I’ll never forget the first time I heard someone earnestly explain one of those perpetual motion theories to me. My boss on my first real job was a construction superintendent who would write for one of those nonsense science websites that’s a mix of the NY Post and infowars.

All it takes is one time getting stranded in an airport for 48 hours and you’ll never fly without travel size shampoo and a change of clothes in your backpack again! I’m a pretty chill traveler, but I can roll with the punches so much better when I’m clean and comfortable. 

Yep, one full change of clothes is a must, and in my personal item rather than my carry-on suitcase. I generally don’t check luggage anyway, but often my carry on will get gate-checked. If that happens and they send your suitcase all the way through to your final destination, it is smart to have these essentials in…

God, can’t wait for the perpetual motion videos about this on youtube...

But, but... how am I supposed to know what a pen or pack of gum is without a giant stock image to go with it?

i can’t recommend noise-cancelling earpods or headphones enough. I had the new airpods pro with me and a crying baby right in front of me. I could drown it and the constant plane drone sound out so well, I was in my own cocoon of coziness the whole flight. They are worth the price just for this use alone.

On behalf of all Kinja, let me thank you for not putting this in a slideshow or a video.

People playing chicken with a train is not a tragedy, it’s people paying the price for stupidity. This might be the dumbest of the oh so many dumb takes here.

It’s not the engine that stalls it is the wings, when the angle of attack (attitude of the wings in relationship to the ground) is too high the wings stop generating lift and the plane falls like a rock.

I’m going to be that guy and point out that pulling the nose up too fast won’t cause the engine to stall, it will cause the aircraft to stall (i.e., lose lift).

I think we can chalk his success up to “having a cool head in a high-pressure situation,” which is a cousin of common sense ... and also, not very common.

Not taking anything away from this guy AT ALL, but it says a lot about our current society when a guy saves himself by using (in his own words) "common sense."

Yeah, I was thinking, I went to Dallas from Pittsburgh R/T for around $200 in August on Southwest, and they don’t charge you for your first two bags, so between that and a carry on and a personal item, how much luggage do you need? (I was there for a week and took 1 roller bag and a duffel bag). Years ago, I drove to…

If I were to do that, my lawn would be so overgrown that I would need professional services to get it back under control, which would likely be even more destructive to the biome that would grow in the lawn for a singular month. This is not good advice for most people without moderate to heavy duty riding mowers at…

I always find comments like this fucking hilarious. You can literally fly across the country for $100 with some advance planning and a willingness to be treated like self-loading cargo. WTF do you want? It’s been a race to the bottom for service because people want to fly as cheaply as possible. And if you AREN’T…

...and if you don’t like it, go buy a Greyhound/Megabus ticket. 

That bus driver dash cam probably ought to be shown to students to emphasize why you need to look before crossing the street in front of the bus, even when the bus lights are flashing.

I’m also vaccinated and boosted. I don’t give a flying fuck what other people do.

“332,000,000 of us are basically now on our own.”

You assess your risk, I’ll assess mine.