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• jve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There may be a selfish component to it. Doesn’t make it a selfish act.

  I get that it’s your thing

  It’s my thing after I read a few of these papers (you can find the links, and read them if you like, they’re in my other comments) and started giving it a shot.

  it would be bettee to just chill for the duration of it.

  Yes, you have made it very clear that for you, you believe that this is the case.

  The data show that a lot of people feel this way before they try it, but are pleasantly surprised after.

  After all nothing negative about that, they might try to connect with you if they’re up for it

  Nothing negative about what? “Being chill?” I think you’ll find that I’m pretty chill.

  You seem to think I’m nagging them for the duration, but as I’ve explained, it’s really more of creating an opening.

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You won’t cause anything negative by just chilling during the flight. Meanwhile, by trying to connect, you might make someone’s travel worse. So if you value the fellow passengers, best move is not to risk it, at least not on the plane. Otherwise you’re just gambling with their mood, which seems a bit shitty.

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    • jve@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So if you value the fellow passengers, best move is not to risk it

      There’s a lot of big assumptions built into how you think about risk if the only possible outcomes you can conceive of are negative.

      at least not on the plane

      Oh yes the plane. Because of the implication, right?

      I just feel bad that your outlook is so sad for all of this.

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      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well you won’t negatively affect them by not interacting with them. They are still free to talk to you, after all. The implication is a good one because they don’t know what sort of creep or angry person you might be and how you would react to rejection. You’re almost insisting on talking to the people on a situation you know might negatively affect them and where they are stuck in the situation and that just seems odd.

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