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I failed to die in a plane crash
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Actually I'm just catching a flight back to Malaysia on AirAsia X. The X stands for Xtreeeeme low budget airline, and I've never actually flown on a long international flight on a budget airline before. So far I've had to pay for a seat, baggage allowance, food. I forgot to check if there's any in-flight entertainment at all.
Okay...
Apparently not. Oh god, does anyone have a suggestion of what to do with myself for eight hours? Rack up a ridiculous alcohol bill? Make puppets out of airsick bags? Punch annoying children in the face? And what's the worst experience you've had on an airline, budget or otherwise?
Okay...
Apparently not. Oh god, does anyone have a suggestion of what to do with myself for eight hours? Rack up a ridiculous alcohol bill? Make puppets out of airsick bags? Punch annoying children in the face? And what's the worst experience you've had on an airline, budget or otherwise?
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what, do they launch the planes on elastic or something
not sleeping Q_Q
It's a snail!!!
now I'm imagining you boarding the plane in the style of Batman a la Dark Knight
yea it looks just like this
AWESOME.
Well, turns out it was just for the first leg of the flight. Which was the 40 minute flight to London.
Talk about a cocktease :?
Bel, I long to be your secret lover
mwah safe flight
I recently took at 14 hour flight and it has the effect of making it go much quicker.
The Penny-Arcade podcasts worked especially well, though I mostly listened to the GFW Radio podcasts (97.5 The Brodeo)
Every hour get up and walk the length of the plane as far forward as you are allowed all the way to the tail. Then go to the toilet, go in, go if you need to but touch your toes five times at least. This helps stretch your leg muscles.
The repetition and routine also increases the time lapse effect, or time dilation or whatver the phrase is where time moves quicker.
Drink lots of fluid too.
The best option is obviously not sleep at all until the flight and collapse completely the moment you sit down.
But some people are super afraid to do that in case of emergency/crash or whatever.
In reality I'd probably be the guy squeezing his eyes shut and hugging himself in the back row.
or buses or anything,
it's too uncomfortable
I was asleep before we even taxied to the runway once.
Before early football games, I would nap while stretching.
I have slept standing up.
when I was flying home from PAX
my plane sat on the tarmac in New York for 3 hours
then 5 hours to LA
then 16 hours to Brisbane
I mostly listened to audiobooks, read World War Z, slept a little, got drunk twice...
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
It's a pretty useful skill to have, I used to sleep on top of elevators
you sleepers will never understand how jealous us insomniacs are of you
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
on top of elevators? this sounds awesome. do tell
and pipe, I usually don't sleep at night and have all sorts of problems. i know how it is. my body does not want me to be conscious when others are
Seriously. I don't think I've ever gotten to sleep in less than half an hour, and that was the result of some pretty intense exhaustion.
I'd settle for a cure for insomnia, but I really wish somebody would go ahead and cure sleep already.