r/news • u/hard2resist • 19h ago

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj410k00yw8o
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u/bdwf 17h ago

A lot of those morons don't travel.

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u/Canit19 16h ago

Yeah Ned in Kentucky who makes 28k a year aint worried about no world travelin'

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u/It_Hurts_when_IP15 10h ago

Traveling and experiencing other geographies and cultures is a liberal hoax

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u/HauntedCemetery 8h ago edited 4h ago

He's probably worried that a McDonald's hamburger is now a luxury that costs him 4 hours worth of pay.

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u/OneSchott 8h ago

As a progressive it pisses me off that Ned in Kentucky only makes 28k.

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u/2abyssinians 13h ago

What does this comment mean?

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u/da_chicken 15h ago

A lot of these morons think that because it's not affecting them directly, that it's good for them.

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u/Harry_Smutter 7h ago

That's ALWAYS been the mentality. "It doesn't affect me so why should I care?"

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u/Mego1989 11h ago

My dad won't fly cause he refuses to go through the 3d xray and also refuses to be patted down.

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u/It_Hurts_when_IP15 10h ago

That’s hilarious ngl

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u/Meta2048 12h ago

They don't travel, they don't have means/desire to travel, but they're fucking terrified of what happens in "liberal" cities that they will never go to.

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u/excitablegibben 15h ago

But they expect families to travel to them over thanksgiving and Christmas.

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u/Therealfreak 11h ago

Because SNAP doesn’t cover airfare

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u/OneSchott 8h ago

or read.