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Anon has a power fantasy (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

No.250341473
>fantasy setting has magic and flying creatures
>still using horses as main transportation

No.250341651
>>250341473 (OP) #
>setting has nuclear energy
>still using coal as main energy source

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

Fall off a horse -> dust yourself off and get back on. There's a whole idiom about how falling off horses is a frustrating but ultimately minor inconvenience.

Fall off a gryphon -> you are dead.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Superman was paralyzed from falling off a horse. It can be way more than an inconvenience.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Could slip in the shower too. Not sure what my point is... just trying to be extra pedantic I guess.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Wait, what's the reasoning? Dude can stop bullets and be slapped through buildings but a Lil fall screwed him?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It's a joke about Christopher Reeve

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

There’s a whole idiom about how falling off horses is a frustrating but ultimately minor inconvenience.

There's also a whole list of people who have died falling off of horses. So there's that.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It is possible to die falling off a horse. It is nearly impossible to live falling off a flying mount.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

My druid always carried a feather fall potion (fantasy parachute?) until contingent spells became available

The trick then is to always fly high enough to quaff a potion in case of falling

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Most fantasy settings that allow for gryphon / dragon / other winged mode of transport, also have saddles for such beasts that tether the user to the saddle/ animal. If you fall off, you unclipped your harness and deserved it.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's considerable extra risk and cost for insignificant benefit. Helicopters exist but I don't take one to work.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Speak for yourself, if i had the means to fly to work…

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I've considered getting a paramotor for this reason. The only trouble is, it's quite a bit slower than driving.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'd probably die electrocuted in one of the power lines if I tried to use that as my means of transportation to/from work.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Simple solution: wear rubber.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Like this, right?

^from^ ^The^ ^Naked^ ^Gun^ ^movie^

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Aw damn the winds here blow counter commute

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Also magic like slow falling potions

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