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by JumpCrisscross 897 days ago
> people simply don't want to stress out about dying during their flight

Sure, and as I point out elsewhere, that's reasonable [1]. It's irrational because it doesn't actually change anything, about your situation or systematically.

Not flying a 737 Max to feel better is reasonable. Doing it to be safer, or because it's going to punish Boeing or whatever, is not.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38929638