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6 hours ago, StLouisOct said:
Woo! Dibs on the one to the right. 😛
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I wouldn't dismiss the possibility. This video has some serious food for thought:
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5 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:
Is it ?
The reviews seem to be more focused on the lack of production value and cheesy writing. Yes. There were some comments about the lack of j/o material but honestly I didn't find the pairing between these two actors believable so even the boring make out sessions never made it past the high school musical production value for me.
"There is no accounting for taste."
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I've seen only the the trailers, and I really like what I've seen.
It appears to me that the panning of the movie comes from those wanting a raunchy skin-flick rather than a charming love story.
I'm holding out until the movie is available without being sucked into an Amazon Prime subscription. It's probably going to be awhile.
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11 minutes ago, CuriousByNature said:
Very true. And it can be scary. I think in my 40s I reached the point where my indignation about the state of the world and my defiance cancelled out the fear I may have had. And now that I am within weeks of turning 50, I feel even more emboldened by realizing I probably only have another 60 or 70 years left.
I applaud you. Living in fear is not living.
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1 hour ago, CuriousByNature said:
There's a difference between a phobia or irrational fear and trying to constantly protect oneself. I stopped worrying about 'what might happen' when traveling because I realized when your time is up, your time is up. Everything we do has some level of risk attached - even staying at home. So I would rather travel and potentially live a shorter life if an accident were to happen, than stay at home 'safe and sound' and regret all the things I sacrificed along the way. For me it would be a sacrifice, but for others, perhaps not.
You have a point, however, these days travelling to a local concert, movie theatre, supermarket, faith service, school, sports event, mall, or just about any other stay-at-home or near-home activity can get your ticket punched.
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Unfortunately, it's all too common. Just try to have a little fun and life craps on you. I hope he has a good recovery and can one day laugh about it.
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2 hours ago, Lookin said:
A friend of mine gets jittery days before he gets on a plane. Statistics don't mean anything to him. He picks a window seat behind the engine and watches the whole way to Brazil. He averages one trip a year. I suggested a mild sedative which he pops when he gets on the plane. It helps, but I can't recall a single time when facts alone overcame feelings of anxiety. Reason and emotion are different things, and the best I can do is listen.
I used to enjoy air travel and it still doesn't bother me once I'm on the plane. It's the hassle of navigating to, from and through the airport that keeps me close to home these days. That and the peanuts. 🙁
I can totally relate to your friend. There was a time when I would consult with one of my old friends before boarding (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, I.W. Harper, Old Grand-Dad). Things were pretty good when I boarded the plane, but, as soon as I heard the whine of the engines, my friend was gone.
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57 minutes ago, jeezopete said:
Now THIS is a real porch pirate!
Coweta County man accused of stealing neighbor's porch
Coweta County man accused of stealing neighbor's porch
WWW.FOX5ATLANTA.COMPorch pirate is a term usually referring to a suspect accused of stealing packages from someone’s doorstep. But an Arnco man is accused of literally stealing a porch...This just begs for that "golden oldie."
A man hires a painter and asks him to paint his back porch.
When the painter comes to collect his fee, he says "by the way, that's not a Porsche, it's a Mercedes.
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10 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:
If you're going to quote me, at least do it properly with some comprehension.
Nowhere did I call you a straw man, which you clearly didn't understand the phrase to begin with.
I said you lost me with that strawman, as in strawman argument. And yes, I used the term correctly for the given situation.
You can duck out of this thread, but that certainly doesn't make you right.
In retrospect, I believe you are entitled to an explanation for my misinterpretation of your statement.
Understand, I'm not playing the blame game or attempting to nullify my oversight, however, if your statement had shown more sentence structure rather than dependence upon punctuation, I believe my misunderstanding might have been avoided.
Your statement reads "You just lost me with that strawman. Stick to the topic we're talking about."
Had your statement read "You just lost me with that strawman argument," or "You just lost me with that strawman point of view," or "You just lost me with that strawman crap," I might have seen "strawman" differently.
In any event "ducking out" is not the way I would like to be remembered.
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22 minutes ago, Unicorn said:
The term "strawman" refers to a logical fallacy, not to a person. When he wrote "You just lost me with that strawman," it was clear to me that he was referring to the strawman fallacy of equating air traffic control problems to climate change. Had he said "You just lost me, straw man," with the comma and separate words, I suppose he could be insulting you as one of the characters in The Wizard of Oz, but that was clearly not where he was going.
Straw man - Wikipedia
EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG"A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man". The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition."
Comparing air travel to auto travel is not a strawman comparison, because both are means of transportation whose statistics can be directly compared. This is obviously completely different from comparing air travel to climate change, which are entirely separate issues.
If you re-read my post you may see I was not comparing air travel to climate change, I was noting the similarity of the "sky is falling" and "climate-change" denial attitude.
This has been "engaging," but I'm done with it.
"Talk amongst yourselves." 🙂
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34 minutes ago, jessmapex said:
None of the stats and above arguments will help @sync with his irrational fear of flying. I can vouch for this first hand as a fearful flyer with a job that required me to travel until my mid-thirties. More than my job the flying part was a challenge. I read all kinds of books, learned stats, understood the technology behind how modern jets fly and navigate, how turbulence impacts a jet etc. Nothing helped. Inside a plane my fear was so obvious that sometimes the flight attendants would offer me a glass if water.
Then my doc prescribed xanax and it changed my life. It completely killed the fear. Now severe turbulence feels like a roller coaster ride and i look forward to my travels (except the deteriorated overall flying experience) .
You called it. Nothing has helped me past the dred of boarding a plane. I just "bite the bullet" as best I can.
When I look at those amazing aircrafts, I see flying caskets.
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2 hours ago, Unicorn said:
That was not a personal attack. @BenjaminNicholas was simply commenting on your deflection of the topic at hand.
If you and @BenjaminNicholas would read/re-read the original posting you may notice that the "topic at hand" is the diminishing number of air traffic controllers, which is leading to close calls ("at least 46 in the last month").
It is you and @BenjaminNicholas who began siting off-topic airplane to automobile accident/fatality ratios, which is not mentioned one time in the original post.
Also, referring to someone as a "strawman" is hardly a simple comment.
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Just now, BenjaminNicholas said:
You just lost me with that strawman. Stick to the topic we're talking about.
Focus.
Personal attacks = no argument.
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2 minutes ago, BenjaminNicholas said:
I prefer not crying that the sky is falling until it actually is.
As did the climate-change deniers.
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2 minutes ago, Unicorn said:
Anyone worried about near-crashes in aviation should be a lot more concerned about actual crashes on the road. You should also add to that the countless near-crashes which happen on the road almost every second. One would be wise to put things into perspective. No plane crashes in the US in over a decade.
How Many People Die From Car Accidents Each Year?
WWW.FORBES.COMCar accidents are annually responsible for approximately 1.3 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, the..."...In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) projects there were an estimated 42,915 traffic fatalities in 2021...". Of course, this doesn't mean one should accept the mistakes of crappy air traffic controllers.
It's not just "anyone" worried about near-crashes in aviation, it's the people most knowledgeable about them.
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25 minutes ago, BenjaminNicholas said:
Statistics are everything.
You're more likely to die in a car accident on the way to or from the airport.
Air travel is incredibly safe.
If you want to have fear, at least be afraid of something that makes numerical sense.
Air travel safety professionals have raised concerns about the safety of U.S. air travel. Numerical sense? I prefer common sense.
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For someone like me, whose knuckles are white from the instant the plane ticket is purchased until I'm on the ground again from the return flight, the following is way TMI:
August 21, 2023
By German Lopez
La Guardia Airport.Desiree Rios/The New York Times Close calls
The U.S. has not had a fatal plane crash involving a commercial airline in more than 14 years — an incredible safety achievement.
But the elaborate system that keeps planes from crashing is struggling. In recent years, air traffic controllers, who guide planes out of harm’s way, have suffered a staff shortage. Out of 313 air traffic control facilities nationwide, just three as of May met staff targets set by the Federal Aviation Administration and the union representing controllers.
Aviation officials worry the shortage is leading to close calls, in which planes nearly crash. There were at least 46 near misses involving commercial airlines last month, according to an investigation by my colleagues Sydney Ember and Emily Steel that published this morning. Those close calls are still a small fraction of the nearly 1.4 million flights in the U.S. each month, and it is not clear whether the rate is increasing.
But any close call is dangerous, potentially leading to a fatal crash that breaks America’s safety streak. As a spokesman for the F.A.A. said, “One close call is one too many.” The agency’s goal is to reduce the number of such near misses to zero. Staff shortages make that harder.
“The controllers we’ve talked to take real pride in their job, and they work really hard to make sure these planes are safe,” Emily told me. “But they’re worried that the circumstances around their jobs could make them slip up and that those mistakes could be very dangerous.”
What is behind the shortage? Part of the problem goes back decades: In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan fired thousands of air traffic controllers who were on strike. The F.A.A. then hired new controllers. Many retired when they became eligible to do so 20 years later. And now, another 20 years later, another wave of controllers is retiring.
Chronic disinvestment in government services is another cause. Over the past decade, the number of fully trained controllers has fallen 10 percent, while airport traffic has increased 5 percent. The F.A.A. has asked for more money to increase hiring. Even if the agency receives those funds, it will take time to hire new controllers and train them.
In the meantime, the U.S. risks more close calls. Some in aviation worry it’s only a matter of time before the overworked system fails to stop a deadly crash.
“Aviation officials will say that we have the safest system in the world,” Sydney said. “But underlying that success are risks and issues that deserve attention.”
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17 minutes ago, Just Sayin said:
would you ever consider fostering a dog? our shelters here are overflowing and foster humans are needed
That is a beautiful thought, but I just know I would bond and have to face the eventual inevitable separation be it to another owner or demise.
Unexpected, or surprising arousal?
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A mid-twenties, extremely handsome Pacific Islander, with an obviously well-developed physique. I would have been erogenous roadkill.