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    Bears for PresidentAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 10:54am

    Frankly, I think it’s just stunningly childish and irresponsible that these people would get on airplanes without up to date Cooties vaccinations in the first place.

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      Tabby GevinsonBears for President
      4/10/15 10:56am

      Wait, so your solution is for the ultra-orthodox to willingly have autism injected into their bloodstream?

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      robotbeepbeepBears for President
      4/10/15 10:57am

      It is against gods natural law for a man to sit next to a woman! Please let me sit in this aluminum tube flying 5 miles up in the air at 500mph in peace!!

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    Whatsfordinner123Anna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:42am

    This legit happened to me - I was on the window and another girl was on the aisle, with the Orthodox gentleman assigned to the middle seat...on something like a 12 hour flight. What was crazy is that he just wanted one of us to give up our prime seats so he didn’t have to sit between two women. This girl and I immediately saw what was happening and told him if he was modern enough to fly, he was modern enough to sit between us, or learn to pay extra for a better booking. Not my problem that you’re both cheap and entitled. In the end, some other much more sympathetic person switched with him.

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      Anna MerlanWhatsfordinner123
      4/10/15 11:44am
      GIF
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      potatogamineWhatsfordinner123
      4/10/15 11:56am

      Oh my god- good for you. I know it makes me a petty, selfish person, but if one of these guys wanted me to move, I would be happy to keep the whole plane sitting there until he knuckled under.

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    000Anna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:08am

    “ Probably a better and faster way to put a stop to this behavior would be...”

    GIF
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      Anna Merlan000
      4/10/15 11:09am

      HOLY SHIT VAN HALEN IS THE ONE TRUE WAY

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      Brad Conners000
      4/10/15 11:13am

      Needs more stars.

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    moose trutherAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:04am

    Oh my god, SITTING next to WOMEN?

    GIF
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      Stytchmoose truther
      4/10/15 11:08am

      Any CF gif is a good gif.

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      moose trutherStytch
      4/10/15 11:11am
      GIF
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    ValeriesDancingMuppetsAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:00am

    On behalf of all women and also all flight attendants everywhere FUCK YOU GUYS!

    I used to work the NY - Athens, Greece flights bc I’m a Greek speaker. We had people connecting to Israel ALL THE TIME. I never experienced something this bad, but I did have several men literally cower in my presence and refuse to look at me. I was new at the time and was too afraid to get in trouble (airlines will fire you at the drop of a hat), but there was one time where I got to yell at one of these dickbags. Every time i would ask him what he wanted to drink, he would shudder, turn his head, put his hands up over his face and softly whisper “tomato juice” in literal pure fear. After the like 19th time that happened, I lost it and yelled I’M NOT GOING TO TOUCH YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT TO DRINK!

    He pretended to sleep for the remainder of the flight.

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      KateValeriesDancingMuppets
      4/10/15 11:19am

      LOL

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      SararaValeriesDancingMuppets
      4/10/15 1:43pm

      I think it’d be pretty damn cool having someone literally cower in fear before me. Mwahahahahaha!

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    Cathy EarnshawAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:01am

    On the one hand, if you can’t abide by 21st century social norms then you should probably stay the fuck home rather than expecting everyone else to accommodate your ideology.

    On the other hand, religious traditions are weird, and it’s not my religion so I’m not really comfortable criticizing it on those grounds.

    Could they maybe do an all male flight once a month or so? I’m assuming this isn’t an issue for female Orthodox travelers (who presumably wouldn’t be able to sit next to unknown men any more than an Orthodox man would be able to sit next to an unknown woman) because they do not travel unaccompanied?

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      Anna MerlanCathy Earnshaw
      4/10/15 11:04am

      An Orthodox woman might travel unaccompanied. You don’t hear about them throwing these types of shitfits though.

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      BZuckercornCathy Earnshaw
      4/10/15 11:10am

      You can criticize their behavior without criticizing their religion. These men didn’t simply ask to change their own seats. They demanded that the women - who were seated in their assigned seats - get up and move for them. And when these women refused to move (rightfully so), these men had temper tantrums holding up the entire flight.

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    applepiewithcheddarAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:48am

    Those motherfuckers. I once flew to Israel on crutches with a bad sprained ankle and had to give up my special accommodation seat that let me elevate my foot because a Haredi wouldn’t sit next to me. They put me in a back row seat that didn’t recline.

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      Anna Merlanapplepiewithcheddar
      4/10/15 11:51am

      WHAT THE FUCK.

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      rockmahmahmahapplepiewithcheddar
      4/10/15 11:53am

      why did you agree to move?

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    Tay Pay PryorAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 10:58am

    Let’s imagine for a second that a person with brown skin started making verbally abusive demands about seat preference, which delayed a plane takeoff. Hmmmm .....

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      MsMenstruationTay Pay Pryor
      4/10/15 11:07am

      I imagine some of these men are brown skinned considering they’re of Middle Eastern descent.

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      RB103Tay Pay Pryor
      4/10/15 11:14am

      Jewish people cannot have brown skin?

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    Joann PrinzivalliAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:52am

    Offer me a free upgrade to first class and I would gladly move . . .

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      Anna MerlanJoann Prinzivalli
      4/10/15 11:53am

      I hadn’t considered this plan. I’m a stubborn motherfucker and I’d refuse anyway, but it would at least make it slightly less offensive.

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      JohnBullJoann Prinzivalli
      4/10/15 1:26pm

      Excellent. “Want me to move away from you, pal? Sure. Buy me an upgrade to First and we have a deal.”

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    It'sNotEasyBeingGreyAnna Merlan
    4/10/15 11:14am

    My Very Jewish Friend said that El Al actually will provide religious accommodations (ie:sit you in a row full of dudes), but you have to arrange them when you’re making the reservation. So as far as she’s concerned it’s basically all their fault for not doing their due diligence and they should be escorted off the plane rather than asking women to swap seats (which is a pretty significant burden considering most people travel with friends/family and these flights are very long).

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      BrianGearyIt'sNotEasyBeingGrey
      4/10/15 12:18pm

      Will airplanes reserve rows for people who refuse, on religious principle, to sit next to Jews? Because that is no more or less insulting than refusing to sit next to women.

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      rottenkitty1958It'sNotEasyBeingGrey
      4/10/15 12:26pm

      These special snowflakes should either buy an extra seat to protect themselves from the girl cooties, find some other form of transportation, or be willing to move.

      They have the problem, they should fucking move, not the women who just want to get the fuck home without some asshole bugging them for having vagina. We get enough of that shit from non-Hasidic men.

      I am happy to say that one of these guys was escorted off the plane so it could take off.

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