Apparently eating peanuts on planes is illegal now

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[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I’m sympathetic to people with food allergies, but it also seems that some of them love using their allergy as an excuse to control and harass others.

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’m sympathetic to people with food allergies

I'm not, some dimwit with food allergies forcing everyone to do without is just a shit for brain selfish move.

[–]LyingSpirit472 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But the big difference is- with examples like Tumblrina's trying to control others, it's "if you don't give me my way, I will kill myself", which is wrong.

With "if you use peanut particles where I am, you could actually, literally kill me from anaphylactic shock", it becomes far closer to the other side where if someone said "well, who cares if some snowflake doesn't like it, I have the freedom to shoot off my gun all I want in a public place. If you don't want to be hit by the bullets, don't go there when I'm there."

[–]Femaleisnthateful 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I call bullshit on the plane story. What crime would that person be charged with? I do get that allergies can be serious but I'm hoping these people can be accommodated through wfh options rather than making everyone else constantly walk a legal minefield.

[–]notafed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that's definitely under the "I'll take 'things that never happened' for $200, Alex" category.

[–]RedditButt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same here... I would want to know more details. Like if they were informed, and started a big scene that would be different. Context is everything.

[–]wylanderuk 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Right the plane thing sounds like bullshit by itself, but they are trying to claim that potentially the potential minuscule nut particles on someone's breath impacted on their breathing?

Yeah if that is a thing (which I highly doubt) then the motherfucker needs to only leave their home when in a fucking sealed suit with its own oxygen supply...

[–]P-38lightning 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

They get an allergic reaction when someone else eats peanuts?

Bullshit.

[–]RedditButt 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, it may sound crazy, but they can - even trace amounts airborne. It's a pretty serious allergy for those who have it, and the resulting anaphylaxis shock can even kill someone.

Information: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154188/

[–]LyingSpirit472 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah- this is one of those "the snowflake is right", since if it's done like this it CAN literally, actually kill someone- not the "if you don't give me my way I'll kill myself and it'll be all your fault" thing most of TiA is.

[–]P-38lightning 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That article doesn't mention airborne exposure at all.

I understand peanut allergies can be severe. The allergic reaction comes from the sensitive individual ingesting peanuts, not their neighbors or friends.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's just in their heads like most allergies. Only the pollen one is legit.

[–]Sukobe[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If that that effing fragile , then they should go live in s bubble

[–]noshore4me 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If the airlines say it's safe to breathe the air in a plane because the air filters will remove the covid virus, why wouldn't those same filters capture the peanut allergens? Or are the filters not as safe as they have assured everyone?

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why are peanut allergies so common now? They didn't exist 50 years ago

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we basically keep kids too clean and they don't get robust immune systems when young. Kid plays in the dirt when young they'll encounter all sorts of dirty nasties people didn't know about, we know about them now and they are "bad" but keeping the kids from them just causes the developed immune system to detect unknown hazard and freak out I think.

There is a stereotype for kids with peanut allergies being hyper sheltered for a reason. And I don't think the sheltering started after the allergy was known.

[–]Sevril 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pregnant women and young children were told to avoid eating peanuts as it was thought this could trigger the development of allergies. Turns out this was a bad idea, if you're not exposed to the proteins early in life you're much more likely to develop an allergy.