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There's a big difference between being on a train in a tunnel and being in a plane several thousand feet in the air.

In a train tunnel you could be suddenly be crushed by rock or water. You have time to contemplate your fate in a plane.

I am acutely aware of that difference- however, both scenarios are enclosed tubes.

And your brain is wholly enclosed in a sphere anyway, which itself is part in your body, so you kind of spend your whole life encased in a tube with no way out! Thus, rationally proving that claustrophobia is a myth and anyone claiming to suffer from it is no more credible than a flat-earther!

yes this is sarcasm

I literally suffer from claustrophobia and agoraphobia you sarcastic nitwit

I'm trying to explain to you that a window with some clouds does not alleviate my claustrophobia. So, whether the windows are virtual or not make no difference to me, even if one malfunctions...

Jesus

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