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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (14 children)

Why just planes? Surely this would apply to all public transport.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 85 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

If they're US American, a plane is likely the only public transportation they've ever taken. If they live anywhere remotely rural, it's likely the only one available to them.

Signed, -An American

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

I was going to say "almost every American takes a school bus at one point in their life" then I looked it up and was disgusted to find that recently more children are driven to school than take the bus.

[–] NotationalSymmetry@ani.social 0 points 4 days ago

The school buses don't have seatbelts.

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