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by throw0101c 14 days ago
> You should find a church that does it near you, it's really incredible and quite unlike what you're used to if you've only ever experienced the modern mass.

Flying through the air is a remarkable thing, and people used to dress up for it. But as prices dropped it has become (in many parts of the world) the equivalent of a bus service, and people dress the same was for a flight as they do as going to (say) Walmart.

If you do something often enough it can stop being special:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill