They were made for normal people at one point but the planes are old now and don't fit new average people. People's size grew pretty quickly in the last couple of decades.
This shouldn't be modded troll because he's spot on. Obesity is one of the few diseases that is self inflicted and especially for a rich celebrity who will have access to the finest health care, there really isn't much excuse. If he's happy with it then fine but like all freedoms there are responsibilities. It really hacks me off when people cry for their freedoms but once the responsibilities come up they want nothing to do with those.
Not everyone in a wheelchair is fat and requires two chairs. If a person needed to fly and had to lie down then they would probably charge extra for that (if they could facilitate that) just as if you consider being obese a disability, then they get charged for the inconvenience to others. Just because you handicap doesn't mean you get a free ride through life.
I've always thought that people should be counted in the weight allowance instead of just luggage. A bit porky like me? You get to bring less stuff (or pay more for the same stuff). Properly obese? You get even less.
I don't think it's just about weight.
Flying is expensive and, unless you're in first class, space is limited. People get cheesed off having even less room being crammed in between the window and someone who is obese but more importantly if you simply don't fit in between the arm rests then you are a real danger if there is some serious turbulence.
Space, imo, is more of an important issue than weight. I reckon the plane probably could more than handle a plane full of fat people weight wise. Hell, planes carry tanks. But you have to be strapped down if things go wrong and the person beside you has the right to their space.
It is unfair either way. They could develop bigger aircraft to accommodate people but then again it would be beneficial to the overweight flyer in all aspects of their life to lose the weight.
it's more about space so a muscular person will weigh more than a fat person with little muscle. So you can't go by weight alone. That said I don't see why someone can't assess people before hand and maybe with a airline seat in the hall. You know, like roller coasters have a "preview" seat so you can see if you should even bother getting in line.
It would help if they gave some clear width policies as you bought your ticket online but I suspect they're afraid of putting people off. I know a few chubby people that should be fine but they're shit scared to fly purely because of the embarrassment of being kicked off the plane.
I do agree with putting pressure one people are too fat to fly and yes you can't tell when most people buy tickets online but when he's getting ready to board the plane, they should make a judgement them. I think his issue is more that they let him get onto the plane, settled in and sat down and then told him to get off. My guess is he wouldn't have kicked up a fuss if it were done when he was in the airport and not on the plane.
BTW, I'm cool with people being whatever size makes them happy (assuming they are honestly happy being overweight) but there are some places I don't like sitting by people full stop because space is limited so I certainly don't want to sit by someone who barely fits in the seat or actually people with long arms to be honest.
At least long arms is one thing, fat people are more likely to snore if they go to sleep and quite frankly I'll have to stab them with my cheap little dinner fork then and no one wants that. If they stay aware then I'll probably be ok with it.
I felt this was an opportune time to ask him to do the truffle shuffle and post it on Youtube. Seriously, if he's officially now a famous fatty, I felt it was the least I could do.
Since it appears it is a case of labels saying it is ok and a lawyer or someone just blindly getting everything taken down then I think it is about time we do something to protect the blogger's work.
If music labels can get infinity billion dollars for copyright violation then surely the blogger should get similar compensation for having his website destroyed by careless lawyers. Everything is about having the right checks and balances and right now things are biased towards the companies. I definitely think it would be within reason for a blogger to expect a few hundred thousand lawyer or responsible party for having his site (and possibly only means of income) wiped out in an instant due to incompetence.
Maybe this place is full of 18 year old girls. I'm seeing a load of feminine ads on Slashdot these days. Now either they think there are girls here or perhaps there are tracking cookies on my machine that don't really represent why I search for breasts and pussy.
I suspect MS' revenue from households buying Office is a tiny fraction of what their revenues from businesses are so until we start seeing OO.o (or Google docs) taking off in businesses then you probably won't see much happen to Office profits.
They're only stacked because of the profits they make. Office just happens to make the most profit and they will more or less match up because companies won't be just buying Windows and then just buying Office. They'll get a package deal from MS that will include everything.
They had a site full of satellite images but it wasn't really meant to be used like Google maps or MapQuest. Where as Bing maps is virtually a carbon copy of Google Maps with some new features chucked in.
I would disagree. A lot of technology has come from the space programme and it's very smart to have a "plan B" and be able to go off to another planet if we fuck this one up good and proper or we end up with an asteroid that will wipe us off the planet.
Rather than run NASA like a public company and expecting returns all the time instantly we should look at the bigger picture. We rely a lot on space as it is with satellites and it was NASA we can thank for that. Yes, Russia did it first and it would have eventually happened in the US but I'd rather have NASA than being at the complete mercy of some corporation.
In fact I rather give more money to NASA than keep throwing welfare money at people who should have been neutered after their first kid if not before.
GWB himself isn't the problem. Yes, he is a new Englander who happens to hang out in Texas and yes his education wasn't in Texas but instead in New England and paid for by daddy. However it was Texas educated Texans that voted that numb nuts into the governor's office and though he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Those voters helped give him credibility to get into the office of president.
I still have my Palm Pilot III along with its 56k modem add-on. Man, what a fucking waste that modem was. The amount of time I was actually out of my house and could use someone's phone socket to plugin and surf the net could be counted on one hand. I knew tis at the time but I had to buy the modem add-on and I felt almost like a god being able to surf the net on my Palm in my own home on my dial up modem. It's sad looking back on it now but damn that was awesome at the time.
I think you'll find most drug addicts will say the same thing, whether it be a physical or mental pain and yet I think you'll find that fat bitch supported Nancy Reagan's "Just say no to drugs" campaign along with every other Republican initiative to rid the US of drugs.
I certainly don't revel in most people's pain but I love it when some fat rich ignorant twat who thinks he's allowed to do something the common man can't do. He's a damn hypocrite and I can't wait to see him suffer a slow death.
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They were made for normal people at one point but the planes are old now and don't fit new average people. People's size grew pretty quickly in the last couple of decades.
This shouldn't be modded troll because he's spot on. Obesity is one of the few diseases that is self inflicted and especially for a rich celebrity who will have access to the finest health care, there really isn't much excuse. If he's happy with it then fine but like all freedoms there are responsibilities. It really hacks me off when people cry for their freedoms but once the responsibilities come up they want nothing to do with those.
Not everyone in a wheelchair is fat and requires two chairs. If a person needed to fly and had to lie down then they would probably charge extra for that (if they could facilitate that) just as if you consider being obese a disability, then they get charged for the inconvenience to others. Just because you handicap doesn't mean you get a free ride through life.
But, when you say "not that fat" are we talking about by average US (or UK tbh) citizen standards or by actual medical health standards?
Best comment in the whole thread!
I've always thought that people should be counted in the weight allowance instead of just luggage. A bit porky like me? You get to bring less stuff (or pay more for the same stuff). Properly obese? You get even less.
I don't think it's just about weight.
Flying is expensive and, unless you're in first class, space is limited. People get cheesed off having even less room being crammed in between the window and someone who is obese but more importantly if you simply don't fit in between the arm rests then you are a real danger if there is some serious turbulence.
Space, imo, is more of an important issue than weight. I reckon the plane probably could more than handle a plane full of fat people weight wise. Hell, planes carry tanks. But you have to be strapped down if things go wrong and the person beside you has the right to their space.
It is unfair either way. They could develop bigger aircraft to accommodate people but then again it would be beneficial to the overweight flyer in all aspects of their life to lose the weight.
If a roller coaster can have a chair outside of the ride to prevent people who are too fat from queuing then surely a plane can as well.
it's more about space so a muscular person will weigh more than a fat person with little muscle. So you can't go by weight alone. That said I don't see why someone can't assess people before hand and maybe with a airline seat in the hall. You know, like roller coasters have a "preview" seat so you can see if you should even bother getting in line.
It would help if they gave some clear width policies as you bought your ticket online but I suspect they're afraid of putting people off. I know a few chubby people that should be fine but they're shit scared to fly purely because of the embarrassment of being kicked off the plane.
I do agree with putting pressure one people are too fat to fly and yes you can't tell when most people buy tickets online but when he's getting ready to board the plane, they should make a judgement them. I think his issue is more that they let him get onto the plane, settled in and sat down and then told him to get off. My guess is he wouldn't have kicked up a fuss if it were done when he was in the airport and not on the plane.
BTW, I'm cool with people being whatever size makes them happy (assuming they are honestly happy being overweight) but there are some places I don't like sitting by people full stop because space is limited so I certainly don't want to sit by someone who barely fits in the seat or actually people with long arms to be honest.
At least long arms is one thing, fat people are more likely to snore if they go to sleep and quite frankly I'll have to stab them with my cheap little dinner fork then and no one wants that. If they stay aware then I'll probably be ok with it.
I felt this was an opportune time to ask him to do the truffle shuffle and post it on Youtube. Seriously, if he's officially now a famous fatty, I felt it was the least I could do.
Since it appears it is a case of labels saying it is ok and a lawyer or someone just blindly getting everything taken down then I think it is about time we do something to protect the blogger's work.
If music labels can get infinity billion dollars for copyright violation then surely the blogger should get similar compensation for having his website destroyed by careless lawyers. Everything is about having the right checks and balances and right now things are biased towards the companies. I definitely think it would be within reason for a blogger to expect a few hundred thousand lawyer or responsible party for having his site (and possibly only means of income) wiped out in an instant due to incompetence.
Maybe this place is full of 18 year old girls. I'm seeing a load of feminine ads on Slashdot these days. Now either they think there are girls here or perhaps there are tracking cookies on my machine that don't really represent why I search for breasts and pussy.
I suspect MS' revenue from households buying Office is a tiny fraction of what their revenues from businesses are so until we start seeing OO.o (or Google docs) taking off in businesses then you probably won't see much happen to Office profits.
Google does kill off products. So when will MS kill off Bing, Zune or the 360?
They're only stacked because of the profits they make. Office just happens to make the most profit and they will more or less match up because companies won't be just buying Windows and then just buying Office. They'll get a package deal from MS that will include everything.
They had a site full of satellite images but it wasn't really meant to be used like Google maps or MapQuest. Where as Bing maps is virtually a carbon copy of Google Maps with some new features chucked in.
I would disagree. A lot of technology has come from the space programme and it's very smart to have a "plan B" and be able to go off to another planet if we fuck this one up good and proper or we end up with an asteroid that will wipe us off the planet.
Rather than run NASA like a public company and expecting returns all the time instantly we should look at the bigger picture. We rely a lot on space as it is with satellites and it was NASA we can thank for that. Yes, Russia did it first and it would have eventually happened in the US but I'd rather have NASA than being at the complete mercy of some corporation.
In fact I rather give more money to NASA than keep throwing welfare money at people who should have been neutered after their first kid if not before.
It's England, it's not exactly a struggle to cross the country in less than day so I'm not sure you can call any part of England remote wilderness.
Something like what the old man went through in Soylent Green might be nice!
Judging by your hate for JS I would have to assume you're an IE6 user.
You don't understand sarcasm do you?
GWB himself isn't the problem. Yes, he is a new Englander who happens to hang out in Texas and yes his education wasn't in Texas but instead in New England and paid for by daddy. However it was Texas educated Texans that voted that numb nuts into the governor's office and though he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Those voters helped give him credibility to get into the office of president.
I still have my Palm Pilot III along with its 56k modem add-on. Man, what a fucking waste that modem was. The amount of time I was actually out of my house and could use someone's phone socket to plugin and surf the net could be counted on one hand. I knew tis at the time but I had to buy the modem add-on and I felt almost like a god being able to surf the net on my Palm in my own home on my dial up modem. It's sad looking back on it now but damn that was awesome at the time.
Have you ever heard of using a Linux live boot disc or backing up your dissertation on something else?
BTW, which university do you go to? It'd be nice to know who is handing out PhDs like cereal prizes so I can get one or two.
I think you'll find most drug addicts will say the same thing, whether it be a physical or mental pain and yet I think you'll find that fat bitch supported Nancy Reagan's "Just say no to drugs" campaign along with every other Republican initiative to rid the US of drugs.
I certainly don't revel in most people's pain but I love it when some fat rich ignorant twat who thinks he's allowed to do something the common man can't do. He's a damn hypocrite and I can't wait to see him suffer a slow death.