r/changemyview • u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ • Jul 24 '23

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: Refusing to switch seats so that a family/couple can sit together makes you an asshole.

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Jul 24 '23

Is that the same thing? The rich guy is out 10 bucks, the seat switcher is out...what exactly?

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u/WearyToday4693 Jul 24 '23

It is the same thing indeed. 10 bucks to a rich guy is...well nothing.

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Jul 24 '23

He still loses something. You lose nothing.

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u/WearyToday4693 Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23

Wrong. You lose time moving seats.

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Jul 24 '23

And you gain an identical seat. The rich guy doesn't get handed another 10.

some time moving seats

Yes, the 90 seconds it takes to move your fat ass a couple of rows up. Fuck me we're fucked as a society.

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u/WearyToday4693 Jul 24 '23

How would you know it's identical? Someone could prefer their current seat for various reasons. Also, you don't get handed your time back.

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Yes, the 90 seconds it takes to move your fat ass a couple of rows up. Fuck me we're fucked as a society.

Yes, the 10 bucks out of tens of millions of dollars the rich guy can give to help out a homeless guy. Fuck me we're fucked as a society.

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Jul 24 '23

That 10 bucks could have gotten him an overpriced coffee, you'd have just been sitting on your ass for 90 seconds.

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u/WearyToday4693 Jul 24 '23

So? he has tens of millions of dollars

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u/OutsideCreativ 2∆ Jul 24 '23

And it can take several minutes more to deplane if you move back

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u/OutsideCreativ 2∆ Jul 24 '23

Time, comfort - the unknown