• venusaur@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If your seat reclines in an airplane, you have every right to recline it except during takeoff and landing. This one is controversial.

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      2 days ago

      I’m 6’6” and my knees push against the seat in front of me even when not reclined.

      I have a right to be able to travel without you causing me discomfort, and that’s a bit stronger than you having the privilege of getting more comfortable.

      If you are the kind of person who asserts this “right” when someone asks you not to, you’re kind of a dick.

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        Nah homie, I’m also tall. Airplanes are airplanes, book the exit row. Your right to travel comfortably ends with the right to the same for the people around you. If you want more room, pay for the exit row.

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        What if I get back pain if I’m not able to recline? I think your discomfort takes the backseat to my back pain (no pun intended).

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        2 days ago

        I need to lean back slightly or I won’t be able to walk straight when we land, so I’m gonna need to do that two inch recline.

        The airlines are our enemy, not each other.

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      2 days ago

      I generally agree with you, though I haven’t flown in like 20 years because of the situation with airplanes, so I happen to think if they’re going to pack you in like sardines they should just disable the reclining feature cause there comes a point where any reclining at all is just making things markedly worse for the people behind you.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah they want people to fight each other instead of them. What plane situation you talking about?

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          2 days ago

          A combination of the TSA (security theater; jump through a bunch of bullshit hoops just so you feel safe without actually making you any safer) and airlines cramming more people into the same amount of space to increase their profits.

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      2 days ago

      Hard agree.

      I genuinely never begrudge anyone reclining back into me, because I will pass that right along to whoever is behind me.