A reproduction 1858 remington black powder pistol like clint’s in Pale Rider.

A reproduction 1858 remington black powder pistol like clint’s in Pale Rider.

slow news day

People need to be soooo careful with these. I have used one for years for a neurological condition, and learned a few things:

People need to be soooo careful with these. I have used one for years for a neurological condition, and learned a…

lol I still love my ouya. not the controller, but the ouya itself loaded up with emulators is great. Sure, a pi with an arcadepunks image does it better, but I kinda dig the lil’ cube.

This is such a dangerous purchase... imagine parents getting one for their kids, not realizing they’re on a quota’d internet connection :|

So if I decided to go back to flying cattle car for some reason, and the person in front of me wants to recline - their desire to recline supersedes my desire to sit upright? I haven’t flown coach in years other than a quick hop between islands in hawaii (which was terrible, there was no room for extra long legs). I’m…

If it was fully autonomous, all the time, only - would it change your willingness to buy one? Personally I like driving, and I buy a car so I can drive it and do what I want and go where I want. If I was no longer the person controlling the car (as in, I had no choice), I have trouble seeing the point of buying one.…

They’re going to make it a hybrid :|

Why is this feature necessary? What’s so bad about walking 50 feet to your car?

The use of the reclining feature shouldn’t be compulsory. I have a right to the room in front of my face, to move, to hold a book where I can read it, etc., and to be able to move my legs. You will never get me to side with the idea that someone else’s “right” to lean their chair back supersedes my right to the space…

So reclining is mandatory, and my ticket only includes space behind me and not in front of me?

Cue the constant stinky burps on the top of their head. “Sorry, I burp a lot because of the pressure if I can’t move around”.

Pull their shit back and put it in the aisle.

I think it’s being lumped in all together. When I personally say I hate when people take their shoes off on flights, it falls into a couple buckets.

By the same token, aren’t I paying for the room in front of me? Why would someone’s reclining take precedence over the space I also paid for?

I don’t recline my seat because it would intrude into the space of the person behind me. That would be rude, and would make me an asshole. People can sit up like grownups. Nobody sitting in front of me can recline anyways, so it’s a moot point for me. Now if only we could toss people who watch movies/listen to music…

A coworker has removable legs - after knowing him for years I asked if it makes flying on a plane better or worse. He laughed so hard I felt dumb for waiting for years to ask. He said flying is always a PITA no matter what, and the legs don’t pop on/pop off as easily as I thought. He said if he took them off he’d just…

Planes are getting ridiculous. Sounds like you might be tall too - have you sat next to one of the “ribs” of the plane? My shoulders are already well wider than the seats and sitting next to one of those ribs meant I was pushed over into the seat next to me for a 7 hour flight (luckily it was my wife).

You can usually spot a “recliner” passenger as they’re boarding. Back in the days when there was room to do so, if one sat in front of me I’d proactively cross my legs so their seat couldn’t recline. After 10-15 minutes of trying they’d give up. 

Right? Jeez, grow a set and ask them to compromise my reclining a little less. Instead of “oh my god, can you *please* not recline your seat?” in a bitchy voice, maybe “Excuse me, I’m pretty tall and with your seat reclined that far I can’t really breathe/move, can you bump it up a notch or two?”.