• Voli
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s just people want the illusion of the line moving so they can feel safe of reaching the end of the line, cause at the airport you want to the quickest way to your gate.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, it makes sense, but thats a emotional choice. You do that because it feels good, it seems productive. I think this is pointing out shuffling forward 2ft every 2 minutes is actually more of a waste of effort then going 40ft in 20 min. You need to exert some common background attention that we all just got used to doing with the shuffle way. The “leap forward” method is likely more mechanically efficent in a minute sense.

      It feels better, but it’s technically worse.

      • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Emotional and rational get damn chummy when my missing my flight becomes a risk. I seek to eliminate unknowns to 0, such that I am SURE I’ll make my flight. Each checkpoint is an unknown of trouble, and until I’m papered and present at my gate I am seeking choices to arrive there.