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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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Buren
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder why they didn't tape his face and mouth too

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K Witmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a flight attendant on a starter airline for 2 yrs. It was tough with people like him. Only twice did we have someone arrested. I was good at deescalation. It helped I could threaten though

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Anne Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and placed on the no fly list. Any and every time.

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Agnes Jekyll
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hope he got a massive fine, a court date and is banned from all flights for five years

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Walking On Sunshine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL this is the kid that was screaming, "my parents are worth $2 million!" So we know he's a Republican.

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TheFox
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is politics the only thing on your mind? If someone is a garbage human being, who cares what they claim to support...they're trash regardless.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His face is exactly how I always imagine that rapists look.

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Mindghost
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My fist would have been taped to his head without tape :)

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Id row
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at that punchable face. I really want to punch it.

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Heather Atwood
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Prime example of why alcohol shouldn't be served in airports or on airplanes!

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weewoo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why would someone do that to the flight attendant especialy when they r helping us on the plain during these hard times.

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grafxgal60073
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't this the same jacka*s that was yelling about how rich his parents were, they have ONE MILLION dollars (or something to that effect)?

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Celesta
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And at first the airline actually suspended the CREW for doing this, until the PR hit the fan.

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elfin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this is the case I read about, the attendants got into trouble over it. They should be able to plead self defense.

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Sharon Madsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should have been thrown off the plane.....able to land or not! ;-)

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backatya
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad they posted his pic so everyone will know what he looks like. He should be banned from flying in any airline

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backatya
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad they posted his pic so everyone can know who it is. They should ban him from flying

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Rich McCormick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

White, angry, piece of 'you-know-what' abusing his white privilege. I hope they ban him from flying on their airline until he goes and get's some counseling!

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So when you get to where you're going, arrest his a** for assault and lewd behaviour!!!

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He lookslike heshould be permanently glued to a seat far, far away from the rest of humanity.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red Green never imagined this use for duct tape, I'm sure.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't stop looking at those chairs, they look so thin, cheap, and uncomfortable.

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Mazer
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t test the crew, YOU WILL LOSE EVERY TIME

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phil blanque
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe airlines need some kind of airshoot You know, to get misbehaving people back to earth quicker, without having to land the plane. Like a laundry shoot. Poof....gone OK....OK...give them a helium balloon to soften the blow.

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Cassie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this the one who cried about it being posted online and how he was getting picked on for it?

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Courtney Lunsford
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would hope a decent gentleman would just punch him out.. see how he likes being groped when he's helpless!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember him. He was drunk and telling everyone his parents were wealthy. I am sure his parents weren't happy about paying his legal fees. The flight attendants were scolded by the airline for using duct tape.

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Pia kjærgaard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😳 If that was My Son & I found out he has been acting like THAT?????? Gosh🙈 What is it with People today!!! And I’m NOT THAT OLD,51👍

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Cassidy ChillRose
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like how it still looks like he's trying to talk to the guy to his left despite what he's just done. He acts like anybody would want to talk to him at all after that display.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy on the left is the flight attendant who is taping him to his seat.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why did he grope the male flight attendants thats gay as hell smh

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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.'"

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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"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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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."

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated 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."

"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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2 years ago DotsCreated 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

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2 years ago DotsCreated 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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2 years ago DotsCreated 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.'"

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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2 years ago DotsCreated 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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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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