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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by DaniFong on Sunday November 27, 2011 @09:47PM (#3284217)
Out of genuine curiosity, why is it ridiculous? Stolen time is stolen time, no?
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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by artursapek on Sunday November 27, 2011 @10:11PM (#3284291)
All you do your entire life is what you're confined to doing on an iPad in an airplane? It's not that huge of a loss. You're not dead for half an hour on each flight.
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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by DaniFong on Monday November 28, 2011 @06:27AM (#3285454)
Haha, you make a good point.

Nonetheless, flying could be an amazing experience. But fliers are some of the least happy people because they are treated either like criminas, children, or cattle. If the time isn't quite stolen, it is at least spoiled.

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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by artursapek on Monday November 28, 2011 @05:58PM (#3288004)
All I can say is to watch Louis CK's rant about how everything is amazing and nobody's happy. I fly several times a year and I honestly enjoy it. People who complain about their flying experience need thicker skin and more problems in their lives.
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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by morsch on Monday November 28, 2011 @04:33AM (#3285241)
No, but I sometimes wish I was dead for just that half an hour.
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