Where would you sit?

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brianc35

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This image is floating around the internet today...

what's your seat choice for the duration of a long flight?

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SouthernDude said:
I'd sit in position one and tell Trump he needs to put India on the ban list. lol
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I'd choose the same seat, but take the time to explain China, EVs, and the future of the US manufacturing industry.

After we landed, I'd expect a kickback from the Ford Motor Company (or "Ford's" as we assembly-line workers used to call our employer).
 
insightman said:
I'd choose the same seat, but take the time to explain China, EVs, and the future of the US manufacturing industry.

After we landed, I'd expect a kickback from the Ford Motor Company (or "Ford's" as we assembly-line workers used to call our employer).
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I have friends who work in tech and some have been laid off because of H1B and they know many more who've been impacted from it. Almost exclusively affects younger guys, so that matters more to me right now. People are just going to buy EVs anyways at some point.

Also, I was told my entire life that by virtue of my southern birth I owed some eternal blood guilt over slavery and that I deserve to witness the desecration of the character and memorials to my ancestors over it. The very same people who've inflicted this charge against me and my people now heap nothing but praise for china because they make a certain set of products cheaply while completely disregarding any basic environmental protections and treating their own workers to conditions 10x worse than anything slaves in the south experienced. The same people tell me that we need to emulate china for the future of US manufacturing. This is how I interpret any praise of Chinese manufacturing. In light of that, what would you say about china? Really curious about it. Not alleging that you think the prior things, just noticing a pattern.
 
My preferences:
  • #7 - easy aisle access to restroom; stand up to stretch; overhead bin access, front of plane
  • #9, #8 - aisle passenger likely to take a break or tolerate letting me go to bathroom, front of plane
  • #3 - recline seat for a nap
Bob Wilson
 
SouthernDude said:
I have friends who work in tech and some have been laid off because of H1B and they know many more who've been impacted from it. Almost exclusively affects younger guys, so that matters more to me right now. People are just going to buy EVs anyways at some point.

Also, I was told my entire life that by virtue of my southern birth I owed some eternal blood guilt over slavery and that I deserve to witness the desecration of the character and memorials to my ancestors over it. The very same people who've inflicted this charge against me and my people now heap nothing but praise for china because they make a certain set of products cheaply while completely disregarding any basic environmental protections and treating their own workers to conditions 10x worse than anything slaves in the south experienced. The same people tell me that we need to emulate china for the future of US manufacturing. This is how I interpret any praise of Chinese manufacturing. In light of that, what would you say about china? Really curious about it. Not alleging that you think the prior things, just noticing a pattern.
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I believe the US was the world's tech leader for generations, but our short-sighted government and short-sighted corporate stockholders are ensuring China will soon take the lead in technology. China took the long view decades ago and that strategy appears to be paying off. I in no way endorse how China went about acquiring its technology or how it abuses its people to achieve its goals.
 
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