comment: >
  
  Don't tell me what to do coleslaw...we all know potato salad is superior anyway
context: Alright then, I'll open the window. I'll open it all the way, and now nobody's happy. >
  
  Username checks out >
  
  Dude if I pay extra for a window seat it's my fucking window. If you want window controll pay more for that authoritah >
  
  I have never paid more or less for any position on a row. What airlines charge for this? >
  
  In every airline I’ve ever been on you can just let it assign you a seat for no extra charge, or pick any seat you want for an extra cost. This is important for many people including those with disabilities, pregnant people, people who pee a lot, people who are scared of flights or become claustrophobic easily, etc. I personally don’t care, but you want catch my mom on a flight unless she’s in the aisle >
  
  THIS 
  I have a chronic bladder condition and I have to pee like 3 times per hour so I can only fly in aisle seats >
  
  Nah I'm just afraid I'll see a gremlin on the plane wing. >
  
  YUM YUM >
  
  Wrong movie. >
  
  Did they make a movie out of that episode? Now I need to look that up... >
  
  Yup!  It was from the Twilight Zone Movie from 1983, with John Lithgow in the Shatner role. >
  
  Oh really? Was it good? >
  
  I chose window seats so I am the window operator. >
  
  I feel like you could have come up with a better title for yourself - Lord of the Ring-Shaped Portals or Master of All Openings or something like that. >
  
  “Master of All Openings” should be Johnny Sins official title. >
  
  Does Johnny Sins do gay porn too? I feel like you have to swing both ways to earn that title. >
  
  John Holmes did gay porn.  I neverknew that till a couple days ago. >
  
  The novelty of flying wears off after 4-5 flights per year. It ends up feeling like a long bus ride, basically. 
  Plane etiquette regarding 3 seat rows:
  Seat by window: 1 arm rest, 1 window control
  Middle Seat: 2 arm rests
  Aisle seat: 1 arm rest, extra leg room
  Middle seat/Aisle seat do not get ANY say in the window situation because they have their benefits already. >
  
  It's surprising how many uncivilized beasts don't understand this etiquette. >
  
  OP didn’t. >
  
  OP thinks he likes the setting sun directly in his eyes. Once he had that he will change his stupid opinion. Also a 15 hour flight over different timezones with light you don't want makes you change opinion. >
  
  I get the impression that OP has only ever done short flights and has little concept of the fact that no one wants to spend 9 hours looking out of a window >
  
  I wonder if he knows about clouds. >
  
  I would guess not, I try to avoid remembering that I'm in the sky when I'm flying >
  
  Hard disagree. If you want window access, make sure you sit by the window!!! Too damn bright when it's open, anyway. >
  
  Fuck the window, I need to shutter it to get sleep and to remove myself from the fact that I’m flying through the sky >
  
  Not if you fly United Airlines… they make that choice for you and then will claim the windows broken when you try to undim them >
  
  Seriously? “Broken” is the last word a passenger wants to hear on a fucking plane, that’s a really sketchy practice >
  
  Ever fly early in the a.m.? The brightness is blinding. I'm closing the window shade. >
  
  This has to be someone who doesn’t fly frequently. >
  
  Yeah, a real pro intentionally selects the window seat away from the sun so they can both open the shade and not have blinding sun piercing the cabin so anyone can still sleep.
  Source: 74 flights this year. >
  
  A real pro just selects an aisle seat
  Source: less than 74 flights this year >
  
  Maybe. To each their own. 
  Know yourself and know your plane. I don’t like to be bothered. A window guarantees I don’t have to get up because someone else can’t hold their bladder. Likewise, on a CRJ200 if you’re over 170lbs, and 5’10” sit in the aisle otherwise you’ll feel smushed. 
  To me, the aisle sucks except for the extra space in the aisle you can lean into which makes you subject to flight attendants purposely pummeling your arm or knee. >
  
  I only select window seats for late or early flights so I can lean up against the window to sleep, I prefer the aisle if I know I won’t sleep. I don’t mind getting up to let people out but I HATE asking people to let me out and having to move past them. I hold my bladder like a pro but I’m also a woman so I get periods lol. 
  I feel its more about personal preference than seat picking intelligence >
  
  If I pay for the window seat. It's my fucking window. >
  
  I flew over a lightning storm on a late night flight and I kept getting shushed when I couldn't control myself gasping at how fkn amazingly awesome it was to be above a lightning storm "wooow, omg!" I was quiet but it would just pop out XD I felt bad but omg one of the best things I've ever seen. >
  
  Until the lightning hits your window.... >
  
  You want control of the window, you take the window seat. >
  
  This exactly. >
  
  If you want to control the window, pay more to sit there. >
  
  i don’t think you even have to pay more. you just select that seat instead of aisle. >
  
  You definitely do. Why do you think an airline isn't going to extract every dollar they can? >
  
  No, you don’t. Price is quoted before you pick your seats (class aside, of course). >
  
  Yes and then - if you want to choose your seat they add 10€ on top of it (well in Europe at least). >
  
  yeah, it’s their window. if they got the window seat, they are the window operator. what they say goes. >
  
  I always buy window seat so I can get some sleep in the dark without being woken. >
  
  I used to think this, and then one day someone in the middle seat in my row decided they wanted to spend the entire red eye flight from Houston to LA reading with her overhead light on. 
  Tbh there might have been some etiquette I could think back on to guide me in that situation but I don’t fly much so idk what it was >
  
  Why are you taking a red eye where you want to sleep without bringing a sleep mask? That's just a mistake. >
  
  I thought it was a common thing to sleep on a 3+ hour flight at that departed at 1am on a work night tbh. I thought the only person who had any kind of light source at all was the odd one out. Everyone else was sleeping. >
  
  It’s not “everyone’s light” that’s why the airplanes are kind enough to provide you with a light bulb right above your head. If it’s that much of a problem for you, buy the window and be the dickhead who keeps the window open and keeps everyone up. Simple as that. >
  
  Explain to me how it’s not my window >
  
  I think it’s just common courtesy but honestly that’s just the Canadian in me >
  
  I’m Canadian lol and if I’m sitting window and the suns shining in my eye I’m closing it. If I’m aisle and the person window closes it, oh well >
  
  it’s not a communal window, i’ve been placed at the window and the window gets too hot or cold and becomes uncomfortable when it’s open. do you also get pissy when the flight attendants instructs everyone to close the windows? >
  
  I've never seen this before. Why would they make everyone close the window?
  Edit: Can some kind soul explain why I'm getting downvoted? >
  
  i had it happen a couple times when there was a snow storm >
  
  I paid extra for that window seat fuck the row they got another window on the other side. >
  
  If you want the window open, buy a window seat. >
  
  Hoo boy, OP's gonna get roasted on this one.
  Anybody want some popcorn? >
  
  My take is that you don’t fly often at all >
  
  Disagree. There’s enough light on a plane. >
  
  Nah, I’m trying to sleep. Opening the window also heats up the cabin. If you want the window open then you should have ~~payed~~ paid for the window seat. It is not my job to cater to you. >
  
  Paid* >
  
  Order a window seat, sit there with your "it's everybody's window, man" agenda. 
  The two people next to you ask: "could you please close the window?".
  You explain your window concept to them and they sigh..
  Now who's the psycho? >
  
  No the unwritten law is that the person on the window seat has control over the window >
  
  Disagreed. Hence check on unpopular >
  
  I only upvote if unpopular AND reasonably accurate/true. If you have the window seat, you probably paid for it and you get to control the shade. The freaking shade is there for a reason... people want to sleep sometimes >
  
  Agreed, I won't give an upvote for unpopular opinions if they're presented very poorly...such as this one >
  
  get a window seat? >
  
  When you buy a window seat, you buy it to have control of the window. I specifically buy window seats so I can open them at take off and landing and close them during the flight so I can get some goddamn sleep. >
  
  Solid unpopular opinion. As someone who travels a lot for work, I can’t stand when people leave the window open. When you’re taking off and landing, sure but when you’re above the clouds, how long before the clouds are boring?  What are you even looking at? >
  
  Lol, I’d have said the opposite. Chances are your entire row wants to sleep and would rather the shade closed. >
  
  You need a light? Push the button up there to have one. 
  I'm going to crush some complimentary champagne, shut the window, and take a nap. >
  
  amen. >
  
  People who think the way OP thinks fly once every few years. 
  I fly just about weekly. The only allure it has left is nap time while I travel. >
  
  I’m terrified of heights and would like to take a nap on a longer flight, so no. I’ll open it when I feel like it. >
  
  It’s not your window it’s the window of the person who paid and picked “window seat” they control it they booked enough ahead of time or laid enough that it is their seat if you wanted to control it you should’ve sat in it (crazy right?). Many people sleep on planes and don’t want that light in their face, many people have problems dealing with that bright blasting light if it’s a bright sunny day so they take the window and close it so they aren’t suffering. There’s so many reasons other than “your a psycho” that’s such a stupid generalization that I would expect from someone in middle school trying to sound funny by using extremes.
  Edit: I love looking out the window myself which is why I try to get it but I don’t get mad at the person who is there >
  
  Window shade. Window shade. Please do not open the actual window, especially not at altitude. >
  
  get an eye mask if you don’t want to see outside the plane >
  
  If you wanna control the window, buy a window seat. Otherwise, STFU. >
  
  Wouldn't this depend entirely on the flight? I've only taken a few flights ever. 2 were connecting flight into Europe which then took me to Asia, so the connecting flights were super short and I enjoyed the view. But the flights to Asia were 11+ hours. I love looking out the window, but I don't want to look out for 11 hours. Plus, half the flight is in the dark, so... there's nothing to see. >
  
  You sure you didn't mean to say "If you open your window when it's bright out and it's clear a lot of other people are trying to sleep, you're a psycho."? 
  And I look at my phone and the seat screen to actually forget I'm on a plane. I can do with travel without the traveling, thanks. >
  
  Im a psycho for not wanting to be blinded by the piercing sun at 700 am after i got up at 300 am for a 6 am flight? Or am i extremely tired and know that once this plane lands, i am not getting any rest until 10 pm that night?
  Also, get off ur high horse with the phone. How many damn clouds can you look at before enough is enough? >
  
  You get the power of window control by agreeing to be trapped in the claustrophobic window seat.
  I always close the window during take off, then open it once we’ve been up in the sky long enough for me to down like 6 mini shots in a row. >
  
  What if you want/need to sleep? >
  
  Aight I guess I'm a psycho >
  
  Person in the window seat gets to decide if it’s up or down. I always get random seating on planes and I often get put in the window seat. I get severely air sick and having the window open makes it worse. Plus the window is normally cold. And the light makes it impossible to sleep. There is nothing to enjoy looking at when all that is out the window is the color white. >
  
  I am not a psycho, i have light induced migraines.
  Bright light gives me a migraine.
  I will open the window during nightime flights. >
  
  I’m pretty sure if you opened a window on a commercial flight, you’d be sucked out the window… >
  
  I’m assuming you are talking about the shades on the window, NOT the window itself. >
  
  You want it open, pay for the window seat and open it. >
  
  The fuck do you need the light for? >
  
  Honestly why do you care if it's open or closed?  What benefit does it give you being open?  You are trapped in a flying tin can for hours.  Shut up and listen to a podcast or something >
  
  No. Because if it’s in the middle of the afternoon I’m not having the curtains open. I value my eyesight… and there really isn’t much to see outside of an airplane window. >
  
  This is not an unpopular opinion.   Just a weird one.
  If your mood is that affected by someone's personal choice in a pressurized stratospheric cylinder propelling you to another point on a continent that would, as recently as 100 years ago, have taken weeks if not months to accomplish...you may be either an ungrateful snot or a narcissist or just plain selfish. >
  
  For a sec I thought u meant the WINDOW window 💀 >
  
  I think who is in the window seat makes the call. >
  
  OP an actual unpopular opinion good work.
  But fuck off. I sleep on flights and don’t want none of that extra lights. >
  
  If you want control of the window, pay for the window seat. That’s what I do. >
  
  Well... You did it. You posted an actual unpopular opinion in r/unpopularopinion. Hats off to you. >
  
  On another episode of who actually gives AF about this stuff >
  
  Stop looking on your phone scum, be enlightened and look out the window like me for this entire 14 hours flight!! >
  
  I usually want it open and the entire row plus air hostess complain it’s open. Why would I buy a window seat to sit in darkness >
  
  Why would you book a window seat in that case anyway? >
  
  So you don’t have to keep getting in and out of your seat when the rest of the row needs to piss every 20 minutes probably >
  
  Exactly! I am one of those aisle people who needs to get up every 20 min so I am grateful for those who chose the window. >
  
  What if I’m in my crew jump seat and the light from your window is blinding me from doing my job monitoring the cabin during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, or landing?
  There are many reasons people close the window shades including the comfort of themselves and those around them. Not always selfish. God forbid someone wants to read, sleep, check their phone, or watch the IFE on a long flight, or not get overheated because the sun is blazing down on them. 
  I prefer to look at the window when traveling, even if I’ve flown over it hundreds of times before, but sometime the angle of the sun and where you are sitting just doesn’t work out. 
  I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion, it just sounds ignorant and judgmental. What cheap ass airline are you flying that doesn’t have overhead reading lights?
  You know you can also close the shade partway and still look out, especially if it’s causing any discomfort to anyone else. >
  
  The jump seat is in the cockpit you know? >
  
  Flight attendant jump seats you know. >
  
  Should've paid for the window seat then mate >
  
  If you want window control, get a window seat. Otherwise, not your call. >
  
  Agree. Person in the window seat is the one most affected by the shade being open or closed, so it should be their call. If you want a view, book a window seat. >
  
  That's why I always get a window seat, so I can look out the window. Many people forget that flying is not just public transportation, it's an experience. You're literally in a metal tube several miles in the air going hundreds of miles per hour. A marvel of human ingenuity. Most humans have never experienced this and never will. Take a moment. Be mindful of the world around you. Look out the window. >
  
  As someone who has flown a lot, its not an experience, its just another mode of transportation >
  
  Sure, I figure if you go every few months it will become routine for you. But me, I only fly every few years so it's exciting for me every time. >
  
  Pre pandemic I was flying several times a week. You try to be courteous in all the ways you can to fellow passengers but you also have to keep functioning if you are flying a lot and need to sleep. 
  On the same note, if someone else has the window, I don’t dictate to them what to do. I bring something to cover my eyes and ears and sleep. >
  
  Yes, truly unpopular. Close the windows! >
  
  If you get the window seat, It's your world. Aisle seat gets an arm rest and some leg room. Middle seat gets two arm rests. Window seat gets an arm rest and control over the window shade. >
  
  Most night flights the attendants instruct passengers to close the windows. >
  
  It's dark outside and there's no lights in the sky lol. Outside of a full moon I guess, which I would stare at for hours and hours. I've never seen it while flying personally. If a flight attendant asked me to close my window at any point we would have a serious discussion about overstepping the boundaries of their perceived authority. >
  
  Not everyone likes having the window open. It gives me anxiety. Soooo no. Ima leave it closed. >
  
  Sit in the aisle >
  
  So wait you can dictate how other people need to experience their flight, but get pissy when others seemingly do it to you? >
  
  I swear this page should be called 'entitledopinion'. >
  
  Eh, window seat is the worst. Only redeeming quality of window seat is having control of the window. You don’t get to have the aisle seat and dictate the window situation. You can’t get everything, buy the window seat if you want control of the window, Mr. Want It All >
  
  Window seat is great for sleeping.  Nice to have that wall to lean up against.  Also not going to get bumped by people walking up and down the aisle.
  Edit: also don't have to get up for other people in your row going to/coming from the bathroom >
  
  I also do prefer window. Maybe I was wrong for assuming most people preferred aisle? I hate having to make people get up when I have window tho. I go to the bathroom like 2-3 times before boarding. Especially when the middle or aisle person falls asleep and you need to go >
  
  Ok Karen >
  
  Well as someone who regularly takes long haul flights were the cabin lights are purposefully dimmed to get ppl to sleep its usually rude to keep ur window open when literally every other window is closed so ppl can sleep... However, I usually prefer the windows which work by dimming so u can half dim it but thats not available on every plane sadly >
  
  Next time, reserve the window seat. It's my window. >
  
  i was on a plane a few weeks ago and had people from the other side of the aisle asking me to close my window because the sunlight was going right in their eyes
  also there are lights above the seats so you dont have to sit in darkness with the window closed so thats half the argument gone >
  
  I’ve been on a couple recent intercontinental flights. (I’ve been on at least 20-30 in total.) I’ve seen something new though on these recent flights. I can’t remember if it was after we landed or before we landed but the stewardess’ asked us to close the windows. I found it extremely odd because I had never seen this before. Maybe it was the airline? These flights were from Europe to the USA and back. I disagree with your unpopular opinion, but what I experienced is something to think about. >
  
  I'm scared of flying, I don't fly anymore, I shut the window due to fear and photosensitivity. I can see why people would want it dim, it is calming. >
  
  On the flip side, when everyone is sleeping and the cabin is dark…keep your window closed! >
  
  no, my window, i choose what happens to it, if you want to keep your window open, buy a window seat and sit there. >
  
  Thats what the overhead lights are for?? >
  
  I mean, we’re in 2022. Flying isn’t as much of a wonder anymore as it used to be. Especially if I’m sitting inside a giant metal tube with seats and pretty solid ground. 
  Looking out of the window can be beautiful, but if you’re above the open ocean for 6 hours straight and see nothing but blue, it’s pretty boring. Why shouldn’t I be looking at my phone? >
  
  
  Don’t close your window. Enjoy the view. 
  
  what view? it's just a bunch of clouds and way too much sun >
  
  sorry, can’t do that. last time I opened a window I thought I saw a shark on the wing. >
  
  Open it, get some fresh air in. The clouds look like they'd smell fresh >
  
  Maybe you want to sleep?
  After a few flights it's not something you enjoy really
  And you can pay a bit extra for the window seat if you want
  If I'm sitting there and want some shuteye, then it's gonna get closed
  Anyhow, are you gonna look at me all the flight, because I'm next to the window
  Also you won't die for a few hours without direct sunlight
  Bitch >
  
  People who don’t look out the window are non playing characters in the game of life >
  
  You’re one of those people that can only afford to fly maybe once a year. Tell me how much you care about the view after flying 10+ times a year >
  
  I'm more important to me than you are. The light from that high up tend to be physically painful for my eyes, as I am hypersensitive to light. 
  I will intentionally close the window the next time I fly on a plane and I will post about it, with you specifically mentioned.
  Completely out of spite. >
  
  Nah nah nah, that window will stay closed and I will fall asleep on it >
  
  Yeah, get absolutely fucked. I'm sleeping if I'm flying. That thing is down if it's my seat, no one else gets a say. >
  
  I've seen enough twilight zone to know the people who WANT to keep the window open are the cooky ones. >
  
  Maybe someone wants to nap on the plane and they want to cut the excess light. They're not "psycho" for that. And if you fly at night, there's not really much to see anyway. >
  
  Or maybe people are tired or flying is exhausting and it’s the most considerable move for the group. 
  Open it for a little and savor the view for a while. You don’t HAVE to keep it open all the time. 
  Next time you’re exhausted flying I hope your neighbor keeps the window open and keeps you up. >
  
  If you wanna control the window, sit in a window seat. It is my window >
  
  If you pay for the window seat you can do whatever the fuck you want with it, you don’t have to be forced to face the full fury of the sun because some asshole wants to “realize they’re flying” >
  
  Pay for a window seat then. Problem solved. >
  
  Someone has to take responsibility for the window. Makes sense that its the person in the window seat. >
  
  Sounds like the person that opens the window 4:55 on a night flight when literally everyone else is tryna sleep >
  
  Well, unless the sun is glaring directly >
  
  Nah, if the sun is in my eyes it’s getting closed, have an upvote >
  
  It is my window. It's going down when I sit down. >
  
  It’s a nice view, until the sun starts blasting you in the face. Then it’s time to close that window. >
  
  lol this is someone that barely flies and thinks that their ticket entitles them to it all >
  
  An alternative perspective: bright lights can trigger aura for me, which is like a vision disturbance that can last 30-45 minutes. Also if I have a headache (not infrequent) I may be sensitive to light. You never know what legitimate reason someone may have for closing it. >
  
  Close your fucking window >
  
  The light is obnoxious >
  
  People that close the window are probably unpopular ...so not sure this is actually an unpopular opinion ... But People that close the window probably just don't want to see  what's out of it... From fear of heights to anxiety to motion sickness to trying to sleep .. if you wanted the window open, how about you buy the window seat instead next time >
  
  Not a whole lot to see once the initial take off is done. >
  
  I like to keep it closed until someone goes to sleep. Checking periodically until the sun shines thru in the direction of the sleeper. Boom, wake up, no sleeping on this plane pal! >
  
  
  
  I control the window because i chose the window seat.
  
  
  Its cute to see first time fliers or people who don’t often fly. Trust me. Looking at clouds or ocean isn’t that much fun. >
  
  Sorry on sunny days the glare gives me a migraine. I actually get the window seat so I can control the window and not wear sunglasses or eye mask. If you want to control the window, get the window seat. >
  
  If the sun is right in the window and it’s blinding I’m gonna shut the shade and you can just live with it.
  I like to look out at the window but not at the expense of my eyesight. >
  
  If you want the window open, pay extra to book a seat early and get a window seat.  It really is that simple. 
  If you can’t be bothered to book your seat early.  But your desires doesn’t trump my comfort. >
  
  didn’t know the whole row paid for my window seat >
  
  On one hand the new Embraers are tall enough I don’t hit my head on the roof.
  On the other most airlines seem to have decided on a seating layout where the window seats align with the column between windows, rather than the actual window.
  Plus the godforsaken formed “ergonomic” plastic seats. >
  
  If you want control of the window pick a window seat. >
  
  Okay then OP, i'm gonna open the window on the plane! >
  
  I flew for the first time last weekend. I was most excited to get some views I’d never seen before. As soon as the plane was off the ground the woman at the window seat slammed down the shade and put her head against it. I was furious >
  
  Nex time, but a window seat >
  
  imma close it if i dang well please, im trynna sleep. if you wanted a view or the light you should have got the window seat but you didn't so, ya know, keep quiet. >
  
  OP has never taken a redeye it seems. quick way to get your entire row to hate you is open the window when the sun is rising >
  
  This is a weird one >
  
  I’m afraid enough of heights that looking out the window makes me nauseous. I never pick the window seat, but if I end up there, that bitch is getting closed, I am unconcerned by your need to look over my lap to see clouds >
  
  I close it EVERY SINGLE TIME...its my seat and my window..thats the reason you book that seat ...so you can close it and use the side to lean or sleep on. I only open it  when we are about to land and that's only if I feel like looking out. Why would you need the light and heat and a view of clouds the whole flight??
  Also, if you care so much..you book the seat and if it's bit available ..tough cookie cause the window seat person gets to decide. >
  
  I fly frequently and if I don’t get a window seat for whatever reason it always puzzles me why people close them.  You are literally thousand of feet above the earth doing something humans though impossible until about 120 years ago…and you’d rather stare at your phoen >
  
  The real psychos are the ones who turn on the horrible spotlights when the rest of the plane is dark >
  
  Some of us can't sleep and want to read a book. The real psychos criticize people who do perfectly normal things like reading a book or other non-digital media on a plane at night. >
  
  An actual unpopular opinion, nice >
  
  Easy solution. Pay for your own window seat next time. If you're that mesmerized by an empty sky and clouds there is also a sky to look at for free all day on the ground. 
  A lot of people also like to sleep on their flight, especially if it's a morning flight and you had to get up at 4 to drive to the airport and go through security. >
  
  Book a window seat if you want control over the window. If I booked the seat I’ll do what I need to do to make myself comfortable. Most airlines will have solutions to the lighting issues.
  You can ask the other passenger to please open the window again if it’s that big a deal, but you shouldn’t whine if they decline, they booked and paid for the seat, they can do what they like. >
  
  I mean, why does the person in the window seat need to follow what you want? Take the window seat next time and you can pick the state of the window shade. You also have lights above you. Some people want to sleep or are scared shitless on a plane. My wife hates flying and never wants to look out the window to see how far above the ground we are. >
  
  Unpopular as fuck. Nothing worse on an AM flight than the one asshole on the opposite side that has his window open and everyone in the row is blinded by the rising sun except him. >
  
  You sleep on planes, whoever keeps their windows open is an idiot >
  
  You’re definitely a minority in this, clouds are cool for a while, but we wanna sleep >
  
  This devolved into a boomer post pretty fast >
  
  I agree it IS aggravating when fellow passengers don’t want to open up the window once the plane descends below cloud level near the destination city. Especially if it’s your first time there. I like to have the Birds Eye view and am pissed when some bloated business man keeps it shut so he can answer his email. Just because the splendor of flight is lost on you doesn’t give you the right to kill the joy for us poor saps who experience flying as a rare treat. Some people really scrape and save all year to take a flight for a long awaited vacation. Maybe they would like to see Phoenix from the sky after spending all winter in fucking Cleveland or whatever. >
  
  If you leave it open than you are rude as heck. No one wants to be blinded for hours. Get a look during takeoff and then close it >
  
  There's two things I hate on a plane. Crying babies and open windows. Seriously fuck your open window. >
  
  If you're going to tinker with something that effects others too, just ask first. "Hey, do you mind if i close this?" >
  
  i got the window seat, im not gonna ask if i can close the window or not >
  
  I get headaches so no >
  
  What if other passengers need to sleep? >
  
  Window person gets: control of the window and a place to rest their head
  Middle person gets: access to both hand rests and easy access to thermostat controls
  Aisle person gets: extra legroom and ease of access
  It's a pretty linear process. >
  
  This made me convinced that all airplanes should be convertible. Or at least include a sun roof. >
  
  Thank you! >
  
  I'm with op, how does everyone have such a strong discontentment with this post. It's pretty mild lol. >
  
  Yeah. It blows my mind that on most flights almost every window is shuttered. 
  You're FLYING!
  Talk about taking something for granted >
  
  If you fly all the time, the novelty wears off. >
  
  Omg fucking thought it was just me like the whole entire flight my first time on a plane this year the person seated there didn’t open it once not during takeoff, mid flight, and when I noticed the same fate on the way down I was like can I please see out the window. I think maybe some people with a fear of flying would rather not know what the plane is doing. >
  
  I do agree with the OP that not looking out the window on landing and takeoff is weird and jaded unless you have some legitimate fear keeping you from doing so. I feel like everyone is just too cool for school and is embarrassed to actually take in how fucking incredible stuff looks from the sky. But mid flight, usually nothing to look at. Although I have some pretty sick photos of double rainbows from a short flight that never climbed much past the cloud cover. Above the clouds there's really not much to look at. But some of us prefer natural light and that is OK too. >
  
  Same with buses >
  
  There is nothing to see? Its interesting for maybe 5 minutes and that’s it. You get light from the lights inside the plane >
  
  What if you’ve been traveling for like 12 hours and you have no idea what time it is wherever you are but it’s like 3 am for you >
  
  For people who travel constantly its not a big deal. I enjoy the take-off but half way through the trip i rather sleep. >
  
  I’m alright with it going up or going down but keeping it open the whole time kinda hurts my eyes once you get above the clouds >
  
  Boy I be sleep. >
  
  If there's something to see I'll let the person next to me know.  More often than not there's nothing to see and the light is doing nothing more than cause glare on the video screens so I'll close it back. >
  
  "I sit at the back of the car so I control the radio" >
  
  Ngl if the flight is at night time and there are lights on the plane shining in my eyes while I’m trying to sleep, I’m closing that hoe >
  
  If I want to sleep, I’m gonna close my window.
  If I don’t want the sun in my face, I’m gonna close my window.
  Know why? I paid for the seat. If Whiny Willy from my row wants to moan and complain about how I closed my window, then he should’ve gotten himself a window seat.
  Otherwise, my stamp is imprinted on that window until my ass has landed in Hawaii. >
  
  I'm afraid of heights, hate flying, never sit in a window seat if I can help it. I don't begrudge anyone who enjoys the view, I just don't look. 
  If I do end up in a window seat, however, someone else's desire for that view to be available to them is in no way my problem. That shade will be down and will remain down until the plane lands. 
  If you want a view, choose a window seat and stop expecting others to cater to you. >
  
  What if it’s really sunny and the light is shining in people’s eyes? >
  
  people also get annoyed during morning flights if window is open bc they want to sleep. can’t please everyone >
  
  When you're above the clouds, the light can be glaring because there's nothing to block or dim it. It can also get too hot. And when you're above the clouds, there isn't anything to see but clouds so what do you need the window for? 
  I absolutely have it open during take off and landing, but when we're at altitude I'll close it if I damn well please. >
  
  Hahahahha fuck off mate. You’re so off here. You pay for the seat, not the seat and communal window usage. Some people want to sleep, or maybe some are scared of flying, or some (like me) get overly stimulated by light. What if someone has a migraine? 
  I get very nervous on planes and am prone to panic attacks - I have to hold hands with whoever i’m travelling with sat next to me during take off and landing too. Sometimes during the flight, I get really nervous again and having the window open can be a further reminder so I will shut it. If I’m
  not sitting by the window, then I don’t ask for the person sat there to shut it cause it’s not their fault I’m freaking out and they paid for that seat lol >
  
  Not 6 am when the sun is directly in my eyes. >
  
  If you open the window on planes, you'll get sucked out in a depressurisation incident. >
  
  I hate the window open. I like to sleep on the plane bc most of the time you’re on it for 8+ hours. Plus, looking out the window makes me sick. For that reason, I never sit by the window. >
  
  How many flights a year do you take to get this butt hurt about a window? >
  
  Congratulations, you found the asshole on Reddit. It’s me. I am the asshole. >
  
  If you make people in the row in front/behind you shut their window you are a psycho >
  
  I'm pretty sure opening a window on a commercial jet would be disastrous >
  
  The windows can get extremely hot. Like burn your hand hot >
  
  nah i want to sleep the sky is only interesting for so long it’s gonna be there when i wake up >
  
  This is clearly an unpopular opinion. I disagree with this and so does everyone else. Take my upvote. >
  
  not everyone likes light shining in their eyes while trying to rest on a plane >
  
  Take my upvote asshole >
  
  Uh, am I missing something here? Aren’t windows on planes required to be closed to prevent the inside from depressurizing at altitude? >
  
  If someone closing the window causes you to lose your bearings, I don’t really know what to tell you. And it isn’t everyone’s light. Everyone has a light, and there’s a switch for it above your seat. >
  
  People like you are insufferable in most arenas, let alone a plane I can’t escape. >
  
  I don't want to be flying. If I had it my way, none of the windows would be open. Turn your head towards another window if you need visual confirmation that you're in the sky. Or get the window seat yourself. >
  
  
  view. Maybe look away from your phone and realize you’re flying for chrissake!!
  
  I know plenty of people for whom this would not be a pleasant revelation. >
  
  If I get stuck in the window seat it will be closed, unless you want me puking on you. I have a severe issue with heights and being by the open window is instant vertigo. Ask the old fuck who refused to give me the aisle seat even though it was on my ticket that it was the seat I paid for....2 hour flight and he got puked on because the window shade was stuck open and made me sick. >
  
  For real…I actually wrote a post for this last week after sitting middle seat and the window seat individual closed it the whole flight.
  I almost always get window to help with motion sickness but cancelled/rebooked flights stuck me in a compromised position.
  If I needed to throw up, it was gonna be on her. >
  
  You can open the windows? I thought that would be detrimental to the plane being able to fly safely? >
  
  I’ve had people yell at me for keeping it open >
  
  I don’t enjoy the view.  Also the flight attendants tell you to close the window and when it’s fine to reopen them it too bright meaning you don’t want to open them >
  
  If you close your window you are making a decision for your whole row.  But on my last fight here, the fight crew forced everyone to close their windows and wouldn’t say why. Very curious >
  
  I'd say generally yes, with the exception of when the sun is coming in exceptionally bright, and on long flights during sleeping hours >
  
  You could make the reverse argument. A closed window is a nice shaded area for the entire row. > >
  
  bro is the window warlock😭 >
  
  Lol, my son does this. He insists on sitting in the window seat, THEN CLOSES THE WINDOW. I agree with you to an extent, but I would never ask a stranger to keep it open. It’s their seat. >
  
  Im light sensitive so no fucking way i will keep it open if i got the window wich i usually take. Also often i wanna sleep on the plane >
  
  The other day, I had to explicitly ask if the people opposite me were okay closing their blinds because the sun was blaring into my eyes to such a degree that I couldn't see anything (and they were perfectly polite and happy to do so!) >
  
  Someone had a hard time on a flight >
  
  nah, if i’m tired and i want it be dark then imma close it. Maybe book a window seat next time, if they’re full then you have to toughen it out. 
  “You can wear a sleeping mask.” I don’t care >
  
  Whoever sits in the window seat controls the shade, full stop. I like looking out the window, taking pictures of the ground, and marveling at the fact that humans managed to make this huge metal tube fly. I like the natural light for reading way more than the shitty overhead light. Also I can recall a flight where the plane was freezing and the only way I stayed warm was from the sunlight through the window. If the people near me don't like it they can bring eye masks.