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3 Panel: Left: Woman on the floor with a suitcase by her side. Middle: Woman standing upside down while wearing a red outfit with the shirt reading "psycho." Right: Woman in red outfit doing splits in an airport as a police officer escorts her.

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“We’re guilty for being ICONIC”: Two drunk OnlyFans models got arrested and pulled off a plane while doing splits

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

3 panel: Left and right: Former New York City mayor Eric Adams in a verbal confrontation with a female plane passenger on a jet way of a flight from NYC to Dallas. In the left image she is pointing at him while wearing a mask and a black backpack. In the right image he is close to her face speaking to her. Middle: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaking in a suit and tie. Tweet overlay from former NYC Mayor Eric Adams reads "Exactly."

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Viral Politics

“Go f**k yourself!”: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams snaps at woman after flight—then doubles down online

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Left: Woman sitting in an airplane wearing a neck pillow, text overlay reads, "When the 10+ hours in economy starts to feel like 10+ hours in economy." Right: Woman's legs up on the wall of an airplane, feet above a plane window, text overlay reads, "When the 10+ hours in economy starts to feel like 10+ hours in economy."

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“How are you not shy to do this?”: Pilates instructor demonstrates her long-haul flight “hack”

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“Barbaric and dehumanizing”: Wicked’s Marissa Bode speaks out about lack of accessible bathrooms on airplanes

Left: man sitting in an airplane seat, caption overlay reads, "Do we ask for a refund? I only recorded 20 seconds of a 45 minute torture." Right: Little Girl Sitting Next To Mother Screaming On Airplane.

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“Do we ask for a refund?”: Man films crying infant mid-flight and the internet drags him

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“A degradation in civility”: Travelers react to Sean Duffy’s suggestion to “dress a little better” on planes

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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Man sitting in an airplane seat with headphones on, a toddler visibly kicks him in the arm.

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“Be gentle, not absent”: Toddler keeps kicking plane seatmate while parent laughs. The internet has thoughts

Plane passenger pushing plane window cover down as child's hand reaches from the front and tries to push it up.

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“Bro, just let the kid enjoy the view!”: Passenger fights toddler for control of plane window shade as parent does nothing

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“We are being stripped of our identity”: Flight attendants say goodbye to Hawaiian Airlines after Alaska merger

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Shattered windshield of a United Airlines flight.

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Internet sleuths say a weather balloon—not space junk—hit the United Airlines flight

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“Bucket list experience”: Passenger shares footage from her flight on a Hello Kitty airplane

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“Be cool when you walk down”: Trump compliments the way Obama would “bop down the stairs” of Air Force One

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“Wasting their resources on these trivial issues”: British Airways reverses bizarre drink policy for its staff after outcry

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“How does this happen?”: Travelers discover they’re flying to Tunisa, Africa—not “to Nice,” France—after boarding the plane

3 panel: Chef making gnocchi from scratch on an airplane.

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“Raw toilet air gnocchi???”: Chef makes pasta from scratch on an airplane and people have a lot of thoughts

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