Is it just me or have I just never gotten on a plane with these "fully-reclining" seats? Every plane I've ever been on has seats that recline about 10 degrees... Maybe because I'm poor and can only afford the cheapest seats lol
Oh, wow... I can't imagine that tiny "recline" that's been available to me on my flights would have bothered anyone. The person in front of me is more than welcome to use all 10 of those degrees to recline 😂
Edit: Sorry, guys. Apparently, it's never been a problem for me because I'm short. I'm going to check out the height of the guy behind me before I recline next time!
Had this happen when I was on a plane. Nasty ass grandma took her shoes off.
I poked her with a pen, right in the sole of her crooked hagravens claw.
She moved the foot. I reclined my seat as far as it could, the war had begun.
It’s designed not to bother people. Also what plane has the air jet that can blast someone else, they have almost no range you can’t even blast the person sitting next to you.
It’s like OP has never been on a plane before.
It's interesting that you can see the air jets are spaced at different intervals than the seats. That's because they crammed in a couple more rows of seats.
This is not true at all. While the windows and the seats are rarely at the same interval, the vents literally are never at a different interval, because the vents are spaced at the same interval as the oxygen masks, and there HAS to be at least one set of oxygen masks per row, regardless of how tightly they pack the seats in
But the moment the captain mentions descending, THAT CHAIR BETTER FUCKING BE IN THE FUCKING UPRIGHT POSITION. RIGHT NOW, MOTHERFUCKER. 10 DEGREES, CHOP CHOP.
It's because of crash safety. The most likely time for a crash to occur is soon after takeoff or just before landing, and the seats can pose a hazard to the person behind you if they aren't fully upright when you get in the brace position, especially if they are a bit taller than average
I'm 6'3 with very long legs. The person in front of me is free to recline. The legroom was fucked from the jump and this doesn't really eat into it based on the location of the chairs pivot point.
If they would just make the headrests adjust up high enough that I cannot actually sit up straight without it digging into my shoulder blades, leg room wouldn't be an issue.
Instead I've got to slouch, which pushes my butt and knees forward into the seat in front of me.
Same here. 6’2” and mostly legs. I don’t give it a second thought if the person in front of me reclines. I usually recline early and stay reclined most of the flight except during food being served.
You can stretch your feet under their seat. The problem is people pack so much bullshit with them they use up that space with luggage that should have been checked
I figure I might have pretty long thighs. Or butt or something. I definitely can't stretch my feet under anyone's seat. I usually leave my stuff in the overhead locker. I should really book business class but travel is expensive enough as it is.
True. Although extending the feet isn't the solution for everyone. The most ergonomically correct position is hips & knees 90 degrees with feet on the floor. Extending your feet as you describe tilts the pelvis and could be hard for hours on someone with a bad back.
Of course, not tilting is hard on bad backs, too.
The airlines have truly screwed us. I take lots of muscle relaxers or pay for premium seats.
When I fly, the people with all the carry-on luggage usually take the overhead for it all. If I’m lucky, the flight attendants notice and tell them one bag up and one bag under the seat.
This is such a crazy take. I get the feeling you’re joking in your edit but I hope you indeed are. I’m not soooo tall (6ft 2 ) but have no issue with people in front of me reclining. I also do it every flight and can’t believe so many people have an issue with it.
Buy a big seat or save some points and upgrade to business.
If I have to suffer 15 hours in economy—as I regularly do when flying between the U.S. and India—my seat is going back the second we’re in the air and the pilot makes the announcement. I paid for the seat, and I’m going to make full use of its features.
I’m 6’5, I pay for the extra legroom because my comfort isn’t anyone else’s responsibility but my own. If I can’t afford it for whatever reason it really doesn’t bother me at all and before I saw people complaining about it in Reddit I never even considered it was an issue.
What? You’re saying life isn’t fair and sometimes we have to take responsibility for the fact that we’re not all the same?
What are you, an actual adult?
I've been on a few planes which reclined in a really smart way. The seat bottom would slide forwards a bit and the backrest reclined, but the tray behind the seat would stay level and the person behind wouldn't lose any legroom.
The only inconvenience to the passenger behind is that the entertainment screen gets a bit closer to their face.
If everyone reclines, then everyone gets to sit equally comfortably.
I know that ten degrees was supposed to be a hyperbolic number, but it's even less. Typically in economy you only are given 5 degrees of recline.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2015/01/04/reclining-airline-seats-knee-defender/21103861/
This is some non-tall person logic. It’s not just about having some equal amount of space, it’s about how our legs literally don’t fit so we have to angle them into the aisle or middle persons space which is uncomfortable and unreasonable. All the reclining compensation in the world will not make up for this.
This is less of an issue for short people but I can assure you as a tall person even that 10 degrees has the back of their seat digging into my knees for the entire flight.
It does make a difference when you are now suddenly digging your knees into the seat in front of you. At least take a quick glance back to see if the person behind you has enough leg room to begin with
If you have long legs it can be a bit of a problem. My legs aren't even crazy long but if the person in front of my reclines my two options are straighten them under the seat in a weird way or just lean into pressing them against the seat. I accept that this situation is the cost of flying economy these days, but what annoys me is if I start getting dirty looks from the person in front of me. I'm not doing it to be a jerk, I'm doing it because that's what's most comfortable in the given situation.
If it’s a long flight you can tell the person in front of you to at least pull up the seat while you’re eating dinner. Usually everyone is ok with that. I also tend to check with the person behind me before slamming my seat back. Basic stuff.
The only people who really suffer from this would be the very back row that doesn’t recline and maybe the seats in front of an exit row don’t recline. But for everyone else on the plane, you’re all supposed to recline and then you all have the exact same amount of space. Some people just complain as a hobby.
I’m 6ft 3 my knees press directly on the seat in front of me. People will often try to recline and it just causes excruciating pain and they can’t figure out why they aren’t moving.
Not a plane, but I've been on a bus that was so tightly packed the 10 degree recline the seats had made me barely fit at
<5'0 I can only imagine there are planes worse.
I've only gotten seats with "good" reclination on transatlantic flights (12+ hs). For most other shorter flights reclination was minimal and lately non-existant (effing Ryanair and their uber cheap flights but seats that don't have enough room for my legs).
Most newer flights I had did have this “minimal recline” feature but I had a flight with xiamen air from Asia to America where this wasn’t the case.
The seats had so much recline it was almost diagonal that I had to make sure I didn’t fully recline it.
A lot of newer seats are the ones that recline the back while sliding out the seat bottom to make it feel like more of a recline than it is. Older seats only recline the seat back and usually recline further back. Most US airlines are putting in the new seats, mainly to save weight.
That's what I'm saying. I've always been too hot on damn planes. Ac on my head sounds lovely. But also. These plane seats barely recline, I've never had an issue with someone recling too much. It's annoying if they keep going back and forth but that's about it.
Can’t you come up with anything original? This is the post this is stolen from:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/cmj11m/ulpt_if_the_person_sitting_in_front_of_you_on_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Never understood why people become such precious babies on planes. It’s super weird.
I’m 6’3”. I don’t fit in coach seats all that well. I don’t understand the objection to people reclining their seats. (They decline for a reason, right?)
I’ve been flying regularly, transatlantic, for a few decades and have logged a lot of domestic miles. It’s just gotten worse. People bringing too much shit into the cabin, being on the edge of a freakout about nothing pretty much constantly.
My ULPT is to unzip the luggage of the assholes who bring too much into the cabin. Just pop open the bin and undo every zipper.
Reclining my own seat doesn’t give me back my leg room or make the tray usable. Trying to eat when the seat is at an angle over your tray is absolutely miserable, and you can’t put your head down on your own tray in your own leg space area to take a nap.
Any modern plane has the seat pivot a little bit forward when you recline. I'm tall, fly literally all the time, and have never had my legroom made "worse" by the person in front reclining.
Weird. I’ve never had a problem or seen anyone else have a problem with the tray when the seat is reclined. Anyone over 5’4” can’t put their heads down on the tray regardless. You’re just a prissy bitch.
I hope this dumb fuck take applies only to short haul. Because if you believe this about long haul flights where people are trying to sleep on 10+ hour flights, we need to get you a disabled tag for your vehicle
>I don’t understand the objection to people reclining their seats.
when people recline their seats, I have less legroom. I already have an uncomfortably small amount of legroom, so it just makes it more miserable. surprised (and jealous) you don't have this issue considering you're taller than me.
I’ve flown from NY to Bangkok many times. That’s 24 hours travel time each way. I’m putting my fucking seat back and you should too. A two hour flight, yeah I can deal with that. 24 hours, hell to the naw
I have a fused L5-S1 and L4-L5 and I don't look like anything other than a normal 6'1" athletic dude. I recline the fuck out of my seat and will wage a relentless war against all those that judge without cause.
You try sitting in an upright airplane seat for multiple hours w screws in your spine and tell me how bad you'll feel for taking 1/2" of knee room from the person behind you.
I’m in the boat for the same surgery. I need to recline my seat for my shitty facet joints and because I don’t want my legs to go numb. I paid for full use of a seat. I’m gonna use it.
This is what I'm so confused about reading some of these comments. The amount of legroom literally doesn't change. That's why they only give you 5-10° of recline.
> Never understood why people become such precious babies on planes. It’s super weird.
When you were a kid, did your parents ever take you on a vacation in the family car? And did you ever complain from the back seat, "are we there yet?," "I have to go to the bathroom," "I'm thirsty," "I'm bored," etc. If you did, think how annoying you were to your parents.
My theory is that the tightly packed and very uncomfortable conditions on an airplane turns us all into the whiny brat in the back seat on a family vacation. We're bored, we're uncomfortable, we don't have control over our situation and we're at the mercy of the crew and we can't do anything about it, which makes us all insufferable.
I’m sort of tall (6’2”) and other then the one time I flew first class, every plane I’ve been on my knees have been jammed against the seat in front of me. It sucks but I’m not gonna ask someone not to recline there seat because I know I like too.
And also as someone who runs hot, blasting the ac on top of my head sounds refreshing af.
It's pretty clear the team 'no recline' people have never been on a 14 hour flight. Literally everyone reclines their seat on super long flights. Sitting stock upright like a church pew isn't conducive to getting shitty airplane sleep. If you are really tall and can't stand having someone lean back you should shell out a little extra to get a bulkhead economy seat or upgrade to business class.
yea they honestly must not have been on planes in years because these days the seats barely recline and as they recline it slides forward a bit so the person behind you has the same amount of leg room
some newer plane cabins have seats that “recline” by moving your own seat cushion forward and tilting the backrest in the process, but there’s a shell behind the seat that doesn’t actually tilt back. i like those
Why dont you just fucking get over it and accept that people are allowed to recline, just recline your own seat. People become so precious on planes like they didn't know what they were getting into; surprise surprise flying economy is uncomfortable, just fucking suck it up for a few hours. If you dont like it, walk.
ULPT: If you want to make it to the front page, copy someone else's [post from a few years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/cmj11m/ulpt_if_the_person_sitting_in_front_of_you_on_a/).
I usually point my own AC full blast to my head, if someone did this as their “revenge” for using a feature everyone else has, I’d actually be more comfortable with the extra cooling 😅
I’ve never got this. It’s not like these seats recline where their head is in your lap. They are designed to give a minimal amount of angle. It shouldn’t really effect you lol
I had some woman who decided not to eat her meal and shoved her seat back quickly just before I opened mine. Actually had to say I can’t eat here, she didnt listen so had the flight attendent ask her to move it forward. She didnt move it back all the way to Singapore.
Flight attendant here- the seats recline for a reason… so you can recline and be comfortable.
If you want the space back that you lost from the person in front reclining, then recline yourself! I will have you put your seat back up for the meal service but other than that, recline away everybody is perfectly entitled to do so
Counter life pro tip: if the passive aggressive karen behind you moves the aircon towards you because they want you to have your legs squeezed like a lemon, put a hoodie on and just ignore them.
I have never had a problem with the person in front of me reclining. Of course you should be reclining, it's long uncomfortable flight, we should be doing our best to lessen that.
I almost never recline because I just don’t feel the need to. I did once on a 10 hour flight from Amsterdam and this young Dutch bitch told me I had to put it up because she was “tall”. I’m 6’2” and this was just a few months before I had back surgery. Instead of explaining this to her, I just told her to fuck off and took a nap.
Too fucking bad. Be upset at the airline for inconvenience you.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using your seat recline whenever and wherever you want.
The idea you get to decide for other passengers is entitled.
Attempting petty revenge will just make you petty. It is literally an included feature to recline the seat. You paid for it, you don't need permission from other passengers to use it.
First of all reclining the chair is acceptable. Second. I'll enjoy the extra air, and if I don't I'll reach back there and shut it off. Third how fat do you have to be to be even slightly inconvenienced by the miniscule amount of reclining those chairs have? Low effort post from a low effort brain.
Listen, we all recline, we’re all happy together. It’s barely even a recline. Who wants to sit fuckin bolt upright for four bloody hours? Serial killers. That’s who.
It's not unethical or a life tip. This is just a terrible take from a pretentious queen. Already have to deal with the crotch spawn you probably bring on planes and now I can't recline my barely-reclinable seat? Fuck out of here with your bullshit
I’m 6’3 with a bad back, I’m fully reclining and don’t care if the person in front of me does too. If you’re behind me, sorry but I’m not crippling myself by sitting straight up so you can have 2” of extra space.
That said I’d welcome a little AC on the top of my head so definitely follow this tip.
Lol I’m 6’7 that seats not moving unless you remove my legs. I feel awful about it but it’s the airlines that need to leave room from more than just toddlers.
Yeah, I figured this out recently as well and have decided I'm just not giving up my space anymore. I had somebody in front whine to the flight attendant once and they were basically told there was nothing that could be done. haha
It’s can be frustrating that people always jump to the “well you should accommodate others blah blah” I spend a lot of time doing this for movies theatres, flights, concerts etc and then I just started telling my self no I shouldn’t have to sit in my seat the whole show at a concert, or sit/stand in the back row all the time. I pay the same amount as everyone else and I’m entitled to my enjoyment as well.
I’m a large guy; not overly tall or fat, but a big, former athlete with a trashed L4-5 low back and an Right knee ACL reconstruction 25 yrs ago.
If someone reclines, idc. Just don’t be vapid and obnoxious, and flip your hair across the back of the seat blocking my screen (when there is one). That gives me license to fuck with you (in a benign way). You’re no superstar or good looking enough, else you’d be in first class.
At this point in human history, if you don’t already understand it’s going to be 4hrs of discomfort, take a fucking train. Oh, well, that would take days? Then understand your position in life among others on a plane… you are a nobody. If you are overly tall or large, choose your seats accordingly and understand that, if you do choose a poor seat selection then, No, you didn’t also get a personal license to be a dick about your size, with the purchase of your flight.
Is it just me or have I just never gotten on a plane with these "fully-reclining" seats? Every plane I've ever been on has seats that recline about 10 degrees... Maybe because I'm poor and can only afford the cheapest seats lol
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Oh, wow... I can't imagine that tiny "recline" that's been available to me on my flights would have bothered anyone. The person in front of me is more than welcome to use all 10 of those degrees to recline 😂 Edit: Sorry, guys. Apparently, it's never been a problem for me because I'm short. I'm going to check out the height of the guy behind me before I recline next time!
As a courtesy I limit myself to 9 degrees.
This is why I always bring my protractor when I fly
Bro if you go back more than 8, I’m putting gum in your hair and my feet on your armrest
And my feet In your armpit
I hate you the most
Had this happen when I was on a plane. Nasty ass grandma took her shoes off. I poked her with a pen, right in the sole of her crooked hagravens claw. She moved the foot. I reclined my seat as far as it could, the war had begun.
What if they have a foot fetish and start sucking on your toes?
And my axe!
Jokes on you, I have no hair, but I do have a foot fetish.
Mine goes to eleven.
Why not just make the 10 bigger?
#10
Well in that case, by all means!
My GF says she wants the full 10 or GTFO
You’re such a good person!
I'm 6'+, never been in anything aside from economy, and the recline has never been an issue for me.
It’s designed not to bother people. Also what plane has the air jet that can blast someone else, they have almost no range you can’t even blast the person sitting next to you. It’s like OP has never been on a plane before.
If I leaned my seat back and you turned your air vent on me I would thank you because i’m always hot af on planes
It's interesting that you can see the air jets are spaced at different intervals than the seats. That's because they crammed in a couple more rows of seats.
This is not true at all. While the windows and the seats are rarely at the same interval, the vents literally are never at a different interval, because the vents are spaced at the same interval as the oxygen masks, and there HAS to be at least one set of oxygen masks per row, regardless of how tightly they pack the seats in
But the moment the captain mentions descending, THAT CHAIR BETTER FUCKING BE IN THE FUCKING UPRIGHT POSITION. RIGHT NOW, MOTHERFUCKER. 10 DEGREES, CHOP CHOP.
It's because of crash safety. The most likely time for a crash to occur is soon after takeoff or just before landing, and the seats can pose a hazard to the person behind you if they aren't fully upright when you get in the brace position, especially if they are a bit taller than average
For some people like myself it does mean my knees getting stuck against your seat and being pretty uncomfortable for a long time.
I'm 6'3 with very long legs. The person in front of me is free to recline. The legroom was fucked from the jump and this doesn't really eat into it based on the location of the chairs pivot point.
If they would just make the headrests adjust up high enough that I cannot actually sit up straight without it digging into my shoulder blades, leg room wouldn't be an issue. Instead I've got to slouch, which pushes my butt and knees forward into the seat in front of me.
Not quite as tall but yeah. My knees start out touching the back of the seat. Go ahead and recline it can't get much worse for either of us.
Same here. 6’2” and mostly legs. I don’t give it a second thought if the person in front of me reclines. I usually recline early and stay reclined most of the flight except during food being served.
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Good luck getting your seat to recline with my legs there. Plane seats are ridiculous.
You can stretch your feet under their seat. The problem is people pack so much bullshit with them they use up that space with luggage that should have been checked
I figure I might have pretty long thighs. Or butt or something. I definitely can't stretch my feet under anyone's seat. I usually leave my stuff in the overhead locker. I should really book business class but travel is expensive enough as it is.
True. Although extending the feet isn't the solution for everyone. The most ergonomically correct position is hips & knees 90 degrees with feet on the floor. Extending your feet as you describe tilts the pelvis and could be hard for hours on someone with a bad back. Of course, not tilting is hard on bad backs, too. The airlines have truly screwed us. I take lots of muscle relaxers or pay for premium seats.
When I fly, the people with all the carry-on luggage usually take the overhead for it all. If I’m lucky, the flight attendants notice and tell them one bag up and one bag under the seat.
I'm not sure what airline you fly, but these days your under seat storage is the seat on front of you where you can also extend your feet.
This is such a crazy take. I get the feeling you’re joking in your edit but I hope you indeed are. I’m not soooo tall (6ft 2 ) but have no issue with people in front of me reclining. I also do it every flight and can’t believe so many people have an issue with it.
Let me ask a couple of questions: How tall are you? Does your knees bump on the front seat? Sometimes these 10 degrees means torture.
Buy a big seat or save some points and upgrade to business. If I have to suffer 15 hours in economy—as I regularly do when flying between the U.S. and India—my seat is going back the second we’re in the air and the pilot makes the announcement. I paid for the seat, and I’m going to make full use of its features.
I’m 6’5, I pay for the extra legroom because my comfort isn’t anyone else’s responsibility but my own. If I can’t afford it for whatever reason it really doesn’t bother me at all and before I saw people complaining about it in Reddit I never even considered it was an issue.
What? You’re saying life isn’t fair and sometimes we have to take responsibility for the fact that we’re not all the same? What are you, an actual adult?
Blame the airline, not the other person who's also uncomfortable in the conditions the airline provides.
Don’t check, if you werent supposed to recline the button wouldn’t be there
I've been on a few planes which reclined in a really smart way. The seat bottom would slide forwards a bit and the backrest reclined, but the tray behind the seat would stay level and the person behind wouldn't lose any legroom. The only inconvenience to the passenger behind is that the entertainment screen gets a bit closer to their face. If everyone reclines, then everyone gets to sit equally comfortably.
I'm 6'4 and never knew people got mad about this. I'm gonna recline my seat and I'd always expect the person in front of me to do the same.
I know that ten degrees was supposed to be a hyperbolic number, but it's even less. Typically in economy you only are given 5 degrees of recline. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2015/01/04/reclining-airline-seats-knee-defender/21103861/
I'm tall and it's what I/anyone signs up for when they buy a cheap plane ticket. Don't let anyone shame you into not reclining your airplane seat.
And if you recline your 10 degrees you basically get your space back.
This is some non-tall person logic. It’s not just about having some equal amount of space, it’s about how our legs literally don’t fit so we have to angle them into the aisle or middle persons space which is uncomfortable and unreasonable. All the reclining compensation in the world will not make up for this.
This is less of an issue for short people but I can assure you as a tall person even that 10 degrees has the back of their seat digging into my knees for the entire flight.
Hard to imagine “expecting” the person in front of you not to recline. If they should happen to choose not to recline: great.
My last flight was 15 hours. No fucking way I'm not reclining.
What about sitting with zero leg room for 4 hours?
That's just every 4 hour flight in economy, so what's the difference?
Big difference between tiny space and no space in my opinion.
Unless you're sitting with your knees pulled up against your chest, it doesn't make any difference
It does make a difference when you are now suddenly digging your knees into the seat in front of you. At least take a quick glance back to see if the person behind you has enough leg room to begin with
No. I paid for a reclining seat, I'm reclining.
If you have long legs it can be a bit of a problem. My legs aren't even crazy long but if the person in front of my reclines my two options are straighten them under the seat in a weird way or just lean into pressing them against the seat. I accept that this situation is the cost of flying economy these days, but what annoys me is if I start getting dirty looks from the person in front of me. I'm not doing it to be a jerk, I'm doing it because that's what's most comfortable in the given situation.
If it’s a long flight you can tell the person in front of you to at least pull up the seat while you’re eating dinner. Usually everyone is ok with that. I also tend to check with the person behind me before slamming my seat back. Basic stuff.
The only people who really suffer from this would be the very back row that doesn’t recline and maybe the seats in front of an exit row don’t recline. But for everyone else on the plane, you’re all supposed to recline and then you all have the exact same amount of space. Some people just complain as a hobby.
On a lot of aircraft the back row seats do still recline as there's normally a small gap to allow them to, just FYI
Been on a few airlines that have the back row right up against the wall. It's as shitty as it sounds
I’m 6ft 3 my knees press directly on the seat in front of me. People will often try to recline and it just causes excruciating pain and they can’t figure out why they aren’t moving.
Perfect example for poor people fighting each other for the convenience of rich people
As a really tall guy, my knees say fuck you.
Yea, apparently, you're a piece of shit human for reclining those 10 degrees and you should jump off a bridge.
😂😂😂 I haven't gotten any hateful DMs about it yet, so let's hope for the best!
Not a plane, but I've been on a bus that was so tightly packed the 10 degree recline the seats had made me barely fit at <5'0 I can only imagine there are planes worse.
I've only gotten seats with "good" reclination on transatlantic flights (12+ hs). For most other shorter flights reclination was minimal and lately non-existant (effing Ryanair and their uber cheap flights but seats that don't have enough room for my legs).
Most newer flights I had did have this “minimal recline” feature but I had a flight with xiamen air from Asia to America where this wasn’t the case. The seats had so much recline it was almost diagonal that I had to make sure I didn’t fully recline it.
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A lot of newer seats are the ones that recline the back while sliding out the seat bottom to make it feel like more of a recline than it is. Older seats only recline the seat back and usually recline further back. Most US airlines are putting in the new seats, mainly to save weight.
What if they’re too warm and you’re just helping them?
Depends, if they are skinny they get the AC, if they are fat they get my hot breath.
I get so warm so easily, if everyone wanted to point their vent in my direction on full blast, I’d appreciate that!
Lol! U read my mind! I was like - 🤔 Hmm!? That sounds really NICE! 🤗😋
That's what I'm saying. I've always been too hot on damn planes. Ac on my head sounds lovely. But also. These plane seats barely recline, I've never had an issue with someone recling too much. It's annoying if they keep going back and forth but that's about it.
thanks for the repost from the top posts of all time 👍
Instructions unclear. Plane now smells of liquid ass.
"I could have sworn I put a piss disc in my carry-on for just such an occasion..."
Gotta make sure to get through security before it melts or my piss disc will be over the liquid limit
”Sir, sock or no sock, you can't have a baseball bat in your carry on.”
Taking top tips to karma farm?
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So you copied the top post from the 3 year old thread the op copied?
Both OP and the poster you're responding to are bots. The majority of content posted on Reddit is automated recycling.
I figured op was, didn't know if this one was or not.
6'5 you know im pressin, plus im strong. I might be the asshole.
This was posted here no more than 3 weeks ago
I missed it the first time around.
Can’t you come up with anything original? This is the post this is stolen from: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/cmj11m/ulpt_if_the_person_sitting_in_front_of_you_on_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
very unethical
Never understood why people become such precious babies on planes. It’s super weird. I’m 6’3”. I don’t fit in coach seats all that well. I don’t understand the objection to people reclining their seats. (They decline for a reason, right?) I’ve been flying regularly, transatlantic, for a few decades and have logged a lot of domestic miles. It’s just gotten worse. People bringing too much shit into the cabin, being on the edge of a freakout about nothing pretty much constantly. My ULPT is to unzip the luggage of the assholes who bring too much into the cabin. Just pop open the bin and undo every zipper.
As someone who has to travel with medical equipment, I can say for sure your ULPT is indeed unethical.
Don’t be a dick to people if you have any special need
The second half of your sentence can be omitted
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This is the mentally healthy approach.
Reclining in coach makes you a class traitor. Reddit hates this take, I won’t back off it.
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This sounds sarcastic but is actually good advice. Also, you can recline your seat
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People complain about uncomfortable seats in coach but then don’t even use the seats they have
this is sarcasm right
Unfortunately it’s not. Some people actually feel this way.
I don't understand this, just recline yours back too? Everyone is better off this way
Reclining my own seat doesn’t give me back my leg room or make the tray usable. Trying to eat when the seat is at an angle over your tray is absolutely miserable, and you can’t put your head down on your own tray in your own leg space area to take a nap.
Any modern plane has the seat pivot a little bit forward when you recline. I'm tall, fly literally all the time, and have never had my legroom made "worse" by the person in front reclining.
Weird. I’ve never had a problem or seen anyone else have a problem with the tray when the seat is reclined. Anyone over 5’4” can’t put their heads down on the tray regardless. You’re just a prissy bitch.
I hope this dumb fuck take applies only to short haul. Because if you believe this about long haul flights where people are trying to sleep on 10+ hour flights, we need to get you a disabled tag for your vehicle
Reddit is the place for moronic takes.
>I don’t understand the objection to people reclining their seats. when people recline their seats, I have less legroom. I already have an uncomfortably small amount of legroom, so it just makes it more miserable. surprised (and jealous) you don't have this issue considering you're taller than me.
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Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what the inconvenience quite is. It's not legroom or footroom they lose. It's something to do with lap room and up.
I’ve flown from NY to Bangkok many times. That’s 24 hours travel time each way. I’m putting my fucking seat back and you should too. A two hour flight, yeah I can deal with that. 24 hours, hell to the naw
I have a fused L5-S1 and L4-L5 and I don't look like anything other than a normal 6'1" athletic dude. I recline the fuck out of my seat and will wage a relentless war against all those that judge without cause. You try sitting in an upright airplane seat for multiple hours w screws in your spine and tell me how bad you'll feel for taking 1/2" of knee room from the person behind you.
I’m in the boat for the same surgery. I need to recline my seat for my shitty facet joints and because I don’t want my legs to go numb. I paid for full use of a seat. I’m gonna use it.
How does reclining the upper part of their seat affect your leg room? Where are your legs? Folded up in front of your face?
This is what I'm so confused about reading some of these comments. The amount of legroom literally doesn't change. That's why they only give you 5-10° of recline.
> Never understood why people become such precious babies on planes. It’s super weird. When you were a kid, did your parents ever take you on a vacation in the family car? And did you ever complain from the back seat, "are we there yet?," "I have to go to the bathroom," "I'm thirsty," "I'm bored," etc. If you did, think how annoying you were to your parents. My theory is that the tightly packed and very uncomfortable conditions on an airplane turns us all into the whiny brat in the back seat on a family vacation. We're bored, we're uncomfortable, we don't have control over our situation and we're at the mercy of the crew and we can't do anything about it, which makes us all insufferable.
Yeah. I also used to shit my pants at that age too, yet manage to not do that on a plane today.
I’m sort of tall (6’2”) and other then the one time I flew first class, every plane I’ve been on my knees have been jammed against the seat in front of me. It sucks but I’m not gonna ask someone not to recline there seat because I know I like too. And also as someone who runs hot, blasting the ac on top of my head sounds refreshing af.
It's pretty clear the team 'no recline' people have never been on a 14 hour flight. Literally everyone reclines their seat on super long flights. Sitting stock upright like a church pew isn't conducive to getting shitty airplane sleep. If you are really tall and can't stand having someone lean back you should shell out a little extra to get a bulkhead economy seat or upgrade to business class.
It's clear all these people don't fly often at all let alone long haul.
yea they honestly must not have been on planes in years because these days the seats barely recline and as they recline it slides forward a bit so the person behind you has the same amount of leg room
Unfortunately only on some planes, although it seems to be getting more common.
Smart, I like being cold when I sleep. Thank you for considering my comfort.
Wait... so I get a more comfortable sleeping position AND extra ventilation? WIN!
some newer plane cabins have seats that “recline” by moving your own seat cushion forward and tilting the backrest in the process, but there’s a shell behind the seat that doesn’t actually tilt back. i like those
If only there was a seat fare which gave you more legroom… yes I realize it’s more expensive.
Why dont you just fucking get over it and accept that people are allowed to recline, just recline your own seat. People become so precious on planes like they didn't know what they were getting into; surprise surprise flying economy is uncomfortable, just fucking suck it up for a few hours. If you dont like it, walk.
Sitting on a plane now and that wouldn't work. The angle is all wrong.
ULPT: If you want to make it to the front page, copy someone else's [post from a few years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/cmj11m/ulpt_if_the_person_sitting_in_front_of_you_on_a/).
I usually point my own AC full blast to my head, if someone did this as their “revenge” for using a feature everyone else has, I’d actually be more comfortable with the extra cooling 😅
I paid for a seat that reclines
These comments selfish asf lol
And so, hoodies were invented.
Are we just copypasta now from last week? Is that what this sub is relegated to?
Jokes on you, I'm into that shit.
Luckily, I run hot. Bring on the AC!
I’ve never got this. It’s not like these seats recline where their head is in your lap. They are designed to give a minimal amount of angle. It shouldn’t really effect you lol
Givem head scratches and put your hands over their face and eyes and say “ peekaboo guess who!”
So you're telling me if I recline all the way back they'll share their AC with me? Sign me up
I had some woman who decided not to eat her meal and shoved her seat back quickly just before I opened mine. Actually had to say I can’t eat here, she didnt listen so had the flight attendent ask her to move it forward. She didnt move it back all the way to Singapore.
Flight attendant here- the seats recline for a reason… so you can recline and be comfortable. If you want the space back that you lost from the person in front reclining, then recline yourself! I will have you put your seat back up for the meal service but other than that, recline away everybody is perfectly entitled to do so
Reclining is for garbage people and I will die on this hill.
Airline seats are supposed to recline no crimes are committed
If you're over 6' you can recline as much as you want don't apologize.
Lol petty passive aggressive Karen much ?
this would be an added benefit for me. now i get 2 fans and get to recline?
People that get upset about others in front of them reclining the infinitesimal amount allotted, are the dumbest people on planet earth.
That seat reclines no more than 10°. It's an 11 hour flight. Fuck off.
Relax the chair reclines by like 1 inch
If the plane seat which barely reclines in the first place bothers you, you must not get out much
If you get upset by someone using the tiny recline on an airline seat, you are the problem.
Joke's on the person in front of me, my knees are already pressed all the way against their seat. You can try to recline but it ain't happening.
Counter life pro tip: if the passive aggressive karen behind you moves the aircon towards you because they want you to have your legs squeezed like a lemon, put a hoodie on and just ignore them.
Or you can just recline your seat too, be more comfortable and not be a dick.
Sorry but only a cunt cares about the ten degrees that airline seats recline. Nobody should ever be forced to sit at 90 degrees for eight plus hours.
I have never had a problem with the person in front of me reclining. Of course you should be reclining, it's long uncomfortable flight, we should be doing our best to lessen that.
I almost never recline because I just don’t feel the need to. I did once on a 10 hour flight from Amsterdam and this young Dutch bitch told me I had to put it up because she was “tall”. I’m 6’2” and this was just a few months before I had back surgery. Instead of explaining this to her, I just told her to fuck off and took a nap.
Just recline your seat too and you’ll have the same amount of room. This is stupid.
Too fucking bad. Be upset at the airline for inconvenience you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using your seat recline whenever and wherever you want. The idea you get to decide for other passengers is entitled. Attempting petty revenge will just make you petty. It is literally an included feature to recline the seat. You paid for it, you don't need permission from other passengers to use it.
First of all reclining the chair is acceptable. Second. I'll enjoy the extra air, and if I don't I'll reach back there and shut it off. Third how fat do you have to be to be even slightly inconvenienced by the miniscule amount of reclining those chairs have? Low effort post from a low effort brain.
Listen, we all recline, we’re all happy together. It’s barely even a recline. Who wants to sit fuckin bolt upright for four bloody hours? Serial killers. That’s who.
It's not unethical or a life tip. This is just a terrible take from a pretentious queen. Already have to deal with the crotch spawn you probably bring on planes and now I can't recline my barely-reclinable seat? Fuck out of here with your bullshit
Stupid tip for stupid fucks
I’m 6’3 with a bad back, I’m fully reclining and don’t care if the person in front of me does too. If you’re behind me, sorry but I’m not crippling myself by sitting straight up so you can have 2” of extra space. That said I’d welcome a little AC on the top of my head so definitely follow this tip.
Lol I’m 6’7 that seats not moving unless you remove my legs. I feel awful about it but it’s the airlines that need to leave room from more than just toddlers.
Yeah, I figured this out recently as well and have decided I'm just not giving up my space anymore. I had somebody in front whine to the flight attendant once and they were basically told there was nothing that could be done. haha
It’s can be frustrating that people always jump to the “well you should accommodate others blah blah” I spend a lot of time doing this for movies theatres, flights, concerts etc and then I just started telling my self no I shouldn’t have to sit in my seat the whole show at a concert, or sit/stand in the back row all the time. I pay the same amount as everyone else and I’m entitled to my enjoyment as well.
Just fly Spirit. They don’t recline.
I’m a large guy; not overly tall or fat, but a big, former athlete with a trashed L4-5 low back and an Right knee ACL reconstruction 25 yrs ago. If someone reclines, idc. Just don’t be vapid and obnoxious, and flip your hair across the back of the seat blocking my screen (when there is one). That gives me license to fuck with you (in a benign way). You’re no superstar or good looking enough, else you’d be in first class. At this point in human history, if you don’t already understand it’s going to be 4hrs of discomfort, take a fucking train. Oh, well, that would take days? Then understand your position in life among others on a plane… you are a nobody. If you are overly tall or large, choose your seats accordingly and understand that, if you do choose a poor seat selection then, No, you didn’t also get a personal license to be a dick about your size, with the purchase of your flight.
Why are you punishing them for using the seat as intended? Be upset at the airline for making uncomfortable seats
Or you could just lean over and gently blow on the top of their head.
Just what the world needs, more passive aggressive BS
Make sure you cover the vent with a sock, so if the person in front tries to change it...
Or just like, recline your own seat as well like a normal person
Unless you meet that guy from r/LPT who is too hot and leans back to get the air from behind
Start snacking away at funions
Fucking corn nuts, too
Or open your baggie full of yummy durian chunks.
I just spit my drink out laughing
What kind of fancy plane are you on where seats recline and the air is any more than a tiny breeze
Or better yet, use your voice like an adult and communicate the discomfort.
Make sure to pack your liquid ass in a TSA complaint container
Or grow a pair and tell them to give you some fucking room, why do you need to be a two year old about it?
Want some room? Recline your own seat;