Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.philosophy Subject: Re: On the indignity of flying. Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:08:15 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <0e4b858d-76d7-a8a5-08bf-cbd4ff979f67@example.net> References: <2395b02c-4e69-ee05-bdb0-6da5457f1634@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3453273"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64304 On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-01-12 00:54, D wrote: >> There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant who >> let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering. Before >> landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the 737 (BS!) >> and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as not to >> "affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane crashing. >> >> To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't think >> it would be that serious". > > I believe the reason is that, if there is an accident, they can identify you > as the person listed to be sitting on 17B. Not necessary. They can do that by other means. Also people are switching around all the time, so clearly it was a b.s. response. B.s. responses must always be punished to stop them from happening. > For the record, I love flying. For the record, I hate flying and consider myself being in hell from the moment I step into the airport. It is very difficult for me to imagine a more denigrating, inhuman and undignified way to travel than modern travel by plane. If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider. Until then, I do my best to never move from the city I am in. Sadly my wife and father make life very difficult for me sometimes, so that is when I do move for their sake. But otherwise, I would happily live the rest of my days next to my beloved fishing lake. =)