I’m Grateful for the Suburbs (and the Internet)

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Erik Crosier is thankful for the speed with which we can connect, thanks to modern technology.

“If our urge to stay away from kids is constantly enabled, does our society become even more child unfriendly than it is?”

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No one likes flying on a plane with a screaming child next to them. Some airlines are considering offering child-free sections that you can pay to sit in, but Pedro wonders if that would come with more than a monetary cost.

How to Pack for a Trip

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Greg White’s ten best tips for packing, plus eight items you must bring, no matter where you’re headed.

Virgin Airlines: Men Can’t Sit Near Unaccompanied Minors

TW for pedophilia. Virgin Airlines apparently does not allow men to sit next to unaccompanied minor children, but does allow women to do so, apparently out of fear of pedophilia. Talk about pedophile hysteria. Planes are fucking crowded; you can’t even talk without everyone accidentally overhearing about the time your toddler put Aunt Jenna’s goldfish in [...]

Virgin Airlines Australia Thinks All Men Are Potential Pedophiles

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Men can’t sit next to unaccompanied children on Virgin Airlines Australia, according to the policy handed to firefighter Johnny McGirr.

Great Moments In Greatness: Those Ladies Are Fly [Making History]

We stop to salute the first all-female African American flight crew in history.