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Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Left: Airplane wing Middle: Man looking out an airplane window under caption reading: "Pilot exposes ungrateful passenger after emergency" Right: Same man looking shocked

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“Normalize pilots being gossips”: Pilot makes emergency stop for passenger, then roasts her in shady play-by-play

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

Susan LaMarca

Airplane pilot in uniform speaking into the camera

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Pilot explains what those mysterious double dings on planes actually mean

Passengers on an airplane lifting their hands in the air doing plane yoga

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“Definitely a Spirit thing”: People are doing plane yoga now—and yes, there’s a catch

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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Travelers are stuck in 130-degree heat on airplane with no air conditioning. The flight attendant tells them to “meditate”

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“This is up there with that girl singing on the flight”: Couple’s elaborate pregnancy announcement on flight goes viral. Viewers have mixed feelings about it

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

2 panel image. Blurred photo of closed off seats and caption that reads: "When they say only 110 passengers can board and you get on the plane and see this" on left. Plane in air on right.

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“What does INOP mean”: Passenger boards Vueling flight. Then they see the plane’s seats cordoned off

Eilish O’Sullivan is the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

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“Without realising, they said their final goodbyes”: Couple makes video from airport, right before getting on doomed Air India plane

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

3 panel image of a person explaining and the American Airline logo on an airplane.

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“Not netflix swooping in to save the day”: American Airlines passenger accidentally leaves iPad on plane. He gets Netflix involved when the employee responds like this

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

3 panel image of a flight attendant, a woman explaining why you shouldn't switch seats on a plane, and a credit card

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You should never switch seats on a plane, flight attendant warns

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Airplane in the sky, and spoon full of jello

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‘Makes turbulence 100x more enjoyable’: Plane passenger experiences turbulence. Then they remember the ‘jello theory’

2 image split. Woman with overlayed text that reads: "Why is skiplagging so much cheaper?" on left. American Airlines airplane on right.

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‘How is that legal?’: Woman tries to ‘skiplag’ her trip after seeing how expensive flights are

Rebecca Leib

A tweet over Southwest airplanes on the airport runway. Text reads, "That was a nasty move for Southwest Airlines. They even could have dropped the free bag allowance down to 1 . But snatching both free checked bags is just greed."

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