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One of the under-appreciated bits of wisdom in this movie, to my mind, is "Do not attempt to fly by means of Fireworks fastened to furniture." Sure, it works o
by h2odragon 5y ago
One of the under-appreciated bits of wisdom in this movie, to my mind, is "Do not attempt to fly by means of Fireworks fastened to furniture."
Sure, it works out for the implausibly resilient cartoon panda but even he suffers some. It's never that pleasant in the real world.
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- bitwize 5y agoI loved that bit because it was an explicit reference to the Chinese legend of Wan Hu, the mandarin who attempted to do just that. That's probably one of the reasons why the Chinese animation industry panicked upon Kung Fu Panda's release, judging the West to be doing better Chinese-themed animation than the Chinese were capable of at the time.
- anonymouse008 5y ago> "Do not attempt to fly by means of Fireworks fastened to furniture." Do not attempt to fly by means of {VC Money} fastened to {hyper-growth mindset}
- a_e_k 5y agoThat calls to mind one of my favorite bits from RFC 1925 ("The Twelve Networking Truths") [0]: > With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. [0] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1925 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1925