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[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 2 points 18 minutes ago

What about people like myself who have POTS and can't be in a standing position for too long? My heart can legit stop causing me to pass out if I'm standing for too long.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

Got to get that body count up these suckers be falling from the skies. Exponential Madness. Slippery Slope. We're all falling down the mountain, grasping for a short rope. Mass hysteria gaslighting clowns, limp dick leadership. Fly to your vacay as the nukes are dropping. YOLO. A world in denial. The show must go on. Welcome to the world of the billionaire welfare queen. The Liberals open the door for their devil. This was always the case. The Sun whorshippers, breed-like rats and whorship idols. Singing their coping mechanisms of toxic positive optimism. Who the hell needs to watch movies anymore? Clown, clown show, clown show. Capitalism in Crisis, everybody's goose stepping. It's easy to destroy but difficult to build. lowest common denominator.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Next stage: inject you with strong sedatives and pack the plane with the bodies

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 31 minutes ago

Lowest common denominator...capitalism in crisis. It's not a joke, man. If they can get away with it, they will.

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I mean honestly though, I'm kinda here for that. It's essentially teleportation at that point.

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 55 minutes ago

I am reminded of The Jaunt where animals and humans can survive teleportation only while unconscious.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

This is starting to remind me of the show severance lol

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

"Second hand coffins, cheap!" -Stan, slaps lid of coffin

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, I'm broke as shit. So if it halved the cost of the tickets I'd do it, but I'm 99% sure I'd be paying close to the same.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 29 minutes ago

You must be a wizard. Of course the savings aren't transferred to you. When they fuck up. They put it on the consumer. Time is unwinding. The poor pay more.

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not really worse than standing on the train for hours. But, standing on a train doesn't make the ride cheaper. So, in some ways better than standing on the train

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I've stood on the bus for 4-5 hours before. When I was younger I could sleep standing on the bus. Not sure if I could pull it off now.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

For what it's worth: this was apparently a concept created by an airline seat company called Aviointeriors who showed the idea off at trade shows in 2010 (as the "SkyRider") and 2018 (as the "SkyRider 2.0" pictured here.) Pretty much all the news articles about it are about Aviointeriors claiming vague unsourced "plans" for them to be adopted by some future date, steeped in Aviointeriors' corporate PR speak, but the articles mostly end up being about the intense public backlash to the idea. No airlines have announced any plans to buy and use these seats, not even those lunatics at RyanAir, and in the years since all SkyRider mentions have been quietly removed from Aviointeriors' own site.

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The fact this company is still around makes me think someone with a lot of money is trying to promote the concept every so often just to see if the public might finally accept this ludicrous idea. A company being around for 15 years with 0 sales and just a concept means someone wants this to happen but thinks the only problem is that they haven't figured out the right pitch.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The company sells normal airplane seats and has been around for a long time. This pitch seems to have been an unsuccessful attempt to create a new market they could rule with their crappy invention.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 32 minutes ago

You say crappy, I say wait. My knees won't have to bend so much. I'd actually take this if I didn't have kids

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Standing still in place for a few hours is waaay more uncomfortable than pacing and walking around. Shifting the weight on our feet really helps

I can't imagine how awful these would be, especially with how cramped they'd be packed in (otherwise they're no smaller than chairs). God, you couldn't even bend down to scratch your knee.

I remember seeing pictures like this a looking time ago so I'm pretty sure they're fake bait. At best it's an idea somebody prototyped but won't use.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Cowards just need to go all in and hang us under the plane like an overhead roller coaster.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 27 minutes ago

Too much skill and engineering involved. The people that run our societies, specifically capitalist societies, because that's the only thing that's left, are too obsessed with the profit motive to actually even attain something like this. Unless you're just being flown around like meat and your survivability is not guaranteed.

[–] ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t get it. Why not just have bunk beds and everyone gets to lay down like those sleeper busses in Asia. They get way more people on those busses than with just seats

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago

Velcro them to the walls!

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm over 40 and I usually stand up about half of my working day. But I wouldn't want to stand in an airplane because it's cramped.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

I'm tall enough I can't stand up on any plane I've been on in the last several years....

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I can’t wait to see people passing out or getting injured because of these seats.

E: plenty of people arguing like people of good health will be the only passengers.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

What could go wrong standing for two hours... Nothing probably if you're a healthy young individual

[–] jcs@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

People are often advised to not lock their knees for a long time while standing (ex: marching band, or standing at attention in the military), and you cannot force anyone to have healthy posture. The ergonomics of these seats appear to take some of the load off the legs and feet, but it's something to consider for patrons with more sedentary lifestyles. Many people believe themselves to be fit individuals until they are placed in uncomfortable conditions for a long time or experience unexpected stress. They could manage to injure themselves in some way, then find some reason to litigate.

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

honestly might even be more healthy

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 26 minutes ago

See, this is an example of Hopium. Or toxic positive optimism. Tech Bro shit. But I think you're joking. I hope you're joking.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Only if you do it on a regular basis, not a one-shot like this (if you do not stand a lot usually).

Also, Turbulence!

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

apparently trombosis is a rather large problem even when flying only occasionally for vacations. That's what I meant.

But yeah, turbulences could give you a headache lol

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[–] gobbles_turkey@lemm.ee 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'd pay extra to not have to deal with the TSA as well.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 15 minutes ago

The Security Theater is non-negotiable. It's there to maintain fear. Those that created the Security Theater are the ones that create the terrorism.

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Watch these cost the same as standard seats, and the cost of standard seats go up

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