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    12 hours ago

    It’s not about how much weight the plane carries so much as flight attendants doing overhead lifting and the risk of one falling out of the overhead locker. Source, I’m on the internet and you read it

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      It’s both, weight starts to become a bigger deal when you factor in that you have to keep it in the air for thousands of km. If airlines could charge people by weight they would in a heartbeat

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        if you made a shitty hand drawing, even in the old mspaint, the thing would be funnier.

        do you think wojack and rage comics were popular for their artistic craftsmanship? or because they seemed relatable as they were apparently made with little skill or effort?

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          Those comics were much more difficult to draw than you imagine. Try it – it isn’t easy. Those memes had their own aesthetics. They weren’t just poorely drawn.

          if you made a shitty hand drawing, even in the old mspaint, the thing would be funnier.

          Bad picture is a bad picture. It might be intentionally bad because of some context, but you can’t make something funnier just by decreasing the quality of illustration.

          I don’t see how you can make OP’s message funnier by worse illustation.

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        10 hours ago

        it’s been trained on art stolen from people who can draw orders of magnitude better than this

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          9 hours ago

          Learning isn’t stealing. Humans also learn by looking at different works. By “stealing,” as you call it.

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            there’s such a thing called “copyright”, and using countless pieces of art for free so that a couple of douchebags become gazillionnaires selling copyright infringement on said pieces of art certainly feels like theft

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              Poor gazillionaires (sobbing). Can we donate them? I can send them a few kg of shit. Or some grass, now it is a season for the grass.

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    10 hours ago

    Judging by the comments, this is the perfect shitpost. Thank you for the smiles.

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    Downvoted not because of AI but because you didn’t even bother to remove the piss filter.

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    or just drive instead, and bring as much luggage as you want. without paying extra. on your own schedule. and not inhaling 50-100 people and their kids’ disgusting plague germs.

    god, fuck literally everything about flying

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      Then how do you explain the 8kg weight limit for carry on? Who is endagered by 9kg luggage? And it’s not even handled by the staff.

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        The overhead compartments have a weight limit because they must be designed to keep the stuff in there during an emergency.

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            There is a bar or some device that is there to prevent your stuff from sliding forwards. I’ve not been crawling on the airplane floors enough to see any weight rating on it but I would bet money on it being crash tested and rated according to whatever the overhead compartments are.

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    I got very lucky flying this year, always ended up next to an empty seat or even an entire empty row. Until the last flight. Middle seat between two very American sized women who were partially spilling over into my seat.

    Thank god it was just a 30 mins flight.

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      I don’t see the problem with pricing clothes depending on how much material was used.

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        the difference in price would be so small you wouldn’t even care

        the price of your clothing is mostly supply chain “middle-men” taking their share, not the source material nor the people actuality bringing it to shape. especially with synthetic materials

        if it weren’t true (i.e. if the material actually cost that much), stores wouldn’t literally destroy / throw away brand new clothes just to “refresh” every couple of weeks

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      I already pay more for my clothes, namely because only specific brands have my sizes. So yeah, my partner pays way less for clothing. Same with shoes, I have a 48eu and I’m forced to buy expensive brands just because, while my partner can buy cheaper shoes with waaay more choices.

      What’s your point?

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        That for the exact reasons you listed clothes should cost the same for everyone. We shouldn’t charge bigger people extra money for seating on a plane, and you shouldn’t charge people based on clothing sizes.

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          I think we are in agreement, I interpreted your message as if you were supporting the meme above. As in, criticising that fat people don’t pay more in planes or something.

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    This actually makes a lot of sense. It shouldn’t be about fat shaming, but you cant ignore reality and you should make rules based on it. People with normal weight shouldn’t be punished.

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        They are, because they are allowed to bring less total weight onto the plane. (71kg vs 124kg)

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          how is that a punishment? both people can bring the same amount of stuff. if you lose a leg they don’t sudently reward you with more luggage.

          it’s you+luggage,

          are you counting the value of your tickets by how much mass they let you move in total? that would only be worth it if you’re trafficking humans for meat

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          Nope, they’re allowed to bring as much luggage weight as the others. Total weight doesn’t matter in that regard. Just like how small people are allowed to bring the same as tall people.

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            Total weight doesn’t matter when talking about total weight? Wha?

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              We are talking about luggage weight. Pretty interesting how you ignore the rest of my post, it’s pretty telling.

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      Obesity is a curable disease that people are self responsible for. Drug addicts are shamed and no one cares. Even peoples height (which they have zero control over) is shamed and no one bats an eye. Im not saying you should be rude to overweight people, but there are ridiculous double standards.

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        Obesity is responsible for many dying much earlier than the normal life span. Though many here want to deny it. If you care about a person who is obese you wouldn’t tell them you’re fine and no need to lose weight. BUT if you encounter obese people you should never say anything about their appearance. And no smirks or dirty looks either. You have no idea what is going on in their life that got them to this point. The cruelest thing is supporting an obese person by telling them it’s just fine. It’s no different then telling an obviously anorexic person that they look great and aren’t too skinny

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          I never said it made it okay. What you are doing is straw man rhetoric, a manipulative strategy to discredit someone.

          Sowas muss doch nicht sein.

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        I don’t shame addicts or small or large people either. I only shame those, who find it funny to shame others.

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          Another point I want to make is that body positivity is evil. Telling obese people they are healthy and should feel good about it should be a crime. Are these body positivity people going to cheer on someones first diabetic amputation?

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        counterpoint, fat shaming exists and is just as prevalent (probably more so) than heigh shaming. Another note: The countries with the highest amount of obesity are also the countries with the least amount of regulation and taxes on food processing. Just the same how the countries with the highest rates of drug problems are the ones who don’t focus on rehabilitation and prevention as much as criminalization.

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          Look, most people know that eating 50 burgers isn’t healthy, so stop putting the blame on others.

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            You genuinely think that a majority of obese people are obese because they eat large amounts of food at a time, and not due to the large amounts of trans-fats, sodium and corn syrup used in processed foods? Sounds to me like you’ve never been poor honestly. Never been in a country where natural food is expensive and hard to come by. Consider yourself blessed and keep being ignorant if you so please.

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              No need to get emotional and personal. I would love to see a source on how vegetables are more expensive than junk food and I’ll gladly change my mind.

              Edit: Alternatively you can just downvote my comments and leave. That’ll show me.

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                No ones getting emotional, however saying that phrase is a common tactic of people who are arguing in bad faith.

                However, I’ll entertain your “BUT- BUY SOURCE? SOURCE ? PEER-REVIEWD SOURCE PL0X” since you clearly don’t know how to use a search engine.

                https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9967271/

                Over the three years since 2019, the cost of food and drinks has escalated, particularly in the most recent year, with the prices of healthy foods and drinks increasing at almost double the rate of increase in prices of unhealthy items.

                https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/27/healthy-foods-are-often-more-expensive-heres-why.html

                “The data very clearly says, there is this fixed high cost for fresh fruit and vegetable, which is not there for other products,” Thijs Van Rens, one of the authors of the Warwick study told CNBC

                https://extension.usu.edu/nutrition/research/does-healthy-eating-cost-more

                A recent study found that following the MyPlate Dietary Guidelines would cost a family of four between $1,000-$1,200 a month ($12,000.00-$14,400 annually) depending on the age of the family members and the percentage of fruits and vegetables that were fresh, frozen, and canned (Mulik & Haynes-Maslow, 2017). For a comparison, the average middle income family in the United States spends roughly $6,224 on food each year with the average low income family spending even less at roughly $3,862 per year (USDA, 2017). With this information in mind, following these recommendations may not be feasible for the typical family.

                And just for good measure let’s throw it back to you. I would love to see a source on how junk food is more expensive than vegetables in countries where obesity is an epidemic. That means no countries that actually tax processed foods to make the healthier option more affordable.

                Edit: and you think Im not going to go out and find the sources? Dumbass.