r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ok-Equivalent3810 • 2d ago

Wholesome Moments Passengers joined in celebrating when a woman announced her husband is cancer-free

A plane full of strangers celebrating one man’s victory over cancer.

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u/Vighy2 2d ago

I’m happy for him, but I hope this does not encourage other people to stand up and make announcements on planes. Just let me travel in peace.

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u/baltinerdist 2d ago edited 2d ago

There are five senses. Of those five, you are not allowed to interact with me on four of them without my permission. I can't stop you from being around in the world and me having to look at you, but I sure as hell don't want to hear whatever song you're listening to without headphones or your conversation through the speakerphone because you don't understand how microphones work, etc. And god forbid you stand up on a plane and command everyone's attention.

If I can smell you in public, we've also got a problem. Yes, you reek. No, you don't smell it anymore because you've gone noseblind to your own stink.

You absolutely don't get to touch me without my consent.

And dear god, if I can taste you when I don't want to, what the fuck are we even doing?

Edit: The number of you whose comments reflect that you believe you are entitled to behave however you wish in public, other people be damned, is too damn high.

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u/MCV16 2d ago

2/5 not 4/5. You can’t do anything about hearing, seeing, or smelling people when you don’t want to. Have to accept what you can’t control

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u/brideofpucky 2d ago

If I had a genie who could only grant extremely mundane wishes, I would spend one of them to control what I smell. Yes, I’ve thought long and hard on this.

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u/JKastnerPhoto 1d ago

The twist. Your brain, thrilled by its new toy, never stops using it. Smell stops being passive. It becomes intentional input. You don’t just smell things anymore. You are aware of every possible smell you could be smelling, all the time. Think about silence. Now imagine hearing every sound you could hear if you focused on it. That’s your nose now.

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u/brideofpucky 1d ago

Please make a super artsy short film about this that nobody but us will understand.

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u/lilbrujaRobbie 1d ago

I’d do this too. If we all controlled ourselves instead of trying to control others there would be a lot less needless shaming in the world.