Check out the plane that caught fire last year at Haneda Airport.
I'll do that.
People don't like to hear this here, but even with all this crap, flying is still way safer than driving yourself - even with the exemplary driving skills that I have no doubt everyone here has.
I'm pretty awesome, it's true...
And, yeah, I'm exaggerating. I never flew much (was relatively poor, and didn't need to for work or anything, so wasn't a big part of my life), I wasn't scared of flying, I'm still not, and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse. It's still almost zero percent of planes that fall out of the sky, or have doors fall off, or spontaneously combust. But it's a significantly higher zero than it previous was. Still probably safer than driving still though, you're right.
Honestly, the most worrying aspect of flying has already come and gone. I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down. Also, the family I was somewhat close to overseas has passed on anyway, so my main reasons for travel has dwindled. Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day, or something, but other than that I'm pretty fine where I am.
and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse.
But they're still on a long-term downward trajectory. As bad as things are now, they are better than 25 years ago, at least in terms of fatalities. The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down.
I thought they were going to make at least some of those things permanent. Or complain about a 'pandemic of misinformation' and then deny people on the basis of Wrongthink. After all, if you don't want someone to spread Covid, why would you allow hm to spread misinformation?
Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day
Highly recommended. I never looked at a European city the same way, after I saw what can be [unburdened by...]. Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city, and has some problems too. Probably the nicest for most foreigners, though, since it seems to be the foreigner containment zone.
I really should get to Japan at some point. Seems pretty amazing, in many different ways. Putting aside culture, it's just gorgeous geographically too.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city,
Well, I'd like to see a better one. There are more traditional cities, but all-around Tokyo was awesome (economy of scale). Of course, there are some areas with a lot of foreigners, the most telling sign being garbage on the streets that are spotless everywhere else despite there being no garbage cans almost anywhere.
I really should get to Japan at some point
I'm not a weeaboo, but I'd like to go to Japan every year.
The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
You mean first AA flight in a while? First flight for a while in the United States"? Because worldwide we had the Korean crash landing not long ago, and of course that plane most likely accidentally shot down by Russia but you probably weren't considering acts of war.
Since the last one flown by members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
All kidding aside, you're absolutely right. I did mean North America, which had remarkably few fatalities since 9/11. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Europe, which has seen cases like Air France 447.
I'll do that.
I'm pretty awesome, it's true...
And, yeah, I'm exaggerating. I never flew much (was relatively poor, and didn't need to for work or anything, so wasn't a big part of my life), I wasn't scared of flying, I'm still not, and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse. It's still almost zero percent of planes that fall out of the sky, or have doors fall off, or spontaneously combust. But it's a significantly higher zero than it previous was. Still probably safer than driving still though, you're right.
Honestly, the most worrying aspect of flying has already come and gone. I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down. Also, the family I was somewhat close to overseas has passed on anyway, so my main reasons for travel has dwindled. Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day, or something, but other than that I'm pretty fine where I am.
But they're still on a long-term downward trajectory. As bad as things are now, they are better than 25 years ago, at least in terms of fatalities. The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
I thought they were going to make at least some of those things permanent. Or complain about a 'pandemic of misinformation' and then deny people on the basis of Wrongthink. After all, if you don't want someone to spread Covid, why would you allow hm to spread misinformation?
Highly recommended. I never looked at a European city the same way, after I saw what can be [unburdened by...]. Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city, and has some problems too. Probably the nicest for most foreigners, though, since it seems to be the foreigner containment zone.
I really should get to Japan at some point. Seems pretty amazing, in many different ways. Putting aside culture, it's just gorgeous geographically too.
Well, I'd like to see a better one. There are more traditional cities, but all-around Tokyo was awesome (economy of scale). Of course, there are some areas with a lot of foreigners, the most telling sign being garbage on the streets that are spotless everywhere else despite there being no garbage cans almost anywhere.
I'm not a weeaboo, but I'd like to go to Japan every year.
If I do go, I'm going to Hokkaido too. Definitely stopping by the Yoichi/Nikka distillery.
You mean first AA flight in a while? First flight for a while in the United States"? Because worldwide we had the Korean crash landing not long ago, and of course that plane most likely accidentally shot down by Russia but you probably weren't considering acts of war.
Since the last one flown by members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
All kidding aside, you're absolutely right. I did mean North America, which had remarkably few fatalities since 9/11. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Europe, which has seen cases like Air France 447.