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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah unfortunately for you I think the post is bullshit. People die on planes all the time. I mean, enough for airlines to have protocols for it.

https://youtu.be/UOTD8jx26pg

They used to just put people in first class seats with shades and a newspaper but apparently that was "insensitive".

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seriously, who reads newspapers these days?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I mean the video is from before 2016 (as that's when Stephen left QI) and in the part where they're saying that, they're quoting something which was already a quote, and it begins with "many years ago..."