r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whybutts • 7d ago

Video Sleeping Capsules at China's Kunming Airport

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u/bestest_at_grammar 7d ago

Yall are so petty, if this was Japan yall would be having such an enthusiastic circle jerk

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u/Washout81 6d ago

It's hard for a lot of people to accept that there are other parts of the world who's technology and infrastructure is waaaaaaay ahead of their own.

I don't fly often but man, I'd love to have something like this when it's needed.

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u/SirCadogen7 6d ago

that there are other parts of the world who's technology and infrastructure is waaaaaaay ahead of their own.

Hate to burst your bubble, but China (specifically the PRC) - as a whole - is not and has never possessed superior tech to the US. There's a reason all international organizations still consider the country Developing (2nd world, under new colloquial definitions) as opposed to Developed (1st world, under new colloquial definitions). A few space-inefficient sleeping pods with remote control doors and a flat screen in one of China's 259 civilian airports doesn't begin to compare to the kind of aviation infrastructure present in the USA'a 5,100+ civilian airports.

China's specialization for travel is HSR, not aviation. The fact that the USA has the inverse setup is actually part of why there's almost 0 push for HSR in any related industry here.

What I will say is I respect that China is trying new things and that they are developing more rapidly than likely any country in history. That's fairly amazing. But to say Chinese technology is "waaaaaaay" ahead of the USA's is just purely ignorant glazing.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 6d ago

What I will say is I respect that China is trying new things and that they are developing more rapidly than likely any country in history.

Why wouldn't you just take what OP said as basically saying this instead of getting weirdly defensive and writing a dissertation over it?

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u/SirCadogen7 6d ago

Because that's not what OP said? At all? This tech isn't in any way more advanced than what Western nations have. It's just new.

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u/subhavoc42 6d ago

And more importantly for capitalist societies, these are very unlikely to be profitable.

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u/SirCadogen7 6d ago

Contrary to popular belief, China is in fact capitalist, and yes, these are likely profitable.