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I'm 6'2" 260 and flying in a standard domestic economy seat is almost unbearable for me.  When I fly for work I make them pay for premium economy, but it's hard to justify the cost when I'm paying out of my own pocket. I'm an underemployed millennial with stagnant wages and a burning desire to see the world. I am the last five pages of this thread made flesh.
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walrusman posted:I'm 6'2" 260 and flying in a standard domestic economy seat is almost unbearable for me. Hey big'n'tall'n'cripplingly under valued buddy, I rode some pond skipper from Texas to Indiana one time and I swear to God my knees almost locked up. I'm talking limited to 90* plus or minus maybe 5 legroom, poo poo is straight up misery
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Brainiac Five posted:Well, there is a thread stickied for making fun of people who report wrong, so I dunno how encouraged people are to report posts, especially if it's something that's borderline or dogwhistly. A lot of those reports are for things like "anime outside the anime thread"or "memes outside the meme thread" which haven't been rules in how many mod changes?
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walrusman posted:I'm 6'2" 260 and flying in a standard domestic economy seat is almost unbearable for me. I'm 6'1", much skinnier but legroom is still a problem. Have you tried not having a bag under the seat in front of you? I find that makes long flights much more bearable. It might mean that you have to check an extra bag since you can only do one bag overhead, but $30 for another checked bag is cheap compared to economy plus.
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Xen Tricks posted:Hey big'n'tall'n'cripplingly under valued buddy, I rode some pond skipper from Texas to Indiana one time and I swear to God my knees almost locked up. I'm talking limited to 90* plus or minus maybe 5 legroom, poo poo is straight up misery High five fellow airline seat legroom is hell person. Ironically I found light passenger aircraft (the single or dual prop variety you fly to remote/rural locations) to have great seats and plenty of legroom comfort. Stick me on a noisy prop plane any day.
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Literally a bird I'm not calling you a bad person, but it feels pretty worrying that the person who expressed dissent against the mods is the only one who got probated considering you said you were gonna hand out punishments for people who kept up this united derail, and then did not hand out any except for the person who expressed dissent. It really does just kind of make what he said look, well...true.
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Slime posted:Literally a bird LAB specifically said the discussion could continue if people kept it civil, which we did. Except for one person who didn't keep it civil and got probated.
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One of the shortest of their, I don't know, 5000 probations/bans in their 4 year posting history. Slap on the wrist and seemed to fix the situation. I'm sure TB and LAB have hashed it out in PMs by now.
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They're both fine. TB just gets a little wound up sometimes and needs a nap.
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Mu Zeta posted:The New York Times has like 5 different think pieces about covfefe like c'mon guys Lol and I thought Millhouse was a forced meme
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I'm observing, quite correctly, that milquetoast handwringingers will always prioritize comfortable cruelty over uncomfortable honesty. We've got shitheads lining up around the block here to say "gently caress the poor, gently caress the very idea of even asking me to think that the poor exist," and that's all perfectly fine, great content! As long as nobody says "gently caress you" back.  that was certainly a dumb move for TB's personal branding haha
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The Sea Lion posted:LAB specifically said the discussion could continue if people kept it civil, which we did. Except for one person who didn't keep it civil and got probated. Civility over decency, always and forever. You hate poor people and delight in their suffering, but that's fine, because you say your truly literally evil thoughts without swearing. Now, what's the bonus structure at United like? Cash only, or can you trade it in for the chance to assault a minority passenger of your choosing?
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That Robot posted:
Tiny brontosaurus did nothing wrong
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It's just airplane seats!!!
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[Jerry Seinfeld] What is the deal with Airline seating? It's driving everyone crazy!
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Civility over decency Maybe try having both? Like if you want to change the status quo, you have to get people to listen to your ideas.
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Removing one row of seats can in fact mean more legroom for everyone else without retrofitting; it's why airline seats are on tracks. They revise the space ratios often.
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sometimes i still think about the mike's hard lemonade ad for mother's day where the mom and son definitely for sure hosed. https://twitter.com/HARDER/status/860933945239642112
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Chill Nazi Frog posted:sometimes i still think about the mike's hard lemonade ad for mother's day where the mom and son definitely for sure hosed. Pretty sure it's supposed to be a guy and someone else's mom. How about that Zima re-release next month?
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Len posted:Pretty sure it's supposed to be a guy and someone else's mom. im more of a michelada guy
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Literally says at the end of the commercial "we didnt say your mom". Yeah it's a lovely commercial but c'mon.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Civility over decency, always and forever. You hate poor people and delight in their suffering, but that's fine, because you say your truly literally evil thoughts without swearing. The things you have been advocating would make it *more expensive to fly*. You say you're concerned about the plight of the poor, but you are advocating things that would price them out of the market. How do you reconcile those two things? Why do you want flying to be more expensive? So the people who are *less* poor, but still poor, can fly with 2" of extra legroom, but a bunch of people who could previously afford a ticket now cannot? How does that make any sense? Either you know nothing about economics and honestly don't understand how counterproductive your positions are for your aims, or you don't actually care about poor people, and "poor" is just a verbal club for you to hit people with. Which is it?
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bongwizzard posted:Maybe try having both? Like if you want to change the status quo, you have to get people to listen to your ideas. Jesus christ. Go drop your mindblowing revelation in TGRS so someone can hold your hand while you read Dr. King's writings, I don't have time for Babby Solves Bigotry today. I want airlines to be nationalized and treated like the vital component of public transit they are. The fact that your grimy hate-filled mind can't even possibly imagine anything being different than the way it is now is just crushingly depressing. Ask the good people at United to transfer you to the pet-murdering division and give your stubby little fingers a break. Tiny Brontosaurus has a new favorite as of 18:20 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Jesus christ. Go drop your mindblowing revelation in TGRS so someone can hold your hand while you read Dr. King's writings, I don't have time for Babby Solves Bigotry today. So I guess that's a "no" then?
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Jun 1, 2017 18:23
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bongwizzard posted:So I guess that's a "no" then? It's a "learn anything, literally anything at all, about social justice before you try to tell other people how it should work."
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:It's a "learn anything, literally anything at all, about social justice before you try to tell other people how it should work." You make it seem so inviting and fun.
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bongwizzard posted:You make it seem so inviting and fun.  If you'd shift your lazy rear end over to that whole entire subforum that was set up for teaching you poo poo like this you'd know that this is aaaaaalllllways the response and that's why anybody who knows anything never takes a whiny dickhead like you seriously. I'd stop being a bigot if only you'd stop being so mean!
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:
Yeh, that sounds like a productive way for me to spend and afternoon.
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So, like, the airlines discussion (even without the wider implications discussed with it) is interesting and all but moved beyond the dumb marketing things aspect that this thread is all about. Doesn't it deserve its own thread by now?
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bongwizzard posted:Yeh, that sounds like a productive way for me to spend and afternoon. More productive than going "Hey you know that vast intractable social problem? WHAT IF I JUST SOLVED IT WITH ONE LINE WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" If you're gonna act like a teenager you're going to get treated like one, cry all day if you gotta.
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One on the right ain't even got a gotdang mouth, how are they gonna kiss?
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:More productive than going "Hey you know that vast intractable social problem? WHAT IF I JUST SOLVED IT WITH ONE LINE WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Arguing over the internet about dumb poo poo also seems like a teenager thing to do.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:More productive than going "Hey you know that vast intractable social problem? WHAT IF I JUST SOLVED IT WITH ONE LINE WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" I have no idea what you are trying to say, but I don't think I am crying? I do think in general trying to discussing anything serious online is a waste of time for everyone involved. How does the robot without a mouth kiss the other robot?
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Waffleman_ posted:One on the right ain't even got a gotdang mouth, how are they gonna kiss? The important questions for our time right here folks.
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bongwizzard posted:I have no idea what you are trying to say, but I don't think I am crying? I do think in general trying to discussing anything serious online is a waste of time for everyone involved. Well that's another thing you could learn about social justice if you were open to learning anything, at all, ever. But learning things doesn't make you feel smart like giving orders does so why bother.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Well that's another thing you could learn about social justice if you were open to learning anything, at all, ever. But learning things doesn't make you feel smart like giving orders does so why bother. Ok, good, now I think we are on the same page. @pick, still waiting for an answer about that robot kissing thing.
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Well, I tried to mock it by kissing the spine of a book. You can get your lips around it but it can't do a lot for you, so I assume they're riding on their emotional connection, which if anything makes it more romantic.
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Pick posted:Well, I tried to mock it by kissing the spine of a book. You can get your lips around it but it can't do a lot for you, so I assume they're riding on their emotional connection, which if anything makes it more romantic. I guess so, but kissing is pretty great, I think those robots are missing out on some good stuff.
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