MacRubys t1_ir0kfb4 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 1:47 PM

Reply to comment by Gigatron_0 in TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. by p38-lightning

Yeah, had family that lived in relevant countries at the time. They downplayed it guess part of me did too. But now I understand why they did. And even now I'm trying to wrap my head around what they went through.

Gigatron_0 t1_ir0l9dv wrote on October 4, 2022 at 1:53 PM

I don't think it's something you'll ever be able to fully hold in your hand. We'll only be able to understand parts at a time, never fully as if we ourselves are going through it. But rest assured we'd go through it just the same they did. Would we protest, be loud and proud, or keep our heads down and change what we could in our immediate surroundings? Ride the wave, benefitting where we could? Or be smashed by it?

It's always interesting trying to put yourself in the shoes of the common person during "interesting times". The Russian and Ukrainian people are going through interesting times currently. So are Iranians. Definitely others that my limited scope doesn't know of.