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This thread is goddamned train wreck. If you need to fly with young children, buy a big bag of those el cheapo foam ear plugs and pass them out to whomever wants some.
I don't have kids, and I have sensory issues that make baby crying noises physically painful, but I get it. Sometimes you need to take your tiny human places, and I just have to deal. It's a part of life.
It's unreasonable to expect parents to buy you earplugs. If you know you have sensory issues, you need to pack earplugs just in case. That is your responsibility.
Oh I travel with my own earplugs, but sometimes poeple forget. Nothing wrong with looking out for your fellow humans.
The packs of earplugs aren’t that expensive, and if you can’t get the kids to be reasonably well-behaved it’s your responsibility.
It’s not some random strangers job to take care of you.
Lol no.
Or... and this might be a crazy concept... take some responsibility for yourself and buy your own ear plugs if you're flying and expect to be boarded with children.
No shit. No disrespect to the OP or anything, but do people just forget that kids exist and are sometimes noisy? It's not like planes are some holy institution that was just declared open to minors last Tuesday or something. If a crying toddler is going to send you into an irrational rage, it's probably YOU who shouldn't be willingly climbing into a metal tube with 150 random strangers who are equally entitled to be there.
Exactly. As a wise man (my highschool welding teacher) once said to me:
If you get on an airplane in 2023 without the bare minimum of personal preparedness, you deserve whatever happens to you.
I do bring my own earplugs, but sometimes poeple forget. Nothing wrong with looking out for your fellow humans.
I'm with you, a bit of empathy on both sides makes a world of difference.
But then I remember that most adults are selfish little children themselves much like the instajerk in the photo, taking unconsented photos of someone with their kids and think, "fuck them, hope the kid wails like a fucking banshee"
Or a big bag to put the kids in and stuff em in the luggage compartment.
"People should abuse their children so that other passengers are more comfortable."
That's literally your suggestion
No, I'm saying children should count as luggage.
Ear plugs always fall out, don't work properly and feel uncomfortable for me
I had that problem until I switched to smaller earplugs.
You can also try over-the-ear hearing protection style gear