6. "He's got 20-30 seconds before I'd completely snap on him" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Feb-13-20 10:43 AM by flipnile
Going for the choke / head bang.
We can yell at other other all day and I won't lose my cool, but that kinda passive aggressive shit makes me think of one thing: putting a top to it... immediately.
This is one of those situations I'd be pissed-enough to throw the cape on for.
Edit: Shit like this *never* happens to me tho. I'm a big dude, and people look for easier targets. Kinda why it pisses me off so much. I hate bullies.
10. "This has always been my position as well." In response to Reply # 8
There's a level of common courtesy involved, in other words if the person behind me was in the last row and couldn't recline, and politely asked me not to recline I'd probably oblige just cuz I like to think of myself as a reasonable human.
But if I reclined and someone just started punching my chair, all that reasonableness goes out the window.
>RE: Wait, there are people who think reclining your seat is rude? >F that. Be mad at the airline industry, be mad at your seat. >Chairs recline, so you have a right to use them.
13. "But also if youre in that seat" In response to Reply # 10
You either didn't plan ahead enough to get a better one, or didn't way to pay the extra fee to choose your seat if youre on one of those stupid airlines. Why should someone else be inconvenienced because of your cheapness or lack of foresight? If youre in that seat you just have to accept your fate and live with it for a few hours. Do better next time.
23. "No doubt. Like I said it's all in the approach." In response to Reply # 13
If that person asked me in a sheepish, conciliatory, almost-embarrassed-about-it tone then I would more likely than not oblige the request, or at least decline from reclining to the full extent.
But if there's even a *hint* of annoyance in the person's voice, like it's my fault somehow, I'm unlikely to oblige and most likely to tell them to go fuck themselves in so many words.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
17. "eh. too easy. torture, motherfucker" In response to Reply # 14 Thu Feb-13-20 01:50 PM by Cold Truth
He gets tied to a chair, and anyone she wants to invite to join, gets a block of time equivalent to that of the flight to hit him continually in the face with a whiffle ball bat.
Bonus: he gets blindfolded so he can't brace for impact.
18. "I wouldn't recline if I was in her seat." In response to Reply # 0
If I was in his I would probably be annoyed but more in a "fuck my life" type of way. I most likely wouldn't say anything to her because I'm generally in such a shitty mood when flying anyway that the added annoyance of a seat reclining into my face wouldn't move the needle much.
I do feel like I get irrationally angry when I see people recline before takeoff though. It's weird.
25. "The airline experience is not one that I enjoy at all." In response to Reply # 22
In general I would already be in a shitty mood before she even put her seat down so it wouldn't take her putting it in my face to make me feel worse. In no way am I advocating assholery though.
27. "Beyond dude's fucked up actions, fuck the airlines" In response to Reply # 0
Used to be that you could recline your chair and not be completely in the shit of the passenger behind you. Airlines have long been eliminating personal space and legroom so that they could squeeze more and more rows as tight as possible. Since Sept. 11, they've been turning planes into glorified cattle cars.
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