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If every time an airplane returned to the gate when someone behaved rudely to a neighbor, it would never take off. Have you considered the possibility he has a
by roywiggins 11y ago
If every time an airplane returned to the gate when someone behaved rudely to a neighbor, it would never take off.
Have you considered the possibility he has a fear of flying and was using mathematics to take his mind off it, and he was desperately trying to fend off her disrupting his productively distracting train of thought? There's all sorts of very good reasons not to talk to strangers.
- Zuider 11y agoNothing justifies Menzio's behavior, either on the plane or later on Facebook where he made outlandish claims and invoked Trump. He is completely obnoxious, and the author of his own misfortunes.
- mznen 11y agoYou've gradually outed yourself, I guess.
- Zuider 11y agoWhat does that even mean? There is a narrative here, which appears at first very compelling, especially to readers of HN: gentle intellectual persecuted by hysterical ignoramus... But the narrative gradually reveals holes and inconsistencies which makes it at best inconclusive, and in my considered opinion, strongly supports a radically different interpretation: Menzio behaved like a demented nut-job, terrified his fellow passenger, published a self-serving narrative on facebook which was picked up by the Washington Post and spun even further. Where is your skepticism?