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Take something you don’t like and try to like it

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270 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 12:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vova_hn ◴[03 Sep 25 05:14 UTC] No.45112436[source]▶
> On planes, the captain will often invite you to, “sit back and enjoy the ride”. This is confusing. Enjoy the ride? Enjoy being trapped in a pressurized tube and jostled by all the passengers lining up to relieve themselves because your company decided to cram in a few more seats instead of having an adequate number of toilets? Aren’t flights supposed to be endured?

Wait, is liking to fly actually that unusual?

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1. ahartmetz ◴[03 Sep 25 08:50 UTC] No.45113580[source]▶
I really like flying. I've flown gliders as youth and young adult, so I'm a small-time aviation enthusiast, and all the plane's movements make sense to me. I remember when they didn't.

My favorite flight was to Gran Canaria - the pilot did a visual approach as if he was landing a glider. Engines completely idle (very quiet!), plane over the ocean, airport parallel to the right. Turn right a few km after passing the airport, straight for a few seconds, turn right again, glide down.

An exciting one was an aborted takeoff when already pretty fast, but comfortably before decision speed.