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Woman with severe allergy ‘left with no choice’ but to buy every packet of peanuts on flight

One thing in advance: Leah Williams was not forced to buy all packages of peanuts on board – on the contrary, our purser tried to offer her an alternative solution by informing all passengers sitting around her about Leah’s allergy. She agreed at first but then decided to still buy all the packages.

The airline says it is “unable to guarantee that the aircraft is free of foodstuffs that may trigger an allergic reaction, such as peanuts”, because passengers are allowed to bring their own food onboard.

I feel bad for her but I have to wonder, how does this person function on a day to day basis? If their allergy is so severe that other people eating peanuts around her would harm her, how does she leave the house? How did she navigate the airport?

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So, what's stopping you from getting a foldable? [Poll]

It all comes down to the gimmick not being worth an additional thousand euros to the price of my phone.

I don't think durability would be a problem for me as I already baby my glass back device and I haven't been using screen protectors for years with no problem. The downgrade in cameras isn't that big of a deal for me as most pictures I take are macro, and as it turns out phones nowadays are horrendous dogshit at it anyway.

I think I'd enjoy the gimmick, I used to own a flip phone as a teenager, it's just not worth a thousand euros extra. I'd probably add another 150 or 200 euros to my pixel to buy a folding phone.

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What rule was created because of you or someone you know?

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I'm not gonna take responsibility and try to be your wake up call or anything, but this:

The ease at which people have been able to point to something and say “_____ is why you’re banned” kind of scares me into thinking something deeper is going on.

This thought would normally cause someone to be introspective. "What is it about oneself which is causing me to get banned?". "Something deeper is probably going on" internally.

For the record, I've only ever been banned once in my life for something I've done or said, and that was 15 years ago. There are ways to say and do things which won't get you banned. I've been on many forums and participated in many subreddits. I've even moderated before. The fact that you have a written down online code of honor/ruleset (regardless of its contents) is a red flag.

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in a general sense, how would you feel about people having their pet dog(s) in the workplace?

I personally like it when my coworkers bring their dogs. They're chill so they can hang out without being rambunctious and loud, and they help with stress. I like it when they sleep at my feet, or poke my leg for some pets. I understand why some people in the comments don't want them but honestly it greatly improves my day when they're here.

We don't have any coworkers who are allergic, but if we did, it would naturally be a dealbreaker.

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Only if they seem suspicious to me as trying to push some kind of idea. Usually posts with leading questions such as "anyone else notice the anecdotal negative experience portrayed as norm", comments where someone blames a demographic for something, posts that are on topic but have a blatant other purpose meant to start shit (such as cat pics in c/cats held by soldiers), etc.

In too many cases, the user is really adamant about whatever they have to say, and I just end up blocking them.

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Tenet

I don't really understand why people act like I'm bullshitting when I say it wasn't confusing. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't linear, but I understood the basic concept.

There are parts that go "forwards" in time and there are parts that go "backwards" in time and the streams of events influence each other when they meet. The relative perception of the characters is that all events go "forwards". Some characters pass through the macguffin machine and their flow starts going backwards, and they influence themselves in both directions. Past this, you just have to watch the story happen.

The only confusing thing about the movie is the visuals. We're not exactly used to watching shit happen backwards so shit looks weird sometimes. The big fight with a ton of soldiers was probably the worst at that.

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Is this true?

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I mean... OP interacted with a privacy feature. The tracking was already blocked, but if you go further, you might be interested in privacy in other ways. It's not an entirely unreasonable place to assume a user might be interested in your other privacy products.

That being said, I don't know that I would put all my privacy eggs in one basket with one company. I use a variety of products, free and paid.