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You're right. When your plane has to fly to an alternate airport due to weather and runs out fuel on the way, the last thing you want to feel is guilt over havi
by thworp 3y ago
You're right. When your plane has to fly to an alternate airport due to weather and runs out fuel on the way, the last thing you want to feel is guilt over having indirectly fat-shamed your fellow passengers.
- RamblingCTO 3y agoWell, first of all: I'm European. So there aren't that many fat people on the planes that this would actually be a problem. Second: if there's a problem with enough fuel because of a bunch of fat people we have way bigger issues. Nice straw man tho. What I'm trying to say is: if we leave the path of averages, we start to measure everything that contributes to a price, what happens for things that can't be controlled? I don't feel like that's a good choice for a society.
- thworp 3y agoSorry if my reply was a bit snarky. I think we have a fundamental philosophical disagreement here. You think that human systems should follow human ideals first and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think human systems should follow natural systems and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think this keeps us grounded and enables the bottom-up growth and evolution of our civilization. As such I think it is entirely fair that the default is that prices for services should reflect the resources consumed for such a service. I agree there should be exceptions such as healthcare (up to a certain extent that's negotiated within each political unit) but air travel is definitely not one of them.
- RamblingCTO 3y agoDon't worry mate, all good! I see! I understand and it's not that I disagree completely, I'm just worried that losing compassion is way too easy in that case. That everything get's transactional. I've read too much cyberpunk to not be weary of that ;)