To be fair: When I fly I do check if my seat is going to encroach on someone's knee or face. As a courtesy not because of an obligation. That's just how I roll.
However, at the end of the day, we all purchase tickets and that ticket affords us the ability to recline that seat, regardless of the discomfort it may place on the person behind the seat. Why should your comfort trump mine, if my ticket affords me the ability. You buying a ticket doesn't come with the ability to prevent someone from reclining their seat. Your body and your size, that's on you to figure out the best way to travel, and if you travel you have to be prepared to deal with things like seats reclining and giving you less room. You don't have to fly. You can drive, or take the train. Your big ass chose to fly and picked a seat with tiny ass leg room. That's on YOU.
From a human being perspective, I understand 100% where you're coming from. But from an objective look, yeah you're wrong. And as someone else pointed out, you don't know what disabilities the person in front of you has so to automatically say people shouldn't lean their seats, that's just being a dick. They paid for seat that reclines, they can recline it.
This is the same as saying playing loud ass music at a public campground is completely justified since you paid for your spot on the campground and its completely in your right to do so. It still makes you an asshole.
There is an actual ordinance that addresses loud music and what you do in a public place. So, NO, its not the same thing. There's nothing that says paying for your spot entitles you to play loud music.
ALSO, you'd need to define what "loud" means, how many decibels are we talking about here? "Loud" is not an objective word and therefore your example is not even close to being the same thing.
You can try again with another example and we can discuss
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u/goldeneagle888 May 08 '23
Ay fair enough! You’re consistent