On: The U.S.S. Akron and U.S.S. Macon, America's “flyi...

[boringg]

Right? Would be cool. That things feels like its the equivalent of the Yamato of the air eventually just being one giant target to expensive to operate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato).

[EL_Loco → boringg]

One of my favorite cartoons growing up was the japanese series "Space Battleship Yamato", where in the future the Yamato was rebuilt as a spaceship. Good memories! (I wonder, though, if I would still enjoy it, were I to re-watch the series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(1977_...

[_carbyau_ → EL_Loco]

It was amazing how often that show ran across problems that could be solved with one big gun...

Like many modern computer games:

Mission brief: "You have a mission of the utmost..."

Me: clicks skip "Go in, shoot stuff, got it."