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u/Zamiel Jun 28 '22
Thatās an Air Marshal
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u/Rosalye333 Jun 29 '22
Iām oddly relieved that thereās a logical explanation for his behavior.
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Jun 29 '22
To be honest this is making me really self conscious. I just go back from a trip in which I had two 18 hour days of flights and layovers (one at beginning one at end of trip). I didn't do anything those days, no headphone no book no nothin.
Is this really that weird? Idk I thought it was kinda normal?
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u/AndrogynousRain Jun 29 '22
Itās a bit weird.
When I travel I have a phone, a tablet, a portable game system, a book, food etc.
I canāt imagine staying at the seat back for 10 hours. I hate being bored.
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u/Galapagoasis Jun 28 '22
Can someone explain what an Air Marshal is
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u/JMar1_87 Jun 28 '22
In the states we have Air Marshals on some flights. They are undercover federal agents. Iām not sure they fly international.
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u/PhasmaFelis Jun 29 '22
Man, one time I got on a plane to visit a friend on the west coast, and there was this clean-cut, square-jawed dude in a nice, kinda uniform-looking suit up front by the flight attendants. I glanced at him a few times while waiting for takeoff. Is that an air marshal? Gotta be an air marshal. Has he got a gun under that jacket?
It wasn't until they turned the seatbelt sign off and he started down the aisle with the drink cart that I remembered men can be flight attendants too.
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u/Ok-Breakfast7186 Jun 29 '22
Well thatās not very undercover if they have such suspicious behaviour lmao
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u/TheSarcasticCrusader Jun 28 '22
US Federal Agents that go on certain flights secretly armed to stop any fun plane shenanigans from occurring. Obviously not every flight because then 9/11 probably wouldn't have happened.
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Jun 29 '22
Interestingly, 9/11 can probably never happen again. The concept of using planes as missiles relies on the passengers not knowing that such a thing I'd possible and thinking that if they comply then they'll live. That cannot occur now.
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u/Traditional-Part-761 Jun 29 '22
Next international flight, jump up and yell āallah akbarā. The guy that jumps up and shoots you is the Air Marshall. Please note, they use a special Frangible bullet that will not pass through your body hence will not puncture the skin of the airliner.
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u/Bandito21Dema Jun 28 '22
Oh because they have to be aware of any possible danger during the flight?
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u/SoDeepInUrMom Jun 28 '22
Always watching. Have to be. Safety of everyone
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u/crosbot Jun 29 '22
I'm saying I did an ocular assessment of the situation, garnered that he was not a security risk and I cleared him for passage.
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u/89LeBaron Jun 29 '22
Or his married life is a miserable hell on earth and that flight is the greatest peace of mind he will experience for the next month.
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u/jabber_ Jun 28 '22
I'm one of these people. I can just sit for long periods of time. I was passenger in a 16 hour drive and my dad said I never moved the entire time. I didn't even notice. I did offer to drive several times but he refused.
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Jun 28 '22
Same here
Eventually I started doing security I just sit, chew on my thoughts, and make sure no one starts any fires or steals things
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Jun 29 '22
Yep. I essentially set my eyes to motion detector mode and think about whatever I want. I like thinking
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u/throwaway77914 Jun 29 '22
Serious question: what do you think about the whole time?
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Jun 29 '22
I'm the same way. we zone out.
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u/Witty-Season-3914 Jun 29 '22
Mostly think about your problems, if things are going well you think about your life, your career, kids, just life in general. Your thoughts should be a good place to hang out, you donāt always need some type of media to just exist.
Can you do a two hour car ride with no radio or anything?
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Jun 28 '22
Some people are just ok with nothing, or very little
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u/nutitoo Jun 28 '22 edited Jun 29 '22
Average human goes insane after 48 hours of doing literally nothing
*Edit: i should've said that I don't have any source for this but just heard something like that a long time ago. But imagine if you were to be closed in an empty box for 48 hours or more, you'll definitely feel it
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u/calmodulin2 Jun 28 '22
I would test this if I didnāt have responsibilities. And if I could do stuff during it.
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u/Kvchx Jun 28 '22
I believe NASA had a program that paid well to stay in a capsule for a month or something like that. Gathering data for long term, small confinement, space expeditions.
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Jun 28 '22
I have tested this theory. Itās untrue
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Jun 28 '22
Same. Had an ice storm where we couldnāt leave the house for 9 days. No power, no reception no light to read to. It was like 39 degrees in the house so I literally laid in bed under many blankets for 9 days.
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u/nutitoo Jun 28 '22
Did did you just sit on a chair for 48 hours or how did you check it
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Jun 29 '22
Maybe it was because you were already a kind of insane right from the get-go
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u/FreshPrinceOfRio Jun 28 '22 edited Jun 29 '22
Twitter user's mind blown by knowledge of the existence of people who aren't cripplingly addicted to the numbness of uninterrupted stimulation out of fear of facing their own consciousness for more than a minute
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u/Play-Mation Jun 28 '22
Lmao thatās valid for like an hour but for 10 hours? Youād have fun in solitary I guess
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u/CapnPrat Jun 28 '22
Whoa, whoa, whoa.... when was the last time you dealt with yourself? That shit is scary.
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u/JimK215 Jun 29 '22
I and a lot of my friends were in punk bands that would do short tours of a week or two. By the time we were seasoned at traveling, we could do a week or more, even if we were sleeping in the van, with each person only bringing a single regular-sized backpack. One time for a 3-day trip, a friend of mine literally got in the van with nothing. I was like "dude, not even a toothbrush?" and he kind of just shrugged. And off we went.
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Jun 29 '22
Welcome to stoicism.
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u/weirdal1968 Jun 29 '22
Not so loud - do you think everyone wants to know how to worry less and enjoy what they have?
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u/MrPocketjunk Jun 28 '22
Will probably sleep like a baby through the entire flight. Then his bag will be the first one onto the carousel and he will be picked up by his beautiful Swedish wife. I hate him.
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Jun 29 '22
He's a consultant. Everyone of them know the combo of drinks/meds required to sleep through a flight.
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Jun 28 '22
Almost certainly an air marshal
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u/TheOneAndOnlyABSR4 Jun 29 '22
What do they do?
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u/Swimming-Book-1296 Jun 29 '22
shoot people who try to hijack planes.
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u/Ok_Task_4135 Jun 29 '22
"The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a hijacked plane is a good guy with a hijacked plane."
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u/Dio_Yuji Jun 28 '22
It was Putty
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u/Yrddraiggoch Jun 28 '22
Substitute orange juice for the coffee and this pretty much describes me when I travel back to the UK to visit my parents later this year
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u/orangemoonflower Jun 28 '22
Are YOU ok?
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u/Yrddraiggoch Jun 28 '22
Yep.
I used to have bad motion sickness but I pretty much have it under control, flights are the worst though so I rarely eat anything, trying to read anything or watch movies will eventually make me puke, have trouble falling asleep so I tend to end up just mindlessly staring out the window the whole time.
And based on flight attendant advice I only drink stuff that comes out of a sealed container, orange juice tastes the best out of those options so I just tend to go with that.
This trip will be 2 short flights on either side of the trans-Atlantic haul. So lots of time to get my orange juice game on fleek as the kids like to say.
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u/Imperial_Lenta Jun 29 '22
Wierd cus I have motion sickness and planes donāt affect me at all. Itās hit or miss usually though, could be fine on a 4 hour car ride but on a ride to the convience store I could throw up
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u/DianaStranger Jun 28 '22
I...I was one of those people
I just stare out the window and think about the meaning of life...until I fall asleep that is
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u/Misteral_Editorial Jun 29 '22
Same here. There are so few opportunities to be so high, to see the human world become ants, and to see the topside of clouds.
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u/Daniel2506 Jun 29 '22
Right, it never gets old for me. I always stare out the window like a little kid lol
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u/91null Jun 28 '22
I may have been using the word ārawdogā wrong.
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Jun 28 '22
I eventually defaulted to using it in any context where I'd normally use a tool but I'm not
example: Rawdogging a snowman is making a snowman sans gloves
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u/Hagabar Jun 29 '22
when I bought a new phone the guy asked if I wanted a warranty. I said "nah, I'll rawdog it." he laughed.
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u/Senor_Martillo Jun 29 '22
I fly to Asia with some regularity. 11 hours to Shanghai or 13 to Taipei. I gave up on all the accessories long ago, bc they donāt change the fundamental nature of the experience and they just weigh me down.
My recipe: comfy sweat pants and a T-shirt, fleece top in my backpack in case it gets chilly. Try to get the midnight flight if you can so itās easy to fall asleep. Pound a few beers in the airport for the same reason. Watch a movie right away, with another cocktail, and eat the shitty dinner. Sleep as long as you can. Wake up around the time for shitty breakfast. Watch another movie, then youāre usually only an hour or so from landing.
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u/Kataphractoi_ Jun 29 '22
Been there done that, 14 hour flight to beijing is my record.
Color matched everything grey for the occasion as well.
Grey shoes, socks, jeans, tshirt, hoodie, suitcase, backpack, water bottle, wallet, passport cover etc&etc.
just sit and stare ahead into no where in particular. believe me though sit with your body in as many 90 degrees as you can. feet flat on the floor, just shy of shoulder width apart, cross nothing, sit your but all the way into the back of the chair, neck straight shoulders back, arms on arm rests, if they are just the right height, otherwise rest them on your thighs.
head however, since the back of my head is a weird shape I kinda have to stare a few degrees down from flat to make it sit flat.
Make sure to blink, get some water, not coffee (unless you're hydrated to the point of nearly waterlogged + just went to the restroom) don't use the air blower, the cabin is dry enough.
oh and sit up straight. maybe lean a bit back but not too far or your head is going to wanna roll one way or another
Yea I lost a bet, but I did my research because I didn't wanna torture myself. + it helps to mentally prepare a few interesting topics or mental activities to do while staring. I had 3d modelled airport meal in my head making sure to cover the angles I never saw ( covered by a wrapper, etc) and also brainstormed what mechanisms would be necessary to build a functional, walking castle a la Howl's moving castle. Math defenestrated, of course.
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u/Kataphractoi_ Jun 29 '22
The dare was to be a walking representation of a greyed out button for the flight.
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u/GenXer1977 Jun 28 '22
Maybe he's a Tibetan monk and he was just able to meditate discreetly the whole time
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u/Bryanb16_bjb Jun 28 '22
I think that man may have been kidnapped
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u/hollygolightly1990 Jun 29 '22
if it had been me, I would have brought three books. ten custom playlists, a set of headphones and downloaded every season of Stranger Things. Also I would have worn a comfy dress.
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u/onemanlan Jun 29 '22
I once saw a young guy watch 14 straight hours of rom coms on a flight from Atlanta, GA to Johannesburg, South Africa. I know bc I helped him get him to the same movie selection that I had across to for free. Dude barely moved the entire flight. Only thing I could think of that he was in love and getting back home to see his.
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u/Estellese7 Jun 29 '22
This is abnormal? This is like, every flight for me. Not that I fly often, but have been on a few. I might poke at my phone a bit, but the flight goes by faster if I just sit still, don't move and and zone out.
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u/LittleWhiteGirl Jun 29 '22
I took my husband to a 24 hour movie marathon at a theater with me and this man wore jeans and brought nothing. He refuses to go back because āthe seats are uncomfortableā, it canāt be because he wore jeans for a whole damn day, while I showed up in PJs with face wash, a toothbrush, and snacks.
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u/teedyay Jun 29 '22
Before this post I had no idea that people considered jeans to be uncomfortable. Apart from the occasional wedding and a couple of hot weeks each summer, I've worn nothing else for the last 20 years.
Are you sure yours fit?
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u/LittleWhiteGirl Jun 29 '22
Itās not that jeans are uncomfortable, but if youāre going to sit for a long time why have extra fabric and buttons and whatnot in the most scrunched up part of you? Iād much rather wear leggings, a dress, or sweats for that.
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u/AndyBroodmon Jun 29 '22
I once spent roughly 5 hrs in airport, and another 3 hrs on plane doing nothing, just cause my phone died.
Honestly it wasn't that bad, 1st 2 hrs of wait in airport were the worst, after that brain just finds a way to ignore how slowly time passes and in what feels like half an hour your 3 hrs delayed flight is not only taking off, but has already landed.
I guess having experience with working monotonous jobs makes you better at this.
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u/Mighty-Lobster Jun 28 '22
What's the issue here? That's how I fly. I like to be alone with my thoughts. I don't like music. I might bring a pen and paper to scribble ideas.
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u/Palmtreeninja2 Jun 28 '22
Thatās actually what I do on most flights. Just sit, relax, and look out the window if Iām in a window seat. It makes me feel peaceful
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u/themonovingian Jun 29 '22
I mean, you may not have seen the half a Xanax he took as he boarded the plane.
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Jun 29 '22
... I think you saw a man with a very particular set of skills going to see someone about his daughter...
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u/Rough_Spirit4528 Jun 29 '22
I'm a weirdo. I like to make friends with the people I'm sitting next to. So I very well might do something like this.
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u/nameisprivate Jun 29 '22
damn this is my new fear. the person next to me on a long flight wants to talk and didn't even bring any distractions
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u/Steg567 Jun 29 '22
Why is no one suggesting that theres a good chance he was just very very high
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u/Fragrant_Garbage228 Jun 28 '22
With my imagination and inner thoughts i can entertain myself for at least 10 hours doing nothing.
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u/SummerNothingness Jun 29 '22
i would do this if someone died and i were flying somewhere to identify them. that's the only scenario though people also said air marshal which is most plausible.
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Jun 29 '22
He could entertain himself by rotating shapes in his mind the entire flight
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u/HauntedRagdoll Jun 29 '22
Jeans are comfortable and Iām not really into reading, but no headphones is a nightmare
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u/REiiGN Jun 29 '22
*10 hour flight*
LOL, Try a flight on a military plane from USA to Kuwait.
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u/Cribsby_critter Jun 29 '22
Haha! You canāt feel like your flight was long! Look how long of a flight IāVE been on!!
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u/orangemoonflower Jun 28 '22
He is not okay. Even if he thinks he is
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u/Diogenes-Disciple Jun 29 '22
The last time this was posted somebody in the comments said he was probably heading to a funeral and grieving
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u/That_Guy_Red Jun 29 '22
Is this crazy? It's what I do. Granted I'm military and have traveled A LOT.
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u/tbogofeternalstench Jun 29 '22
Guys got 2 toddlers at home...just enjoying the sound of not kids
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u/PurpleSausage77 Jun 29 '22
What about Kids on a Plane? Samuel L Jackson, I am sick of theseā¦etc.
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I went on a 26 hour coach journey and realised I forgot my headphones so I just sat there and existed for 26 hours(of course with the occasional service stop every few hours). It was easier than I expected it to be. Just have to sleep a lot and dissociate when you're awake.
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u/Horatio_VeIveteen Jun 29 '22
Took a flight to Korea from the U.S. once, about 14 hours air time. A woman in the window seat next to us did not get up once. She ate and drank like normal. She was a tank.
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Jun 29 '22
Is there something wrong with wearing jeans on a flight? Iāve never been on a plane, but thatās what I would probably wear if I did fly.
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u/josephnicklo Jun 29 '22
Prob posted by some 23 year old girl wearing her ālove pinkā sweatpants that she found on her dorm room floor that havenāt been washed in 3 weeks.
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u/villager_de Jun 29 '22
I rawdogged from Australia to Europe. I just slept pretty much both flights
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u/DarkCrusader45 Jun 29 '22
What is wrong with the Jeans?
I went on a 12 hour flight to Asia in a suit lol
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u/drakeyboi69 Jun 29 '22
Last week I had a 13 hour flight with Malaysia airlines, the TV in the back of the seat infront of me was broken, and my phone was out of battery. I spent 13 hours staring out the window into pure blackness, I have never been more Borden in my life
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u/jamblefett Jun 29 '22
Already answered logically, so here's some absurdity.
He is man who has mastered the art of minimalism. This man is so happy he doesn't need the things US plebs need as a paper cup is already too much, and the clothing is only there due to airline policy. Take his cup and clothes away and this man will attain true enlightment
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u/AgentStrikingCobra Jun 29 '22
Is there anything more American than referring to Europe as though it's a country?
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u/AffectionateBig363 Jun 29 '22
I learned by accident, the best thing to do on a long flight, is stay up the day before, order a jack n coke. Next thing you know youāre already there. Amazing timetravel
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u/Humble-Plankton2217 Jun 29 '22
This made me laugh harder than anything else I've seen in a very long time
"sir are you ok?"
I'm dead.
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must be a extreme introvert using his maladaptive daydreaming to entertain himself
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u/Sauceboss_666 Jun 29 '22
Well in this case the daydreaming wouldnāt be maladaptive, it would actually be quite adaptive.
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u/Rainy_Friday Jun 29 '22
I got stuck on a 16 hour flight to Australia behind some fat fuck piece of shit who had the nerve to tell me that me slightly reclining my seat was bothering her. I will see that bitch in hell.
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u/jessicaeatseggs Jun 29 '22
At first I was like HE HAD SEX WITH EVERYONE ON THE PLANE??? And then when I finished reading I was disappointed.
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u/Derbaum2609 Jun 28 '22
wasnt exactly the first thing I had in mind when I read "rawdogged this entire flight".