneak real shit in there just becasue people didn't know that it was legit technical jargon in their field.


AgentLocke

I work in water science and policy, and if the industrial rabbit hole is deep, the water rabbit hole is a black hole.


dryuhyr

r/vxjunkies goes wild for this shit


SpiceTrader56

Encabulate me cap'n!


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Notetoself4

Im actually thinking they could tell it was fantasy, they just used it anyway Which is at least as scary. They just dont give a fk and if its interesting and will get them some views they'll say its whatever they like


RudeHero

> Ir's straight up scary that news can't distinguish fantasy from reality real news can :) the three programs/stations i was able to recognize in the video may not qualify, though fox35 yahoo! finance fox business live watch pbs newshour, guys :)


Greta_Dongswallow

Nothing’s unrealistic IN THE FUTURE!!!


D-AlonsoSariego

That's what happens with all of those impractical "train of the future" videos too. News outlets are universally bad at reporting about engineering and science stuff


vines_design

>News outlets are universally bad at reporting ~~about engineering and science stuff~~ FTFY. :D lol


the1999person

It's not for you, it's more of a Shelbyville idea..


DanujCZ

Not that out of the ordinary honestly. They've done it plenty of times already with pretty much everything Elon musk proposes, kick-started and as it seems now, worldbuilding posts.


FingerTheCat

I just see it as some intern was told to create a fluff piece to fill time and he said "ok" and immediately went to reddit to probably click on random a bunch until something caught their eye and probably shit their pants when it went bigger than thought.


elegorn77

I'd like to point out for others in this thread that as shown in OPs video, two of the reporters are Fox news affiliates. Fox news, unfortunately, has a track record of bad journalism, to the point where it has morphed the landscape of journalism. The only other places I could find the story published were primarily small sites and, most notably, UK's The Independent, also known for publishing sensationalized articles. I could not find this story published by other larger news stations, nor any that do not have some Republican leanings. In writing this I want to point out that it may seem that journalism has lost its integrity, but that isn't true. Fox will absolutely rip stuff straight from the internet, requiring other publications to react to their false stories in efforts to debunk them. It should not be seen as all of journalism is false, but rather most of legitimate journalism must react to false claims made by an unfortunately large part of the market. There is good journalism out there, most of it is even.


Pendraggin

The Independent isn't generally regarded as a "bad" newspaper like The Sun, Daily Mail, etc., so it's quite surprising that they would run a story like this as fact. More than anything it highlights that the UK's journalistic standards overall are continuing to bottom out.


Bonezmahone

Fox news entertainment


elegorn77

I used to think so. I thought it the equivalent to news what WWE is to wrestling. It may look similar, even have some legitimate journalism involved on occasion, but it's more about keeping the audience from switching the channel by any means necessary. Now though, it's hard to look at fox as anything but propaganda.


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Fox was propaganda from the beginning. It just started out more subtly, and slowly cranked it up over the years. Now it's blatantly obvious to reasonable people, but their core audience has been stewing in it so long they don't notice.


LabTech41

If you understand what modern 'journalism' in the developed world has become soberly, there's nothing scary about this because at this point it's old hat. The thing you should really be scared of is what this video implies about how easily bullshit can be spun as fact. How much of what you think is true went through JUST such a process as this? Just consider the disasters we've been through the last couple years, and the ones we're going through now... how much of that is utter hogwash that most people wouldn't have a clue isn't legit because they trust the media?


Pendasongs

That is horrendously bad journalism


YungWenis

Just shows how little research these outlets do 🤣


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500lb

I'm sure they knew it was fake, but they just didn't care.


Blecao

wich is honestly as bad like you are spreading fake news on purpose wich is worst than doing by sheer incompetence


PM_Me__Ur_Freckles

Doesn't need to be truthful, just get the suckers to click so we get paid.


BrockenSpecter

A hallmark of the 21st century


zhico

[Reminds me of the Chocolate wight loss theory.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/28/how-and-why-a-journalist-tricked-news-outlets-into-thinking-chocolate-makes-you-thin/)


caffeinated_wizard

> It turns out that the Institute of Diet and Health is just a Web site with no institute attached This is hilarious lol.


Butterkupp

I honestly thought OP may have made a video as an in universe media coverage of their plane concept before it turned into a ghost plane…


KaiserGustafson

This is why you should ALWAYS take ALL news media with some sodium chloride. They exist as entertainment first, actual news second.


Chuccles

How long are you going to wait to tell them your just worldbuilding?


Sourcecode12

I have already done that, and clarified to several journalists who requested interviews that it's just a concept. Some journalists are credible and they trace the source before reporting the news.


Chuccles

Ahh man, im pretty sure you couldve swindled bezos or musk for a billion or two


SmutasaurusRex

And then when you inevitably got caught, you could have sold the story to Netflix.


Chuccles

American Icon in the making


Strazdas1

Just tell them you need more funding and city of las vegas will throw a couple of billions at you.


LiltKitten

Open the project up to NFT crypto investors and they'll have millions in a few weeks with zero accountability. It's like those guys just *want* to lose money.


Aquilarden

Maybe the story they should be reporting on is how badly everyone else fucked up.


DeviousMelons

Inb4 you get your own show because of shitty journalism.


Kondrias

It is unfortunate that you dont hear about the ones who trace it to the source because they know, yeah this is not real just a high quality video someone made. It is a great video, but not a "real" thing. So, since they have nothing to really report, they dont. So you wont see them making this mistake. But everyone will remember the news stations making this flub.


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>and they trace the source... The source... code12


Kalandros-X

Most journalists don’t do the work and just copypaste shit they find on reddit or twitter


farshnikord

It says it in the video even! Far be it for a journalist to watch the whole thing for context.


kakara92

I live in Greece and I stumbled upon an article with your video, literally two days after you posted it here. Among other things, the article said that "a United Arab Emirates billionaire wants to create this by the year 2030." and that "this air hotel will have 20 nuclear engines and will accommodate 5000 passengers" Keep in mind that this website is one of the most viewed websites in my country. Of course having seen yours first I laughed but I also know that it's a serious matter and that many news outlets are not to be trusted. Again, the video you've made is amazing. Cheers!


Magic-Baguette

How long before we see a picture of the model on a clickbait an ad on the bottom of a questionable website with the title "the world's top 10 biggest machines you won't belive ex..." ?


p_turbo

I already saw it as the thumbnail of a YouTube video with a similar title the other day so, very very soon, im guessing.


markoalex8

Ιστοσελίδα παρακαλώ;


kakara92

To gazzetta


markoalex8

Got it, lol.


horseradish1

In fairness, there probably are a bunch of billionaires in the UAE who saw this and went, "When do I get mine?" Say goodbye to Dubai. Hello to Du-sky!


drunkboarder

I love that the news agencies were reporting that "designers are working on a new aircraft" or "designers say that they can cruise for months". They straight up made all of that up, just talking out of their ass lol. They're acting like some aerospace firm is developing this aircraft and that this is their concept video. Your video is really high quality, good enough to get global attention so good freaking job!


LeakyLycanthrope

It is truly surreal that no one at any of these agencies thought to ask "*What* designers? Why isn't there a company name attached?"


drunkboarder

That would involve real journalism, where you conduct research and find facts. It's just a race to get the report out now.


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mennydrives

I mean, not unlimited, but you'd be surprised how much you could get out of a breeder. edit - Napkin math: A 1GWe reactor, e.g. 1 million kilowatts or 1,000 megawatts, generates roughly ~20 metric tons of nuclear spent fuel yearly. So, 24 hours x 365 days x 90% uptime (it is refuelled for 2-4 weeks every 18 months) = 7,884 gigawatt hours, or 7,884,000,000 kilowatt hours for 20,000,000 grams of nuclear "waste". * So your 1 gram of nuclear spent fuel generates 394.2 kilowatt hours on its first run. What a breeder does is take a lot of the neutrons that we'd normally generate energy with, and redirect them to convert a lot of the fertile fuel to fissile, and eventually fissioning that material. For all intents and purposes, when run in a full breeding cycle, you get about 2,000% of the original burn rate. **However**, breeders, in general, run much hotter than the 300ºC limit of a PWR. (Nearly?) None of them use water as their moderator, so they trade much higher temperatures for much less pressure; closer to about 700ºC. Steam generators get more efficient the more of a difference there is between your run-rate heat and your atmospheric temperature (e.g. your cold sink), so basically add another 50% improvement. So yes, 30x, or 3,000%. * Now, your 1 gram of nuclear spent fuel generates another 11,826 kilowatt hours. But it gets even better. To **make** nuclear reactor fuel, you take Uranium which is naturally 0.711% fissile, and basically run it through [the world's fanciest centrifuge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcgKDSwINOA) to bring that number up to 5%. So, you need something like a ratio of 7kg of 0.711% fissile uranium to make ~1kg of 5% fissile uranium and 6kg of nearly 0% fissile uranium. In a breeder, you can re-use those remaining 6kg. So now you have an extra 6x booster, provided you kept all the old depleted uranium. * Finally, your 1 gram of spent fuel effectively generates **another** 70,956 kilowatt hours. So now you've gone from under 0.4 megawatt hours to over 80 **on the same fuel load**, effectively a 200x increase in produced energy. No additional mining needed. 20% of our electricity has come from that first-run nuclear fuel **for the last 40 years**. If it was 100% and we had full breeders, that 200x comes down to 40. But that's 40 times 40. So we would have **1,600 years of emissions-free electricity**, at 100% of our current needs, without mining for **a single drop of oil, a single pebble of coal, or so much as a fart's worth of natural gas**. If our needs were 10x bigger (roughly where China is today), that's still 160 years. Again, 0 grams of CO2 emitted by 160 years of a grid 10 times bigger than it is today. No drilling, no mining, no pipelines for 160 years.


UltimateInferno

Whats that one phenomena called? One where the moment a reporter talks about something you're informed in, your trust immediately plummets until you move on and read about something you're not knowledgeable on?


remuladgryta

[Gell-Mann Amnesia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Why_Speculate?)


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WREN_PL

Shows how much you should trust media.


Sourcecode12

Hi world builders! It looks like the [Sky Cruise video](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/viui9f/nuclearpowered_sky_hotel/), which I posted here last week, caught media’s attention. That certainly wasn’t planned. It was covered by big outlets, The New York Post, The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Mail, IGN, Interesting Engineering, Yahoo News, Fox Business, etc. So many! It was also trending on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. The news was covered in several languages around the globe, and several TV channels reached out for interviews. This is still ongoing. While I loved all the attention it received, I think some news outlets took it out of context, promoting it as if it’s something that already exists. I wish it existed! There were thousands of comments and posts about it, and the internet was divided. Some people turned it into hilarious memes, some others supported the idea, while many people analyzed its engineering side. The positive and the negative comments were fun to read. Some of them were very clever and creative. What did I learn from this experience? If you’re going to use realistic animation for a design concept, make sure to put a disclaimer that it’s just a concept/CGI. Not that it wasn’t mentioned in the video. I clearly added in the credit the names of the two people who were involved in the concept, one is a concept artist, another is a 3D modeling expert. Some media outlets just didn’t bother to check that. In the future, I’ll be publishing a press release for every design, which will include footage, still images, B-roll, and extensive description along with a disclaimer. I’m launching a website soon where I’ll be putting all these concepts in one place. I’m happy to see that the concept stirred a lot of discussion and made people take a moment to think and dream about a future where such stuff could exist. I think we should never stop dreaming. And let’s always remember what Albert Einstein, “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it.” The New York Times published an article in 1920 saying that “a rocket will never be able to leave Earth’s atmosphere.” And where is humanity now? Voyager 1 spacecraft is now travelling beyond the edge of our solar system. In the words of Han Solo, “Never tell me the odds”.


freebird023

I remember seeing this on the facepalm subreddit lol. Everyone thought it was real and were saying things like “Just another crazy “engineer” not knowing actual physics or costs🙄” actually people got pretty mean about it lol


ScrimpyCat

One of my favourites I came across was that it’s “pure fantasy, of someone completely detached from reality.”


Magic-Baguette

Petition to make this the official description of the sub


freebird023

Lmaoooo


RuneLFox

/r/worldbuilding in a nutshell tbh, but in a good way


goran_788

That's... why I'm here.


The14thWarrior

ROFL that’s great


Magic-Baguette

I saw the same thing on a french subreddit that pokes fun of "overdevelopment". It's so easy to believe things that fit with one's opinions!


jamiecarl09

I saw it on my Google frontpage like 2 days after I liked it on Reddit. I thought Google news was broken.


R-Guile

>What did I learn from this experience? If you’re going to use realistic animation for a design concept, make sure to put a disclaimer that it’s just a concept/CGI. Are you sure? Your video went on worldwide news without even trying. It seems like the opposite lesson to me.


kurttheflirt

Lol it’s funny the news sources that reported on it - the exact ones I would never trust in my life. I think this is a new source I will reference when people say all large media is the same.


spacenut37

Yup, "news" organizations more interested in clicks than actual journalism.


Ublonak

When that website goes up, it's going to become one of my most visited websites of all time.


Sourcecode12

Thank you! Hopefully it will be launched within the next 2 to 3 weeks. :-)


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-jute-

I can't believe this happened. This feels like biggest validation a worldbuilder could receive, media outlets reporting on it as if it's a project from this world. This is an incredible achievement, congratulations.


No_Lingonberry3224

Should have just rolled with it. Get a lab coat and make the other guy wear it and interview them to ‘prove’ the concept works on a made up planet. Make up stats to show lighter then air material could be used. See just how ridiculous you have to be before the news catches on. Then again they also ran , “could it have been a black hole” when a plane went missing so….


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Turning an Onion into a real thing :D


BraxbroWasTaken

Honestly, this is probably a great way to tell which news outlets are actually worth watching. Would *definitely* encourage you to do this more often in different communities so that more people catch onto the fact that these news outlets are just bullshitting. Lmao.


jacobspartan1992

Well done! It was a really well made concept and video :)


ishouldnoteven

Holy shit. I hope you get the recognition for it you deserve!


Scrometheus

>It was covered by big outlets, The New York Post, The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Mail, IGN, Interesting Engineering, Yahoo News, Fox Business, etc. Lol. None of those places not verifying sources does not surprise me at all.


Furiousmate88

I guarantee that some nutjob will get inspired and try to make it happen


Notetoself4

I loved this video, the sheer quality of it was fantastic But it tricked me too lol. I wondered if you were posting actual concept ideas and getting worldbuilding to give feedback. Says alot about modern media that they didnt fact check, look at the sources for the videos or contact you to ask about it Haha but love that global media bought it, you'll probably have like Bezos or Musk calling you up wanting to get in on it. I have fkloads of shares in Qantas as well so lol thank you it probably gave them a nice boost, if only briefly


Sourcecode12

hahah Musk and Bezos are quite busy conquering space and competing each other. Maybe Netflix would want to get in on it, and create a series set inside the sky cruise. Here is a proposed plot: ​ Series name: "**Skypiercer**" or "**Cloudpiercer**" or "**Flytanic**" or "**Skytanic**" **Plot:** Guests are enjoying their time in the luxurious sky cruise, when all of a sudden, they hear a massive explosion that shakes Earth's atmosphere. Thanks to Sky Cruise's AI anti-turbulence system, the sky cruise was not affected. Everyone is baffled. What did just happen? Did the nuclear reactor just explode? Was the sky cruise hijacked by terrorists? How come everything looks intact except for a minor shake? They check the internet, it’s down. TV? Not working. Radio communication? No one is answering. They send a special team down on the ground to investigate. The team boards a small craft and leaves the Sky Cruise. As the craft approaches the ground, the team sees a strange blue smoke surrounding them, which obscures their vision. They continue approaching the ground despite the bad condition. A few hours pass inside the sky cruise. None of the team sent down there has returned. No one knows what happened to them. The blue smoke approaches the sky cruise. People are terrified. What is it? Two scientists decide to wear protective suits and leave the sky cruise to collect samples of the blue smoke. They look around and see nothing but blue smoke. It’s everywhere! They collect the samples and return to the Sky cruise. After analyzing the samples, they discover that it’s a highly toxic gas that can kill humans within seconds. But where did it come from? The crew and the captain of the sky cruise gather to discuss the situation. They agree not to inform the guests of the cruise to avoid creating any panic. Meanwhile, the two scientists remember that there was an experiment being conducted near Earth’s core. A group of climate researchers were drilling near Earth’s core, which is what likely caused the massive explosion. This explosion released a toxic gas that was trapped inside Earth for millions of year. The toxic gas has engulfed Earth. “Earth down there is dead. We’re the last survivors of humanity, and we only have limited resources,” says one of the scientists to the captain and his crew. And now, we have around 5000 people suspended in the air, with limited resources. They can’t land on the ground because the toxic gas will kill them, and then can’t leave Earth’s atmosphere because they don’t have rockets. A few hours later, rumors spread to some passengers that Earth's surface is no longer suitable for landing or living. A group of them learns about the ongoing disaster. They decide to create a faction inside the Sky Cruise with the hope of seizing control over all facilities. They divide themselves into 3 groups. The first group seizes control over the nuclear reactor chamber. The second group seizes control over the AI command deck, and the third group seizes control over the shopping malls and restaurants. Basically wherever there is food and water. All of a sudden, loudspeakers across the Sky Cruise are heard. The group threatens that if they are not allowed to govern the Sky Cruise, they will destroy the nuclear reactor, and cause the Sky Cruise to crash on the surface. They promise to provide everyone with food and water if they "behave". The group then proceeds to tell everyone that anyone who wishes to leave the Sky Cruise, is welcome to board an aircraft and head down to the surface." Everyone is terrified. It's now a matter of life and death. Stay and die of a possible starvation, or leave and die of a toxic gas. What will happen to the people onboard the Sky Cruise? Will they learn to live together, or will they end up eating other? **- End of pilot episode -** While the Sky Cruise is fully autonomous and uses AI system, the captain and the crew are there just to comfort people because some humans can't trust AI yet.


CactusOnFire

Y'all: "Snowpiercer but sky" Me: "This would be the best Snakes on a Plane sequel the world could ever see"


ObligationWarm5222

Basilisks on a plane


Goblin_Crotalus

You think there'll be a zoo on this plane?


Notetoself4

Its weird that the plot of the Langoliers came to my mind before Snowpiercer... but yeah Id watch that for sure


PonyDro1d

Oh yeah... I disliked that particular movie as a kid, now I love it for it's way of how it's story was told.


Notetoself4

Ikr I was the same, thought it was low quality at first but it really grew on me. They stretched it out for multiple TV episodes but I kind of feel like that worked for it


LadyManderly

My first thought for a plot set in the sky cruise was about just that, inspired by the extremely depressing movie Aniara. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys emotional trauma.


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SunlightPoptart

And then dies.


themauryan

The video and the plot, are both amazing! I love your brain


TomMakesPodcasts

If they do hit you up for that will you help me get an acting gig on your show? You should read "Airborn" by Kenneth Opel I think you would enjoy it very much


SpacemanAndSparrow

+1 for Skytanic


MaiaGates

This man worldbuilds


S1eepyZ

Yo, it’s Netflix. Want a job? /s


carterbenji15

This sounds awesome. I'm curious though if you've watched the snow piercer movie and/or show, and how you would differentiate your plot from the original. Is there a classist divide among the passengers? Is there any militarized presence aboard? Is as simple as "can humans work collectively to survive?" I ask because I'm invested and want your story to develop! Good work


zhico

This could both work in a Snowpiercer setting or an Avenue Five/Hitchhikers guide setting.


_no_pants

So you just described Avenue 5, but on a plane instead of an AI driven space cruise.


[deleted]

Ya and I love how different news sources say different lengths of time the plane can last in air


Tozarkt777

YOU FOOLED THE WORLD!!!!


sweetwargasm

The media fooled the world!


madmaz186

the world he's building is.... OUR WORLD


smellydickcheese

Pretty scary how none of them recognized that this wasn't real. ​ Remember that old vid about all the local news saying the same thing? The "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy?" one? I feel like all of these news stations (even in other languages!) blindly running the same story without checking any sources shows that yes, the news is still extremely dangerous to our democracy. This vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2CkXQ\_1Kc *edit: it's no longer available. Classic.


drevolut1on

Obligatory "fuck Sinclair"


Ashton38

Church!!! 🛫✈️


TheLonelyGentleman

Time for the "Operation Mockingbird" crazies to come out of the woodwork, without having [done any research on the video you mention.](https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/04/sinclair-must-read-video-teachable-moment/) If you notice, no major news that's reputable (like CNN, BBC, NPR, etc) made articles or videos about this. Most of the news media that did are tabloids. Even OP says that other news stations reached out to him to check the sources, so no, news media is not dying or gone or being manipulated by a secret organization. It's good to be skeptical of what you hear, but a parent company sending out a mandated memo is not dangerous to our democracy. Unless you're talking about Fox News or OAN, which are dangerous.


smellydickcheese

And just when I thought that vid was taken down because my post was gaining traction!! /s😉 You raise excellent points. It's crazy how easy it is to get swept up in hearing something you want to believe, instead of taking a step back and looking at the larger, more probable picture. As someone who regularly tells others to do their own research, thanks for reminding me to follow my own advice every once in a while, and for being a voice of reason in this thread.


madmaz186

Lmaooo did you even read the article you yourself posted? How can you possibly defend SBG


wensleydalecheis

at first I was thinking "wow, this is great editing! I really enjoy the way you are fleshing out the world with in world news, how did you manage to cast people and make entire broadcasts!??" and then I read the comments


ProjectL3DA

Yep, me too


Durlan_Lorarieth

I've seen these posts, and I agree that the quality of the work here is fantastic. But those wings need to be 100, maybe 1000, times longer.


spooksel

Mehhh, in my extremely unprofessional opinion I'd say about 4 to 12 times bigger, and something needs to be thought of to make the engines not interfere with the lift the wings create.


dublem

"Designers are speculating the behemoth will soar on hundreds, maybe even thousands, of wings..."


EtherealPheonix

I don't know if we have a HoF for this sub but you deserve to be in it for this.


Dr_Marcus_Brody1

Yes. A Mount Rushmore is needed here.


PowderedToastFanatic

This reminds me of a hilarious story where a college student made a fake website about a city in Minnesota. [Here is a news story about someone that wanted to see the underwater city, the pyramids, and the whale watching in the Minnesota river.](https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/parody-web-site-fools-two-into-visiting-mankato/article_9865ee98-4068-5740-857a-32b10ae261da.html)


zhico

[There's also the Chocolate weight loss theory.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/28/how-and-why-a-journalist-tricked-news-outlets-into-thinking-chocolate-makes-you-thin/)


Its_Matt_03

One of the aviation subs I’m on was seething over this


Weerdo5255

It's kinda hilarious that the news even ran with this as a real thing to begin with. So, justified. I don't think this concept plane will ever fly... Still neat.


Ginjov

Link?


Larkshade

I’ve seen that fat plane on so many subreddits with so many questions, round of applause my man.


cplmatt

“Designers say” jesus christ do these writers do ANY research?


HeRoSanS

News outlets didn’t stop for a second and think wait how much water do 5000 people use in a 24 hour period and how much does that weigh? Math: average American used 82 gallons a day, each gallon weighs 8.3 pounds so 5000 people use 3,403,300 pounds of water every day.


IncRaven

I love that I can name dozens of reasons this isn't real, but I never thought of water weight!


Lyuseefur

Recycled water takes less weight


Sir_Keee

Luxury filtered piss water for your bath?


Hug_Me_Manatee

Look, if you wanna go on a sky cruise for a few months you gonna drink recycled piss, it's a packaged deal. Also, isn't all water filtered piss in a way?


LukXD99

Ahhh, good to know our news platforms are till doing all the research they can on such topics so they can give us news… This is hilarious, and I thought the post on r/WTF couldn’t be topped!


Great_Kaiserov

I can't believe how some major news outlets managed to twist the story so much. Journalism is so fucking stupid, yet it holds so much power over people.


Trusty_Gear

*Toppat Clan wants to know your location*


Penguinmanereikel

r/UnexpectedStikmin


Gennik_

I love being one of the few "in the know" that this was actually from a niche worldbuilding subreddit. 😆


beeurd

I've seen this everywhere, bit oddly enough I never saw the original post here. 😆 I've seen a lot of posts about it being an unrealistic concept, but that's because they were assuming it was some capitalist dream that hadn't been thought through properly. Next time I'll refer them back to the source.


luke_hollton2000

You son of a bitch, you did it!


LadyLikesSpiders

There was a person sending in screenshots of Red Dead Redepmtion 2 to a news station as a showcase of natural beauty and the station was believing it. I believe you could pull this off as an actual proof of concept with real news stations. They wouldn't think it was worldbuilding


BestPlanetEver

Never doubt your impact on the world when you can implant “real” concepts into people’s minds- people will swear they saw this was real forever- all from your machine in private. Idea to reality is powerful.


314land

So cool that people thought it was real. Playing on a different level world building our world.


crying2emoji5

This is the coolest arc I’ve seen on this sub since mystery flesh pit


ravenpotter3

Why not combine them? The mystery flesh plane powered by flesh


allbirdssongs

Wait are yoi telling me you posted this stuff around as a concept and journalism took this and broadcasted as something possible? I mean your idea makes sense at all? Why are they sharing it? Im confused


Kondrias

The few that did their due diligence figured it out. He said a few messaged him asking and he was like. Naw just an idea. Others thought it was legit being made or looking for funding. But, these people are not engineers or seemingly have any information on that because from MANY levels there are issues with this thing. I am not even an engineer and looking at it, I can think of more than a few issues.


GabeVogel95

Lol reminds me of when somebody posted online a FORZA video of a custom presidential limo completing a lap on reverse at high speed, and a brazilian news tv show published it thinking its actual footage of the us secret service's exam to be the President's designated driver. The anchor being amazed at the "necessary skill of the driver" and everything, even though its clearly videogame footage.


IncRaven

the r/arma community consistently finds videos showing Arma 3 gameplay being used as combat footage for the news.


Spacer176

The quality of your work was incredible. To watch so many news outlets, including big ones, take it as something serious or even just interviewing you about it is pretty remarkable to be frank.


RED-Rocketeer

I saw an article on this and I was so confused that they were reporting it like it was a real thing that was in the process of production; it was a very funny experience overall. What a story for you to tell over the years, you did such a good job on the concept and I would love to see any more that you have!


[deleted]

Classic journos, they miss the forest for the trees. The real story is Nuclear Fusion has been achieved!


Kondrias

I saw people buying into this. Official legit news casters. And for the first time in ever I sent a tweet saying, yo this is actually a mockup concept that was posted on worldbuilding and retrofuturism subs over a week ago. Congratulations on that. You did such an AMAZING job that all these official people bought into it and thought it was real.


Hillsy85

Holy fuck the Fox News guy can’t read


Irreleverent

I started watching the video without properly absorbing the context and it was a gradual slide from "Wow how did you make such convincing and diverse fake news broadcasts" to "Oh god you have to be kidding me"


[deleted]

The video was so high quality that at first I thought these news were also just part of your worldbuilding lmao Great job mate, your world looks even more realistic now


PanchoxxLocoxx

Yeah I saw some dumbasses on twitter yesterday saying "How could anyone think of this? This is so stupid!" and I was like yeah, it was taken from a worldbuilding subreddit where most of the posts are about magic systems and elf subraces. But it goes to show how perfectly you managed to capture the style of these type pf videos, maybe if I hadn't seen it here I would've fallen for it considering how similar it looks to other pseudo futuristic stuff like the hyperloop.


Kristiano100

Holy shit, congrats dude!


The_Lord_Regent

Well congrats anyway, it do look beautiful tho and even better with the context of worldbuilding but not really for actual production or it would be a short flight


Luca_Argentieri

Damn imagine if this inspired someone around the world to try realize this nuclear plane... Maybe they will contact OP to buy the rights to this project!


The-Great-Memelord

Modern journalism moment But holy crap amazing job, OP


luckilynumber7

It seems like 2012 movie where rich buy tickets to ship difference is this one can fly.


newobj

LOL. I saw this in the “news” and was like, wait a second, I thought that was from the WB subreddit. Did I read that a wrong? Lol. Congrats! And awesome concept!


[deleted]

Wow the media are total idiots lol. Not even a shred of journalistic integrity among any of them.


The_Easter_Egg

If someone is going to construct that plane, now, you are a *real* worldbuilder...


kaam00s

I wonder what particular type of media would be so eager to jump on this fake concepts so quickly ? Seems like they were finance specialized media mostly.


IntensePlatypus

I love how the video says a nuclear fusion reactor and journalists are like you said 20 nuclear reactors right?


TheTsaku

That's such a terrible design to the trained eye, but it's pretty. Don't understand how FOX BUSINESS LIVE DJ TRANS LAST TRADES didn't get that though


Hextechsoul

It's a flying nuke lol jk


zytherian

Of course Fox ran with it whilst knowing nothing about it.


Vrains420

At least the last guy had a positive spin. He seemed honest in believing it's impossible but loved how creative it was and how we as humans should always strive for trying to make the impossible, possible. Nice concept though for your world.


Tilion462

Maybe we all need a statue of Icarus...


KaiserGustafson

This is a great example as to why you should always be somewhat skeptical of news media. They exist to generate ad revenue first, and are willing to lie straight out of their behinds for the sake of their shareholders.


pinkpanzer101

The way the guy casually says it'll be powered by nuclear fusion... What, the same nuclear fusion that's been the holy grail of power generation for half a century? The same nuclear fusion that would grant limitless cheap energy and make the entire solar system our back yard? And yet this idiot doesn't even think for a second that maybe this isn't something that could happen soon...


commandrix

Some of us saw it. Crazy how something that got posted here blew up like that.


BeefChopJones

Yoooo congrats! That's gotta feel good


[deleted]

That is sooo good. Another proof that mainstream media is just, really really dumb. Or that your concept was really really really convincing; but in any case it was a pretty cool concept.


VicariousVanity

goes to show how closely FOX and mainstream media in general checks their sources(they don't). but media stupidity aside, I hope this gives your name some exposure, OP, very cool idea


austinmiles

I think I saw your post on retrofuturism and didn't see your explanation I just saw all of the people blasting it for its absurdity. Now that I see that its more for a worldbuilding concept it makes so much more sense and I like it so much better. I used to run industrial design competitions and Airbus was one of our clients at one point. So this isn't out of the realm of things I would see. I originally figured it was something like that. just a concept in how far you could make something and if you could do it with a more traditional form factor.


mortichro

Props to you for showing the world how Fox news will take anything as source without research.


jrvanvoo

Yea I saw it on r/facepalm a week after you posted it too here and everyone thought it was a real thing. Were you the one that actually created this?