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The Whale

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If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face.
#14464870 - 05/16/11 09:23 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Not really.
But I just read on a different forum where someone was asking for suggestions so he could overcome his fear of flying. Which got me thinking: our modern lives are so predictable and comfortable, why on earth would you go out of your way to remove the last few remaining strands of fear or risk? Plus, considering this is air travel, which is statistically just a perceived danger and not a real one, I'm sure he always wears a rubber, brushes before bed, ties his shoes in double-knots, has a decent relationship with pops, only deviates from the missionary positions on holidays, and thinks Hallmark cards are creative.
I told him there's a very real possible his plane is going to fucking crash.
It's a humanitarian act really - I'm preserving his meager accomplishes and bragging rights. On occasion I'm also mildly offensive to uptight strangers who instantly earn conversation material and a quick "guess what happened to me on the bus today" so they can bond with their ugly ass wife when they get home.
P.S. I hate you too.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14464885 - 05/16/11 09:25 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Terrorist attack our airplanes, we should all fly more just to say "fuck you" to the terrorist.
Same if they attack our shipping, our subways, etc.
If they attack, and we let them cripple our industry and inconvenience everyone for over a decade after is just letting them win.
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The Whale

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: realfuzzhead]
#14464891 - 05/16/11 09:26 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Another thread created a conditioning imprint for terrorism in your mind, thus influencing your socially constructed reality.
I said nothing about dune coons.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14464895 - 05/16/11 09:27 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i dont understand that fear either.. with the exception of the TSA, i actually enjoy flying.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: realfuzzhead]
#14464901 - 05/16/11 09:28 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fuck flying. Fuck the TSA.
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The Whale

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: frith]
#14464903 - 05/16/11 09:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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frith said: i dont understand that fear either.. with the exception of the TSA, i actually enjoy flying. 
Flying is fun.
If the TSA finally transitions to full on hand jobs, it'll justify the spike in airline tickets.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: frith]
#14464907 - 05/16/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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flying is fun.
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Mad_Larkin

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: realfuzzhead]
#14464910 - 05/16/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
realfuzzhead said: Terrorist attack our airplanes, we should all fly more just to say "fuck you" to the terrorist.
Same if they attack our shipping, our subways, etc.
If they attack, and we let them cripple our industry and inconvenience everyone for over a decade after is just letting them win.
It's "aeroplane", you intellectual homunculus.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14464929 - 05/16/11 09:34 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The Whale said: If the TSA finally transitions to full on hand jobs, it'll justify the spike in airline tickets.
it would be nice if they stopped hiring hood rats too..
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Anthony917
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14464940 - 05/16/11 09:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The Whale said: Not really.
But I just read on a different forum where someone was asking for suggestions so he could overcome his fear of flying. Which got me thinking: our modern lives are so predictable and comfortable, why on earth would you go out of your way to remove the last few remaining strands of fear or risk? Plus, considering this is air travel, which is statistically just a perceived danger and not a real one, I'm sure he always wears a rubber, brushes before bed, ties his shoes in double-knots, has a decent relationship with pops, only deviates from the missionary positions on holidays, and thinks Hallmark cards are creative.
I told him there's a very real possible his plane is going to fucking crash.
It's a humanitarian act really - I'm preserving his meager accomplishes and bragging rights. On occasion I'm also mildly offensive to uptight strangers who instantly earn conversation material and a quick "guess what happened to me on the bus today" so they can bond with their ugly ass wife when they get home.
P.S. I hate you too.
dude I'm not worried about a terrorist attack on my plane...honestly security is so tight right now, you'd have to have some serious firepower or just a big bomb to do anything. That'd be pretty instant death I think....but what if you survived and then plummeted to earth... 
haha the thing that makes me uncomfortable with flying is that I am in absolutely no control over my situation. If the plane's going down...well then I'm FUCKED. At least in a car I can control where I go, or see what's going on around me, you know?
It's not like I won't fly, cause I love flying. It's fast as hell...but, I still sweat a little during landing & takeoff
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The Whale

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#14464972 - 05/16/11 09:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Mad_Larkin said:
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realfuzzhead said: Terrorist attack our airplanes, we should all fly more just to say "fuck you" to the terrorist.
Same if they attack our shipping, our subways, etc.
If they attack, and we let them cripple our industry and inconvenience everyone for over a decade after is just letting them win.
It's "aeroplane", you intellectual homunculus. 
It's either one, you pretentious queef.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14464973 - 05/16/11 09:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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im learning to fly so i can enact revenge
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The Whale

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: frith]
#14464994 - 05/16/11 09:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Anthony917 said: haha the thing that makes me uncomfortable with flying is that I am in absolutely no control over my situation. If the plane's going down...well then I'm FUCKED. At least in a car I can control where I go, or see what's going on around me, you know?
Our notion of control is always a delicately constructed lie.
Besides, I trust pilots, physics, and engineers much more than a highway full of dumbasses with driving licenses.
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frith said: it would be nice if they stopped hiring hood rats too..
I don't know about you, but I feel much more safe being screened by someone whose appearance is synonymous with a rapper and/or gas station clerk.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14465017 - 05/16/11 09:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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true to an extent...I have avoided crashes before because of my skilled driving. Even if I got into the crash, who's to say it's a lethal one? besides the thought of plane crashes is just horrible. I know it's by far the safest form of travel but the chance of survival during a crash is pretty much next to nothing.
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Mad_Larkin

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14465022 - 05/16/11 09:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The Whale said: pretentious queef.
Well played.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#14465042 - 05/16/11 09:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Mad_Larkin said:
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The Whale said: pretentious queef.
Well played.
loool
it's theater, also

but i think theatre makes more sense phonetically
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: Anthony917]
#14465046 - 05/16/11 09:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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In a car you have to worry about millions of other people losing control of their vehicle, it doesn't matter if you can control your own if some dumbass isn't paying attention and crashes into you. In the sky there is only a few dozen other planes and your chances of hitting another one is almost non existent.
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The Whale

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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#14465049 - 05/16/11 09:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Anthony917 said: but the chance of survival [...] is pretty much next to nothing
That quote should preface any religious, biological, or philosophical text.
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Mad_Larkin said:
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The Whale said: pretentious queef.
Well played.
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Re: If you're afraid to fly on a plane, you should be shot in the face. [Re: The Whale]
#14465056 - 05/16/11 09:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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This thread has been closed.
Reason: yeah....
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