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If he needs more friends, please inform him that I am available.

I’m certain that meal was created with the kind of precision and accuracy to which brain surgeons aspire.

Okay, I’m aware of the irony of what I’m about to say, but please hear me out before getting out the torches and pitchforks. I couldn’t think of an ethical use for private jets, so I asked ChatGPT (Yes, the coal-powered theft engine). It gave the following (unedited):

That’s a great and nuanced question. While private jets are often criticized — and rightly so — for their environmental impact and association with luxury excess, there are some contexts where their use can be argued to be ethically justifiable, especially when alternatives are limited or time-sensitive. Here are a few examples:

1. Medical Emergencies & Humanitarian Aid

• Air ambulances are essentially private jets equipped for rapid medical response. They save lives in time-critical emergencies, transporting organs for transplant or patients who can’t fly commercially.
• In disaster zones, private aviation can be used to bring in aid, doctors, or evacuate people when commercial options are unavailable or too slow.

2. Remote Access for Critical Work

• Some humanitarian workers, scientists, or engineers travel to remote areas with no viable commercial flights. In such cases, private aircraft may be the only way to access those locations efficiently and safely.
• This applies to environmental researchers, doctors serving indigenous communities, or people inspecting infrastructure in inaccessible regions.

3. Time-Critical Leadership Roles

• In rare cases, heads of state, negotiators, or executives overseeing urgent crisis response may use private jets if the time saved could mean large-scale impact (e.g., preventing war escalation, saving a company that employs thousands).

4. Cargo Over Passenger Transport

• Private aircraft aren’t always carrying people — they can also be used for urgent supply deliveries, such as vaccines, scientific samples, or critical parts needed to fix failing infrastructure.

Important Caveat

Even in these ethically defensible uses, there’s room for scrutiny. The key ethical tension lies in necessity vs. convenience — is the jet being used because there’s truly no better option, or just to avoid discomfort?

If you’re thinking of a specific situation, I can help analyze whether it might be ethically justifiable too.

I hate to admit it, but I think it’s correct. The existence of private jets isn’t the problem, they’re just overabundant because they’re not taxed adequately. Having said that, I believe you’re right in that, if a small passenger jet were to crash, it’s more likely to make the world a better place than a worse place.

Yes, those airports need throngs of people to defend those billionaires before they can slither away to safety. So many protectors.

Don’t worry. They’re working in it:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/good-news-for-billionaires-faa-to-let-them-block-tracking-of-their-private

Likewise. We are now officially Lemmy friends.

Oof. That would be problematic for sure. I’m glad we’re cooperating to oppose that kind of nonsense.

No. What makes you say that?

Elon Musk’s Path of Exile II advice?

I feel like we shouldn’t do that or stray off on a tangent, like commenting about comments.

Your correct use of the plural makes me oddly uncomfortable.

Thank you for your engagement. As a reward, please enjoy an additional upvote as well as this comment.

You are doing a terrible job of lurking. Thank you.

Sorry for the delay. Here you go:

Yeah, it was very informative, but I agree that we should test some of these hypotheses by avoiding a comment chain. Therefore, I, too, will forego commenting in the interest of science.

That’s a good point. Please take this two thirds of a comment as tribute.

Is there a way to check without manually going through each instance individually?

Thanks. That was the toxicity I was expecting. Even if it’s not sincere, I appreciate it. I’ve been kinda withdrawing after switching to Lemmy, and I really needed a dose of Reddit hostility.

I support your support.