• roguetrick@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I swear to God that beeb reporter HAD to be taking the piss when he wrote that. It’s so fucking oniony the way he wrote it. “Special wind-powered sails” as opposed to the ether I guess. He goes out of his way to ignore sailing ships or compare it to them. We see you Tom.

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      1 year ago

      Tbf, they’re not normal sails in the traditional sense. They’re made entirely out of metal and are shaped much differently than what old school sailboats had. But yeah, I agree it does sound kinda funny.