• HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Why do people care this much about completely harmless and inconsequential things other people do? I’ve personally never given a shit when someone else claps when a plane lands, same with people clapping in movie theatres. The world is miserable enough, let people enjoy the little things, it’s not like they’re forcing you to clap with them.

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      8 months ago

      No, but they are forcing you to listen to the noise they make.

      Making unnecessary noise is inconsiderate to those around you.

  • aes@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Child marriage is illegal where I live, so I don’t have to worry about this

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    8 months ago

    We might have had a chance, except she then grabbed her personal bag and rushed to the front of the plane as we were pulling into the gate, taking up precious space as others attempted to empty the overhead bins.

    That’s when I knew her penis was even smaller than mine.

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    8 months ago

    It used to be standard in Latin America.

    I like it, it’s a nice way to relieve the stress of everybody being within a couple of seconds of death if the pilot fucked up.

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      8 months ago

      it’s a nice way to relieve the stress of everybody being within a couple of seconds of death if the pilot fucked up.

      You know what else is a nice way to relieve stress? Low noise environments.

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    8 months ago

    At least the airplane clapping could be seen as cheering on the pilot for doing a good job. Much worse, imo, is the movie theater clapper. Those actors, directors and crew can’t hear your claps. They mean nothing!

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      8 months ago

      As a teen most of my summer hollidays were spent visting abuela and abuelo in spain. Cinema (double features) were around 100 Pesetas (compared to Euro, w/o inflation 50 Cents(!). As you can imagine I saw every movie (rated or not).

      First time was a culture shock (compared to the mostly silent German cinema audience), as they not only clapped, they also cheered or booed at any time the hero or villain did something heroesque/villainous.

      But I grew into it and am missing it really. I wish this would be a thing everywhere.

      Edit: I want to add that I’m an ancient person and ask any Spaniards: Is this still a thing?

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    8 months ago

    What’s wrong with clapping when the airplane land? I miss that when it was the norm when I was a kid

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        8 months ago

        Flying, despite all its drawbacks, is still one of humanity’s greatest achievements and has transformed our society to such an extent that most people today can’t even imagine what it’s like to travel long distances before the rise of commercial aviation. A trip across the ocean which once took weeks or months with a very high chance of a horrific death now takes at most 12 hours and is the safest mode of transport. If that doesn’t warrant applause I don’t know what does.