What’s a controversial opinion you have? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

No fighting though If you think your controversial opinion is possibly offensive also don’t say it probably.

For me it’s about the Netflix password sharing thing that happened. I could get people being disappointed they can’t cheat the system anymore, but some people seemed to think Netflix was in the wrong. Which to me Is odd. I don’t go to grocery store for 5 bags of flour and expect to pay the price of one. Or go to a movie theater with 5 people and get mad I can’t pay for just me but let everyone in. I can’t even immediately think of any service or product where you expect to pay the price of one for more than one person. So why’s Netflix uniquely bad for doing so?

 

[athenaaa]

I believe that for certain crimes the death penalty/the guilutine (ik I spelled that wrong) should be considered

 

[Belgizen]

Lowcost airlines are very harmful to the workers in the tourism industry.
The reason why there are so many strikes with airport and airline personnel? Their pay of course.
If every worker would get a decent pay, a ticket would theoretically cost 250 euros going to point A to B in Europe (single fare, if not more by now!)
I always laugh when people book lowcost airlines and then proceed to complain about the many strikes hindering their travel. You are part of the problem.

The fact that people think that 150 euros back and forth to Malaga is a lot, says it all.
Airplanes.Are.Not.Busses! The fact that I have to tell people this almost every week is astounding.

 

[Ahsoka]

the guilutine (ik I spelled that wrong)

I don’t know how it’s spelled tbh, but I do know it’s not that yeah

 

[athenaaa]

I don’t know how it’s spelled tbh, but I do know it’s not that yeah

As long as you know what I mean

 

[Ahsoka]

Lowcost airlines are very harmful to the workers in the tourism industry.
The reason why there are so many strikes with airport and airline personnel? Their pay of course.
If every worker would get a decent pay, a ticket would theoretically cost 250 euros going to point A to B in Europe (single fare, if not more by now!)
I always laugh when people book lowcost airlines and then proceed to complain about the many strikes hindering their travel. You are part of the problem.

The fact that people think that 150 euros back and forth to Malaga is a lot, says it all.
Airplanes.Are.Not.Busses! The fact that I have to tell people this almost every week is astounding.

Don’t they often charge quite a bit for things that other airlines give for free though, thereby jacking up prices? Or is that not enough still to pay workers well?

 

[Belgizen]

Don’t they often charge quite a bit for things that other airlines give for free though, thereby jacking up prices? Or is that not enough still to pay workers well?

Nope.
Ryanair sells tickets for 50 euros sometimes. The only thing that I know about that you have to pay that others don't is the check-in at the gate if you didn't check-in online.
Meal service isn't included in most flights (unless you have a long haul flight or you pay for business class). That's because majority of the airlines adopted a hybrid model between lowcost and regular.

Sometimes you can buy a cheaper ticket but that'll be compensated due to yielding (and we love to do yielding in tourism for everything).
Basically this means that the more interest there is in a destination and the more seats on a flight sold during a certain time, the more expensive your ticket will be.
That's why it's often cheaper to buy your ticket as early as possible, as they have certain fare types (e.g. fare type S is cheaper than fare type Y, but both economy. They'll start with fare S, let's say 150 euros. If fare S is sold out, they'll move on to fare Y, let's say that's 200 euros etc.)
Of course this rule doesn't count with charter flights

 

[Ahsoka]

Nope.
Ryanair sells tickets for 50 euros sometimes. The only thing that I know about that you have to pay that others don't is the check-in at the gate if you didn't check-in online.
Meal service isn't included in most flights (unless you have a long haul flight or you pay for business class). That's because majority of the airlines adopted a hybrid model between lowcost and regular.

Sometimes you can buy a cheaper ticket but that'll be compensated due to yielding (and we love to do yielding in tourism for everything).
Basically this means that the more interest there is in a destination and the more seats on a flight sold during a certain time, the more expensive your ticket will be.
That's why it's often cheaper to buy your ticket as early as possible, as they have certain fare types (e.g. fare type S is cheaper than fare type Y, but both economy. They'll start with fare S, let's say 150 euros. If fare S is sold out, they'll move on to fare Y, let's say that's 200 euros etc.)
Of course this rule doesn't count with charter flights

I took a low cost one too from Europe to Europe, but unlike the flights I went on before you had to pay a substantial amount for a single carry on, let alone checked bag. There was also no free beverages like I was used to, but I also don’t generally fly Europe to Europe so maybe that plays a role. Though the cheaper option from US to Europe did allow a single checked bag I think, though is the more expensive option we used before did allow for more bags, gave meals I think, and gave complimentary drinks, all which the cheaper one didn’t do. So the cheaper option undeniably offered less both times for that flight at least. I do prefer the more expensive ones comfort wise ofc, but I don’t know that the things the cheaper ones take away would be enough to offer the workers an okay wage with their prices.

 

[lexus]

Child predators/abusers deserve a death sentence

 

[Belgizen]

I took a low cost one too from Europe to Europe, but unlike the flights I went on before you had to pay a substantial amount for a single carry on, let alone checked bag. There was also no free beverages like I was used to, but I also don’t generally fly Europe to Europe so maybe that plays a role. Though the cheaper option from US to Europe did allow a single checked bag I think, though is the more expensive option we used before did allow for more bags, gave meals I think, and gave complimentary drinks, all which the cheaper one didn’t do. So the cheaper option undeniably offered less both times for that flight at least. I do prefer the more expensive ones comfort wise ofc, but I don’t know that the things the cheaper ones take away would be enough to offer the workers an okay wage with their prices.

Which airline was it?
It is true that quite some EU-EU flights don't have checked bags in the ticket included (unless you book a more expensive fare within Economy).
Yeah, in most EU-EU flights, beverage service isn't included unless you book a business-type. That's the hybrid model that they've adopted.
I also prefer the more expensive ones. My company has its own (charter) flights but there very good quality wise (there are of course better ones like SQ, QR or EK. I tend to pick the flag carriers when my company doesn't fly to a destination as they're usually part of the Star Alliance group, which I prefer to fly with.

 

[SeulPika]

I am pro death penalty. I strongly believe that murderers and paedophiles can't be rehabilitated and that society is better off without either of these vermin.

In Japan we already have the death penalty for murderers, but i do wish that this punishment could also be extended to paedophiles, too. A paedophile can't ever reoffend if they've been given a one way experience on the noose.

 

[motorp77]

Child predators/abusers deserve a death sentence

they deserve torture not death

 

[motorp77]

I am pro death penalty. I strongly believe that murderers and paedophiles can't be rehabilitated and that society is better off without either of these vermin.

In Japan we already have the death penalty for murderers, but i do wish that this punishment could also be extended to paedophiles, too. A paedophile can't ever reoffend if they've been given a one way experience on the noose.

the main reason why it was abolished in france was that there were too many cases where we found out that the person who just got executed were probably not the killer. The main problem with death penalty is we can't revert judicial errors

 

[Ahsoka]

Which airline was it?
It is true that quite some EU-EU flights don't have checked bags in the ticket included (unless you book a more expensive fare within Economy).
Yeah, in most EU-EU flights, beverage service isn't included unless you book a business-type. That's the hybrid model that they've adopted.
I also prefer the more expensive ones. My company has its own (charter) flights but there very good quality wise (there are of course better ones like SQ, QR or EK. I tend to pick the flag carriers when my company doesn't fly to a destination as they're usually part of the Star Alliance group, which I prefer to fly with.

The Europe to Europe was EasyJet. The cheap one from US to Europe was Play (with a layover in Iceland). I forget the more expensive version that we took before, I was younger by a fair amount.

EasyJet stuff may be because of the Europe to Europe difference vs US to Europe or to US to US. I don’t think I’ve ever flown within Europe except for layovers other than that one time.

 

[motorp77]

piracy should be legal for digital products that companies have made no legal way to access/own

 

[Ahsoka]

the main reason why it was abolished in france was that there were too many cases where we found out that the person who just got executed were probably not the killer. The main problem with death penalty is we can't revert judicial errors

That’s a pricey mistake

 

[motorp77]

That’s a pricey mistake

some cases are extremely infuriating yeah, imagine the family that were clamoring the innocence of their loved one

 

[Ahsoka]

some cases are extremely infuriating yeah, imagine the family that were clamoring the innocence of their loved one

Yeah fr. I get the benefits of the death penalty but I don’t have enough faith in the judicial system to think that they won’t make those mistakes all too often.

 

[Belgizen]

The Europe to Europe was EasyJet. The cheap one from US to Europe was Play (with a layover in Iceland). I forget the more expensive version that we took before, I was younger by a fair amount.

EasyJet stuff may be because of the Europe to Europe difference vs US to Europe or to US to US. I don’t think I’ve ever flown within Europe except for layovers other than that one time.

Oooh yeah I've flown with them in the past. They didn't have hand luggage included? Cuz I always had when I flew with them.
Don't know Play, but I only know flag carriers when it's not within Europe.
Oooohhh sounds like you need to spend your next vacation in Europe!!

 

[motorp77]

Yeah fr. I get the benefits of the death penalty but I don’t have enough faith in the judicial system to think that they won’t make those mistakes all too often.

imo even 1 mistake is already too much. Life is too valuable to just accept an innocent dying by our mistakes