Oooh, I have an idea. On every flight, all the people who, despite the announcement that the plane is packed and everyone needs to use the minimum overhead space possible, still proceed to put their jackets up there and take up the whole damn compartment, will be immediately evicted from the aircraft. Then larger…

They are paying for the service of being comfortably transported from point A to point B, not just for the space on the aircraft. People of a smaller size aren't the only people who need access to air travel, so there's no reason that airplanes should only accommodate their needs. I'm not advocating for myself here,…

People have a right to have access to the same services that are available to other passengers; that includes a seat on a plane at a price that isn't drastically inflated. That's not saying anyone has a 'right to fly'; they have a right to not be discriminated against by being forced to pay more for the same service.

Seriously.

I am aware that people PAY for it, thanks. People pay for business class seats as an extra luxury; large people who simply wish to be taken from point A to point B, without paying for extra luxury (because having a seat that fits you is not a luxury) , should have the same ability to do so as smaller people. It…

Yeah, he did, unfortunately. Here's his essay on it: [www.utilitarian.net]

Sitting in business class is a luxury; being able to simply sit on the plane shouldn't be. Airlines can figure out a way to make up for the expense of providing a few bigger seats instead of discriminating against larger people.

He's not on the anti-fat-shaming side of things, he's on the 'make fatties pay' side.

I lost most of my respect for him when he started going around recommending the euthanasia of disabled infants, myself.

Airlines need to provide bigger seats to accommodate bigger people. It's crazy to make them buy two plane tickets every time they travel when the seats are just plain too small. I sat next to a dude recently who looked like he was probably a football player, and I could tell he was totally humiliated about taking up…

Oh, you're not an ACTUAL asshole, you just act like one to get women? Hate to break it to you, dude, but you don't get to pick and choose which of your actions represent who you are. If you act like an asshole a lot (as in to 90% of the women you sleep with), you're probably an asshole.

Well, based on your own description of your behavior, it sounds like you're kind of an asshole. From that, I can assume that you mostly spend your time around other assholes. . .and the 'nice guys' who would be hanging out with you are more like less-confident versions of assholes than actual nice people. At least,…

Well, thank god you're married. At least you're not out annoying the female populace with your "Game".

""Being yourself" doesn't get you laid. Ever. " This is true. . .if you're a bitter asshole who hates women. So, I think bbilbo1's advice is spot on, except in your case. If you want to ever get laid you should probably try being someone else.

Random idea coming out of this thread: I kinda want to start a tumblr called "Advice from Nice Guys With Girlfriends". I'll just get brief testimonies from all the lovely, coupled, men I know who are also not underwear models and dismiss this myth that "girls only want assholes" for ever.

What you're missing is that bad things happening to men is not the same as men, as a group, being oppressed. In fact, many men are oppressed by the patriarchy- like in your examples of gay men, effeminate men, men who've been raped and aren't taken seriously, etc. But that's not women doing the oppressing; it's the…

Lolwut? You get lambasted when you post about men's rights because the group that is in power and is not oppressed doesn't need a 'rights' movement.

But the whole idea that girls 'only' go for assholes is just patently untrue. As well as the 'nice guys don't get the girl' trope.

Men are assholes because.. .you slept with them? Are you suggesting there's some kind of chemical in our poontang-juice that changes male behavior?

"Wow, how naive are you? I grew up in a feminist Bee Hive, not all feminists as individuals are bad, but feminism as a movement is about making sure men have zero rights! Feminism is about portraying men as patriarchs and teaching young boys that they are "future rapists".