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Humans have conquered land, sea, and air; we know how to build high-speed rails that run through mountains, giant cruise ships capable of housing thousands of guests, and long-range airliners that can take us around the world with just a few stops. Heck, we're even developing space tourism.

But while we continue to evolve our transportation, we ourselves — the travelers — remain largely the same, rotten just like our cavemen ancestors. And nothing captures our dirtiness better than the online project Passenger Shaming. Spanning across different social media platforms, it posts content that goes way beyond crying children. We're talking filthy toes, obscene minds, and so. much. more.

Continue scrolling to check it all out, and fire up Bored Panda's earlier publication on Passenger Shaming for more cultural decline.

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    The curator of the account, Shawn, is a former flight attendant of seven years who has also worked as a police officer and a paramedic. She told Vox Passenger Shaming receives around 300 submissions a week.

    "One thing that I find really interesting is that all of the content I used to get was from crew members," she said. "Now 99 percent are from passengers because they don't want to sit next to these people. They're like, 'I'm calling these people out for this bulls**t behavior.'"

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    Tassenküchlein168
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love only on one side. I’d never accept my man to stand so I can sleep.

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    Shawn said a lot of the content is foot-related, arguments, people eating things like hard-boiled eggs or tuna, and clipping their nails. Changing dirty diapers is also a common theme.

    She attributes the surge in this type of behavior to the fact that people have been cooped up and want to get out. "Maybe they go to the airport and there are delays and things take longer because now they have to go through all these different processes and wear masks. It was a s**tshow before, and now add everything else on top of it."

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    Nothing to see here: Just a passenger hand feeding her cat in a seat while it watches TV. On a plane.

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    Got a real kick out of this one.

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    Tash
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would poke it with something sharp.

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    "I am friends with a lot of flight attendants and pilots, and a lot of them were furloughed for 8 or 12 months and are just going back and dealing with this," Shawn said.

    "When I was a flight attendant, 99 percent of the people I ran into were awesome. This is just a really small percentage of people that we highlight, but I always like to make sure people know I’m not some angry, horrible person running around hating everybody."

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    Tassenküchlein168
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go! (Where are you allowed to bring scissors on a plane?)

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    The Penguin Bandit
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like the cooler-toting guy was being utterly shellfish 🦐

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    Even though there's a constant stream of pictures and videos flowing to Passenger Shaming, Shawn doesn't post everything.

    "I never shame anybody based on weight, their appearance, anything of that nature. It's behaviors only, which I think is a reason why it's really successful."

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    Fat Harry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you even get that onto the flight?!

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    That middle seat sewing sesh, though!

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    A lot of Passenger Shaming's posts are also based on news stories.

    "I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything wrong, per se. Things may have developed in addition, so I’ll go back and edit a post with new information," Shawn said. "But I do try to vet things that people send in."

    If Shawn finds out there's something completely off base or incorrect, she just removes it or does a follow-up.

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    I I
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    threw up in my mouth a little , fck me thats BURGHHHH

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    *DING* Can I get some peanuts in 11A, please?

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    YinzerGhost
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We got some motherf**kin monkeys on this motherf**kin plane!

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    KJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure all the other passengers appreciate the footy whiff.

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    "[One time in 2021], I had somebody send me a picture — you will not see it on my Instagram because Instagram pulled it down, which is so annoying. It was just a guy laying on the floor sleeping in the gate, and he had his hand under his belt."

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    "Multiple people sent it to me. So I would ask, 'Oh, did you take this picture?' One person would be like, 'Yep,' and another person’s like, 'Yeah this is such and such airport,' and I'm like, 'Actually, no, it's in Atlanta, because the person who sent it to me originally gave me all the information.' He had posted it in a pilot and crew forum."

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    Serial pacifist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need to blur the text on the hat. We all know what it says: Covidiot + red hat + white letters = trumpster

    Scagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MAGA hat man. With every mile he flies away from the U.S. he is unknowingly making America greater.

    Scipio Africanus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like anyone whose going to wear that in public is already an idiot

    Walking On Sunshine
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone run on over to YouTube and watch the video of this guy. He is truly mentally ill. He screams and tries to attack the pilots and continues to say, "Joe Biden??? really? "Over and over. If you're not from the United States, Google it and you'll know what kind of trash the Trump Trash really are.

    SBW71
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    3 years ago

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    No different than brain washed liberals like your self

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    SlartyBlartFast
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kill it, kill it with covid!

    grafxgal60073
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he's probably the kind that would say "I am wearing my mask."

    Ozymandias73
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. And they {Red hats} call everyone else stupid. Pfft

    Kimi Tomminello
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's his theory exactly 🙄 he doesn't need any encouragement

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    Steve Fischer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time to turn the plane around and have the cops ready

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    I hope he's in an intensive care ward now.

    Eric r
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a horrible thing to say. It really speaks about the kind of person you are

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    Andre Blue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope his eyes melt in his concentrated Buffalo Wild Wings Monster Energy Drink breath.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good idea, IF YOU HAVE ONE OVER YOUR MOUTH/NOSE TOO! Dude...

    David Redman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be listening to an absurd rambling by his little god.

    Michelle Thomas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's awesome to read all the posts here, all of you sound like 4th graders insulting people you don't even know. That's why this whole world sucks today. Bunch of rude, think you're better than the next when all of you are just riding a jack ass instead of a horse. No one is better than anyone on here. I don't care which side you voted for, all of you are selfish, childish and disrespectful humans. I'm so sick of all of this bashing, don't matter who is president, all of you are what makes America suck. None of you have the right to judge anyone. Best take a look in a mirror before you go throwing stones at people you don't know. God help us all.

    Carrie Spence
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than putting that germ riddled muzzle on his face! As if a face mask protects you from a made up virus anyway

    Loraine MacGinness
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am wondering WHAT grey matter is inside his skull !!

    backatya
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    put trumpster in the dumpster

    Johanne Trudeau
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhh buddy!!! That's now how a mask works... dumba$$!!!!

    Mama Penguin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a sudden urge to spray this jackass with Lysol.

    LSR
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone please bring a pillow, shove it over his face and go "shhh....shhhhh...let go, let goooo, shhhhhhh....."

    Mya Lugar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's wearing a mask. I wish I could say he's wearing my foot.

    GeeGee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some are still being triggered. Sheeple

    JustGiveMeSomeTruth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Biden asks you you also wear a mask tight around your nuts so the one worlders have gullible by the balls

    Jane Hower
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he's a Trumpster, then I think he's GREAT!!!

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    Let's Go Brandon

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    3 years ago

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    Given masks do not stop the spread of covid, even CNN guest doctor admitted to it. Its as good of use as any

    K Witmer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not true and you know it. It does help stop the spread when everyone does it the right way. It's selfish idiots that have Covid that spread it to others by not wearing a mask. Next time you have an operation tell your surgeon to not wear a mask. Please tell them it doesn't work I dare you.

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    A more useful use of a mask.

    Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, you antivaxxers make it really easy to call out you sheery stupidity now. Bored Panda really needs to give us a way to block idiots like this.

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    Roxy Eastland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, this is one of the few that actually does require shaming

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    Fxnglhl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what in the ever expanding universe is this???

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    Kevin Camp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you ever just stop and think that a large portion of humanity just needs to be beaten with a bat?

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    Of course, we can't know for sure if everything that appears on the account is 100% legit but that's not really the point of it.

    "What I like to say is, we could 'what if' every single thing that I put on there, but it ruins the whole concept," Shawn said. "I'm not going to intentionally post anything that would be harmful or embarrassing to somebody with a condition or an issue. I don't post if it's clearly a mental health issue."

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    Serial pacifist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another trumpster. It is only logical, an aSs should be covered with panties.

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    "I just like to use these as teachable moments. It's not just about shaming people, it's saying, 'Hey, there's this lady who's painting their nails on an airplane and it's an enclosed cabin with recirculated air' and people will respond to me via email or DM and say, 'Oh my God, that never crossed my mind to not do that.'"

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    Roxy Eastland
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    Why do you care? They haven't taken your trousers off

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    Passenger Shaming has over 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone, but Shawn wants to take the project even further.

    "Ideally I would love to partner with a really large travel-related brand, like the Travel Channel or Expedia, who could help curate and build the brand," she said. "I would really like to use the platform to educate the general public about airlines. Your flight crew absolutely wants you to be happy and have a nice, comfortable, pleasant flight, because they don’t want to be stuck on an airplane with 200 people that are pissed off. There’s no gain in that for them."

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    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tip a sticky drink all over the hair.

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    Tobias Rieper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if i remember correctly the plane was delayed taking off so she went for a walk on the wing

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    Aussie Atheist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a plane fort going on, nothing to see here

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    The woman also added that if you're getting ready to travel (especially now), lead with grace and a lot of patience.

    "These are people who maybe haven't been working for the last year. They might be understaffed. Just imagine what these crew members have to deal with all day. We're seeing the videos; these aren’t one-offs. Please be kind and patient, and that includes your fellow passengers. And then my big travel tip for right now would be: Give yourself double the amount of time you think it'll take."

    If only people in the pics would hear this...

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    ispeak catanese
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good to know we can bring the prison tattoo machine on board.

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    Nizumi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again - while this is odd - I don't see an actual problem here. If anything, she's keeping herself better contained than other attention seeking passengers.

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    Beck
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There should never be this many bare feet on a plane. The 1950's would be embarrassed.

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    Aussie Atheist
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    Better than your actual feet touching the carpet. Wait.....where yo shoes at?

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    Scout Finch
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow Bob, I know you told me planes scared the pants off of you, but I didn't think you were being literal!

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    Marianne
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I always use an antibacterial wet wipe on all the surfaces around my seat.

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    Crispy Toast
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No mask and WTF IS UP WITH PEOPLE AND THEIR FEET

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    Marianne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is super dangerous for the child. Great parents.

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    Damon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s wrong with this? She just wants to sleep and eat

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    PebbleBoy Gaming
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, when BP says your posting comments to quickly and to slow down, it really makes you question your life decisions

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    Susan Green
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you’re really unruly they do more than just duct tape you to your seat.

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    René Studer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I read somewhere that it’s this guys bachelor party and his friends printed the ticket like that as a joke.

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    TahJia Williams
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    definitely not in the middle of the aisle. if he needs comfort. hold him

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    Scagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The background has been photoshopped in. This is actually 20,000 feet above the ocean and that guy was getting his feet everywhere and draping his long hair over the seatback. So they made him fly the rest of the trip on the wing. True story. He made it by the way. Kept babbling on about 'his rights' and 'wanting to speak to the manager'.

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    Belinda Crum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These people have some of the nastiest feet ever

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put the armrest up with all of your strength. "Oops, sorry, but who expects that an idiot would put their foot there? "

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    Ara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Attention passengers ‘Is there a gynaecologist on board?’

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    TahJia Williams
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure if he didn't want her feet there they'd be gone. this is his girl

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    BusLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They must be flying to Petticoat Junction.

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    TahJia Williams
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hopefully people watch where they walkin. i wouldn't put his little legs in the middle of an aisle

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    Agnes Jekyll
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry--I don't even understand what he is doing

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    Scagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see a problem if it makes them feel safer.

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