Seat Wars In The Sky Reclining Is A Screw You To The World

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• Passengers want their two inches—next, the moon.

The opposite of a placebo is the drug you don’t take because you know it won’t do you any good. It might be a fine drug. You might even have seen it advertised on television! But you’re certain it won’t help.

Two inches—three for that matter—is not a recline that provides actual comfort. Claiming those two inches is simply a way to say screw you to the world, letting it know that in a world of deprivation I’m grabbing what’s mine!