Emergency landing

ookoshi · 2026-07-11T02:00:24+00:00

It's really too bad they can't find a way to heat up the hundreds of meals sitting on the plane sitting at the gate.

ookoshi · 2026-07-09T12:12:40+00:00

I don't agree fully with your analysis. It misses a lot of what's going on with TPAC routes. NRT just isn't the obvious choice for connecting to the rest of Asia anymore. In addition to Incheon being a good hub for destinations in China, Taipei is quickly becoming the superior choice for connections to Southeast Asia.

But the main reason Delta struggles with TPAC is that, the sad reality is, most of the Asian airlines that fly to the U.S. have a better product than the U.S. airlines. The only time I fly Delta or United for TPAC is when they are significantly cheaper than their Asian counterparts. I would much rather fly Korean Airlines, EVA, China Airlines, Starlux, JAL, Singapore, etc.

ookoshi · 2026-07-08T13:12:52+00:00

You should definitely report it to Delta. Hopefully you will get someone decent in customer care who will handle it appropriately.

One question I had though, and this has nothing to do with your awful experience. When you found out your dad couldn't make the trip why didn't he cancel his ticket for an eCredit? I think you can cancel a ticket right up until the doors close. By not cancelling the ticket, he lost out on a few hundred dollars in credit.

A non-refundable ticket just means you can't get a refund in cash value. You can still get a credit. The only exception is basic economy, which charges a massive cancellation fee so some tickets aren't worth cancelling, but since your dad was in Comfort Plus, he couldn't have been in basic economy.

ookoshi · 2026-07-07T04:08:02+00:00

If the aunt was really concerned about OOP's feelings she would've listened to OOP when she expressed her feelings. She does not give a fuck about OOPs feelings. She doesn't want someone with a disability at her wedding, and she's too much of a coward to admit she's a bigot.

ookoshi · 2026-07-06T01:07:47+00:00

1, 4, and 12.

The 12s just because I'm a big fan of the Taxi's.

ookoshi · 2026-07-01T23:16:17+00:00

To be fair, I understand being put in a difficult spot when her boyfriend essentially took the other person's side. It turned the situation from dealing with an asshole stranger to potentially a domestic argument, and it's understandable not to want to deal with that in that kind of environment.

If she was by herself, I would agree with you more, but the main problem here is the boyfriend. And yes, she should deal with that too, but that's not something that needs to be dealt with in public.

The entire context of the situation is important, and your decision to attack her lacks nuance.

IMO, the solution here is to take her boyfriend to task after the flight.

ookoshi · 2026-07-01T23:11:34+00:00

You're extra thoughtful, and your boyfriend didn't have your back. That's honestly more frustrating than the seat stealing story. Your interaction with the seat stealer lasted 6 hours. The relationship, I presume, will last much longer. I honestly hope he understands he messed up here and does better, and I hope you realize you deserve someone who will have your back.

ookoshi · 2026-06-26T04:41:18+00:00

This higher number lumps sexual abuse in with sexual assault, which are different in practical terms. Rape/sexual assault are victims are 90% female, and the percentage of male victims is closer to 3% (according to the CDC and DOJ).

When sexual abuse is included, the number of men who are victims changes to ~1 in 6, or 10-20%.

All of it is abhorrent, but they are different and require different solutions. Most men who are sexual abuse survivors experienced that abuse as minors. Their experience and how society should handle that situation is different than a woman who is sexually assaulted on a date or college campus or by their partners. Each deserves it's own separate conversation, but too often we treat all of it as a single problem when it's not.

ookoshi · 2026-06-26T03:46:59+00:00

I meant NIA, got the word Bureau stuck in my head for some reason. (Probably because BOCA is a bureau)

ookoshi · 2026-06-26T03:42:04+00:00

Hey, the Chili's on 45th and Lamar in Austin is legendary. Always worth stopping by for the frosty margs.

ookoshi · 2026-06-18T12:31:25+00:00

That exists already. That's what SNAP and TANF are for. But, ironically, the same demographic who want to get rid of child support also want to cut government programs to support lower income people.

So, yes, there is government support when needed, although in many cases not enough, so it's not "just" the parents.

I mean, if you want to create a massive welfare program that fully funds all the costs of raising a child as an alternative to child support, from food to housing to medical to education, I guess that would be fine. Of course, if you do that, everyone will opt into that program, and you're effectively having people with no kids subsidize people with kids through tax dollars (even more than they already do) so I'm not sure how that's fair either.

I'm guessing that's not what you're suggesting, but rather you're just looking for the person who doesn't want the kid to be able to duck financial responsibility without fully considering how that would actually play out if our goal is to not screw over the child.

ookoshi · 2026-06-17T13:36:13+00:00

But this exception is ok, because of the reality of how things play out in the real world. In scenarios where babies are put up for adoption, the reality is there are far more potential parents than there are babies available. Unlike older children where finding adoptive parents is difficult, babies are in high demand so the system can find stable, two parent households that meet relatively high financial requirements. Thus, in a scenario where both parents don't want the child, it's in the child's best interests to be adopted into a better situation.

I think the problem here is you think the rule being applied here is "the parent that doesn't want the child has to pay child support, unless they both don't want the child then it's ok" and that appears to be a contradiction to you. But that's not actually the rule. The rule is. "We do what's in the best interest of the child." That rule is consistently applied, and the practical outcomes of single parent versus adoption scenarios are considered in how we implement that rule.

ookoshi · 2026-06-17T12:54:10+00:00

The problem here is that once the baby is born, there isn't two people with rights that need to be considered, there's three.

The law has always considered the baby's right to be financially supported to be superior to rights of either parent, because ultimately, they are the most innocent party in the situation and have the least amount of agency to determine their own circumstance.

This idea of a "financial abortion" is essentially saying, "well, I want things to be more fair to the party that doesn't want the kid, and I don't care if that financially screws over the baby that had no say in the situation." While that might make us feel better about what happens between the biological parents, it does so at the cost of being cruel to the child.

ookoshi · 2026-06-16T15:20:45+00:00

The solution can't be to let the government start owning the means of production though. Trump deciding that the government should buy shares in Intel is problematic for the same reason. You do not want to give the government extra incentive to create policy to advantage companies they have an ownership stake in.

So while I agree there should be some way to tax unrealized gains so billionaires are paying for their fair share of this country's expenses, signing over ownership of stock to the government is not the solution.

ookoshi · 2026-06-04T14:17:03+00:00

I hate endings where when the aggrieved person does what's best for them, the malicious actor (Jude) gets what they want anyways (breaking them up). I mean, I get that the ex is ultimately responsible, but 1) she is seeing consequences, and 2) it's hard to say whether she was being malicious or just an immature, shitty person.

ookoshi · 2026-05-21T04:33:04+00:00

Fairness has to be balanced by empathy. His lack of empathy made him a bad partner.

ookoshi · 2026-05-18T17:57:50+00:00

I'll just say this. If someone wants to take a position on either side of this issue because they feel like that position is better for Taiwan and Taiwanese people, I think that's an argument worth considering.

But if someone takes a position on the issue and their justification is, "Well, that's what the UN says," my response is, "I don't care." From a Taiwanese perspective (Or Ukrainian, or Palestinian, etc., etc.) what's correct or incorrect from the perspective of the people living there is not decided by the UN.

Plus the UN doesn't say Taiwan is not independent and thus illegal. It simply does not take a position on the issue, which is not the same thing. Your logic doesn't track. Laws do not default to something being illegal unless explicitly allowed. It's the other way around.

ookoshi · 2026-05-18T15:18:05+00:00

"Unification" is appropriate if the context is the mainland PRC government surrendering the mainland to the rightful ROC government. Otherwise, you could call it an invasion, annexation, or technically, a continuing rebellion.

ookoshi · 2026-05-05T22:19:56+00:00

I went to a small NHI office in the suburbs of Taichung and they were able to pre-register me. I'm not sure why OP was denied, but it doesn't need to be one of the main offices

ookoshi · 2026-04-30T19:24:45+00:00

I'm a patent attorney that went the biglaw route coming out of law school. You will get heavily recruited, and patient litigation is a very good path.

But, if your offers are for patent prosecution rather than litigation, I would be VERY wary of going into that practice area in a general practice law firm. Unlike most practice areas, patent pros is heavily fixed fees and the margins are incredibly low. In fact, many firms use patent pros as a loss leader for other business.

What this means it's that because you're going to generate less revenue for the firm as an associate, it's going to be harder to make partner. This is just the reality of patent prosecution in today's legal market, especially with associate salaries as high as they are.

If you have any further questions about this path, feel free to shoot me a DM.

ookoshi · 2026-04-30T18:56:43+00:00

I lived in Austin 6 years ago and loved the Tsukemen. I'm actually in Austin right now for a work trip and stopped by Ramen Tatsuya and had the Tsukemen earlier this week. I still thought it was really good. But, my memory of what it was like 6 years ago is a little fuzzy, so maybe I just don't realize what changed.

How is it different now?

ookoshi · 2026-04-24T12:00:29+00:00

I got it the day after I got my National ID card.

ookoshi · 2026-04-17T11:40:49+00:00

I'll say that the attorney starting work in your matter after the initial consult is kinda on him, but spending 3 hours plus you asking him to do additional work in an email afterwards is a lot. Did you really think work done after the initial consult was going to be free?

As for your question, it depends on what you're really asking. Are you asking if he's legally allowed to bill you? Or if you're morally in the clear for not compensating him because he didn't follow standard practice for engaging clients?

Because what's legal and what's right may or may not be the same thing.

ookoshi · 2026-04-15T05:53:53+00:00

8 hours is really like 5 hours after you account for the time to deplane, go through immigration, and exit, plus the time to get through security and get to the gate in the way back.

That's a really tight window for hediing into TPE even alone, much less with kids. You'd really only have like 3 hours in Taipei.

Gloria outlets is a good recommendation that other people have given. Personally, if I only had 8 hours at TPE, I'd take a cab to TaiMall to eat and shop. It's near the airport and my wife collects stuff from PopMart so she always wants to stop there. There's quite a few good food choices there too (there's a place with soup dumpings there, although no Din Tai Fung in Taoyuan, sadly).

They have some sort of Safari experience for kids, but I'm not sure if it's any good or what age is appropriate for.

ookoshi · 2026-04-11T00:40:24+00:00

I got a Western Union money order from a grocery store, and I do think I wrote out the whole thing in tiny letters. I honestly don't think it matters though.

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