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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by mcronce on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:09PM (#38078655)
My intuition is that, in addition to what you mentioned and at least for longer flights, some people have residual effects from the mild hypoxia at altitude when they're on the ground in their destination airport.

I, at least, sure as hell feel dumber for the rest of the day after a six hour flight. Usually that's accompanied by a fairly debilitating headache.

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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by permo-w on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:34PM (#38078953)
alcohol always seems to hit me harder on a plane, and afterwards
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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by mcronce on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:47PM (#38080042)
I can't drink during/before flights at all, it destroys me
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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by pc86 on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:49PM (#38079620)
Commercial airline cabins are pressurized to at most 8k feet; there are no hypoxic effects at that altitude, at least not on decision-making. You don't need continuous oxygen on the flight deck until either 14 or 14.5k feet (in the US, EU might be slightly different). The FAA is dogmatic and wrong about a lot of things, but if there was even the slightest bit of evidence showing decreased decision-making or cognition at lower altitudes, they'd be requiring oxygen immediately, economic consequences be damned.
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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by hedgehog on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:49PM (#38080049)
You can watch your blood oxygen dip when flying, I don't know how significant the effect is on performance but as a sea level dweller there seems to be some observable difference in the data.
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Re:People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander ef... by mtsr on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:26AM (#38080975)
Too much CO2 is known to lower IQ scores significantly, for the duration of exposure.
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