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I pay attention to the flight attendants on every flight, even when I have the entire safety speech memorized after multiple flights. I figure they deserve to have at least one person listening and watching.

@ricopeacedarer

2 ай бұрын

I don't what planet you are on, in the US. Other then the first flight of the day, every flight is full. Simmon stop saying that lie. I did share it to my Facebook feed. Hopefully, someone else can count you lying about passenger flights not completely full. Aka: packet like sardines.

@diyeana

2 ай бұрын

@@ricopeacedarer I assume you meant to make this a main comment and not a reply? :)

@georgehh2574

2 ай бұрын

​​@@ricopeacedarer Holy shit calm down 🤣

You can always tell the scripts Daven writes. The combination of witty wordplay, sardonic jokes and nihilistic fatalism is just unmistakable lol

@TodayIFoundOut

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! :-) -Daven

@chouseification

2 ай бұрын

Now can they spend a few minutes before each filming reviewing the script with Simon and reminding him that we DO expect him to say people and place names CORRECTLY. No, steamrollering over them is NOT acceptable, as he's supposed to be passing on information; that only works if he can be bothered to say the names correctly. It's really rude how bad it is, to be blunt. Shockingly rude actually. This is no longer a joke... it's a real thing to correct. I actually avoid most videos where Simon is host, for that sole reason. Show some respect Simon... it's not that hard to practice saying a few names so you get it right when filming.

@joshmajor8662

2 ай бұрын

ANNDDDDDDDDD, he actually replies and assets questions/statements!! Thank you for that Daven 👍

@mementomori29231

2 ай бұрын

​@@chouseificationand yet here you are, commenting on his video. 😂

@rjgaynor8

2 ай бұрын

@@chouseification cry more baby.

My dad hated to fly, he preferred to drive everywhere. He said it was because every time he got on a plane, the government sent him to Vietnam. But the few times he did fly commercial it was always in the tail section. Mainly because that's where the smoking section was, but he also claimed it was the safest part of the plane. Another of his famous quips was "I've never seen a plane back into a goddamn mountain."

@unionmaster

2 ай бұрын

Well, that quote will live on with me for the rest of my life.😂

@jackoh991

Ай бұрын

Irony given smoking is way more dangerous

One of the core reasons for our stellar safety record is that the findings of FAA crash investigations are NEVER intended to assign personal blame for judgement calls made by the people involved. This ensures that there is full cooperation on all levels with the goal being a finely-targeted root-cause-analysis and elimination of the systemic failures that ultimately cause the accidents. Short of deliberate, malicious, or grossly negligent acts, individuals are seldom held personally responsible for incidents that occur. This is why you never see employees punished after a crash, no matter how much the public demands retribution.

@Maxtyur

2 ай бұрын

Incorrect as usaul.

@jojo-pk

2 ай бұрын

​@@Maxtyurhow is this incorrect?

@HappyBeezerStudios

2 ай бұрын

Not just the FAA but also the ICAO, the EASA, the CASA, the CAAC, the , the LBA, the DGAC, the YITA, the DGCA, the ENAC, the JCAB, the FAVT, the AESA, all the different CAA, and the over 100 other institutions for that job.

@Maxtyur

2 ай бұрын

@@HappyBeezerStudios What about the CGT JKL SAU CIS ETW DFG NMN VDF QST OPK RUR EED POL WQS BHT KSY YRT BBS ATY ?

I mean, requiring drivers to have even a quarter of the training commercial pilots are required to have would drastically reduce the number of fatalities from car accidents.

@danielcronin7512

2 ай бұрын

I mean, we'd have to start by requiring drivers to have ANY training

@sarahsander785

2 ай бұрын

Is there any data on the diffrence between car accidants and their death rates between say the US and Germany? We require training by professionals to get our licence's here. Or Japan, where you have to pass the test for your license every few years after reaching a certain age, to reduce the amount of people unfit to drvie a car in public.

@danielcronin7512

2 ай бұрын

@@sarahsander785 I’m pretty sure I’ve read that your statistics are much better. Not sure though

@chaseweeks2708

2 ай бұрын

@@sarahsander785 Germany: 3.7 per 100k people, 6.4 per 100k cars, 4.2 per 1B km driven 'Murica: 12.9 per 100k people, 16.1 per 100k cars, 8.3 per 1B km driven. This shows that 'Muricans drive a lot more than ze Germans, but that doesn't even come close to offsetting how much worse we are at driving. Oh, and Japan: 2.5, 3.5, 4.4 respectively. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

The writer for this episode gets my sense of humor.

@diewaarheid9431

2 ай бұрын

Loved it! But, I am confused... There are no Writer listed for this episode? Only Daven as the Editor? Did he write it? Or, is it a compilation of contributions from Simon's deep and talented pool of writers? I am assuming Samuel edited the video. And ol' Fact Boy, is not Writer Boi... (Although I would not put it past the magnificently bearded bastard.)

@TodayIFoundOut

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! See the subtitles for more quips. :-) -Daven

@diewaarheid9431

2 ай бұрын

@@TodayIFoundOut Thanks! Maybe I should click around a tad more... Still smiling.

@mikeygallos5000

2 ай бұрын

​@@TodayIFoundOut Davenport, are you in the basement too? I didn't know Simon kept Channel owners down there also.

@VagrantFox

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, dude went hard

This is the script of the year. Period.

That was an absolutely fabulous script and reading! Bravo to both Daven and Simon in writing and performing this one, for embracing and exposing the cynicism, paranoia, and counterintuitive realities of travel, and various myths about aviation. For some subjects, you just have to cut loose and enjoy the dark side of the ride :) FWIW: According to my grandfather, the safest place to sit in a plane crash is on the floor of the main cabin, sitting backwards with your back and head snug up against a main compartment wall, arms covering your face. That way the plane crashes around you, so to speak, and there is nowhere for you to get thrown against. It's hard to argue with his real-world advice, given that he survived as the bottom gunner in 3 large combat planes going down in WW2 over a period of a couple years, a job that usually had a life-expectancy of just a few weeks.

@nonow1353

2 ай бұрын

wait, he was shot down three times? They probably should have let him fly....and he wasn't injured enough any time to be discharged ...I would dare say he must be the authority on this subject

@catherinesanchez1185

2 ай бұрын

Well , there’s a reason flight attendants fly facing backwards . It’s imperative that they survive so they can assist passengers. This was actually considered but they knew paying passengers wouldn’t want to sit backwards .

Whoever wrote that script needs a raise!!! That was next level salt.

@Maxtyur

2 ай бұрын

No no no don't use the word salt in that context it's smacks of desperation to be cool, come on be better.

@baalzeebub4230

2 ай бұрын

@@Maxtyur (cries a salty tear)

@Maxtyur

2 ай бұрын

@@baalzeebub4230 be better my boy you're obsessed with salt .

@baalzeebub4230

2 ай бұрын

@@Maxtyur well, I work in a plastic factory and sweat like the dickens all summer, so, yeah, I’m focused on salt.

planes are so safe that you are more likely to expire in a plane that doesnt crash than you are to expire from a plane that does

@bentee159

2 ай бұрын

Depending on how old you are.

@spamuel98

2 ай бұрын

They're so safe you're more likely to find someone who committed suicide in the bathroom.

@JesseJoyce-cj2xg

2 ай бұрын

Yes, though to be fair the mortality rate does spike rather dramatically on the plane crash end of the graph.

@idontcare-ct7jm

2 ай бұрын

Statistics don't matter. All it takes is *one* guy being an idiot

@peterolbrisch8970

2 ай бұрын

Where did you get that information? Please cite your sources.

Some of the best writing I’ve seen in the hundreds of Mr Whistler and Co. videos I’ve watched. Hats off.

10:48 Wow, that got... dark. Like, Into the Shadows dark. Did Simon forget which channel he was recording for again?

@kyliecunnington7711

2 ай бұрын

As someone with depression this is definitely a thought process I have. Simon might have depression, or be joking. But depression is a possibility because I know that way to well with myself.

@TodayIFoundOut

2 ай бұрын

You'll find many more such in the subtitles. We think we're funny anyway... ;-) -Daven

@Abby_Liu

2 ай бұрын

​@@kyliecunnington7711he doesn't write his own scripts. on another channel he said the past few years are the happiest of his life so far or something.

@MountainCry

2 ай бұрын

That part was so wonderfully written and my middle-aged sense of humor greatly appreciates it.

@JimAllen-Persona

2 ай бұрын

I still find it kind of humorous that a bald, bearded “egghead” would be able to make a career out of presenting content for a lot of different content creators. Not bashing him at all; in fact I’m kind of envious. Go Simon !!!! Carl isn’t quite the same… whereas Simon comes off as a bit on the pseudo-intellectual snarky side with a wry sense of humor… Carl comes off a bit on the childish/buffoonish side IMHO. He needs to find his niche.

As someone who grew up in the 1980s and vividly remembers hundreds of people dying in plane crashes every year on the regular, the safety record of the last few decades of airplane travel is one of the few things giving me hope for humanity learning from its mistakes.

@SEAZNDragon

2 ай бұрын

Boeing had entered the chat. And not in a good way.

@rwm1980

2 ай бұрын

There is still alot of deaths in smaller planes

"Nothing matters, were all going to die anyway." He has a good way of putting everything in perspective.

Sitting next to the nun with the guitar and the kid going for a transplant. They always get off safely.

Thank you Simon for covering this. As someone who used to fly a LOT for work (135+ flights/year) and who has been in 1 plane and a "few" helo crashes I have to agree-flight is safe as hell. Pilots want to live :-) and are awesome when things go South...

Daven Hiskey absolutely KILLED IT writing this episode! 😂😂😂

This is rather unhinged and dark in places. Loving it. 😂

@TodayIFoundOut

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad the jokes... landed. 😋 (I'll see myself out 😋) -Daven

@VladR1024

2 ай бұрын

@@TodayIFoundOutAbsolutely incredible writing ! I'm sure if you grabbed 1,000 random people off the street, at least 995 would be enjoying this one! I was almost crying, that's how good this was !!! I will be using quotes from this episode till the day I die ! THANK YOU!!!

@kgf0

2 ай бұрын

@@TodayIFoundOut Also love the buried Grabthar reference in the captions

This is my favorite Simon episode EVER, across ALL his channels😂👏👏👏👏well done

Flight attendant here 👋 Feel free to ask me a question 😉 Don't be weird, please 😄

I honestly never thought that someone talking about plane crashes could be funny but Simon and the writer managed to make me genuinely laugh about such a serious topic and that's doubly so for me as I'm not the most confident flyer.

@adriannaconnor6471

2 ай бұрын

It may sound counterintuitive, but try watching KZread videos on Mentour Pilot's channel about airplane accidents. He is a pilot who trains other pilots, and through listening to him talk about how each accident was prevented from ever happening again, you may gain an appreciation of how safe flying actually is.

The level of sharp dark snarkiness in this video is just.... perfect! ^_^ Bravo, bravo!!! 🥰

I used to not be afraid of flying, but Simon's colorful descriptions of plane crashes is the stuff nightmares are made of 😂😂. Not really, I love flying!

0:00 Intro 1:35 How Bonkersly Safe Commercial Passenger Aviation Has Become 10:25 Safest Seat on the Plane 24:20 Other Ways to Maximize Odds to Survive a Plane Crash 29:40 Bonus Facts: How the Engines Provide the Oxygen You’re Breathing 31:23 First Ever Person Killed in a Plane Crash 32:40 Human Sardines 36:32 90 Seconds 39:03 Eternal Sleep

@Paddyevans

2 ай бұрын

11:00 Daven takes the script on a hard left turn into nihilism of the blackest type

Simon, great video. Why do I say that? I'm a pilot and I knew everything you said but your writers did a GREAT JOB! on their research. What you said except for 1 thing is 100% correct. People will pay attention to you. For that, I thank you. Please keep up the great work. Hey, can we get a little more on Decoding Unknown? Just kidding, your the best and please, please keep it up and keep this writer. You take care of yourself my friend. I'm sure we'll talk some time soon. Love all the channels and you're doing great!

@ColtraneAndRain

2 ай бұрын

What was the one thing you didn't agree with? 😳

@munkyzunkle1781

2 ай бұрын

@CCNeutson What was the one thing? Please respond because my brain is going to ask me what it was, every few seconds at least, until I know the answer(despite the fact that it knows that I don't know... I hope). Thanks in advance and have a great day!!! Peace.

@astilealavatica1404

2 ай бұрын

That people don't listen to Simon

Love a good Daven script read by Simon All the little dark moments and wordplay

I'm flying to Italy in June, just booked the holiday this morning, so this video came out at a very specific moment for me lmao

This was probably the BEST video from Simon that I've watched. Loved the humor!!

Hysterical and informative. Props to the TIFO team. Great script Daven

The Segway of the safest seat 😂😂😂😂 that was a brilliant twist!

Even though most people do survive plane crashes, it’s important to note that bad plane crashes are tip-the-scales bad. Obviously if your plane flies straight into a mountain you’re as a good as toast, but such crashes are extremely rare. Most plane crashes occur in a relatively controlled manner and at relatively low speed. Take United 232 for example, a DC-10 that crashed at Sioux City airport by cartwheeling in a fiery inferno down the runway, yet more than 62% of the occupants survived, though most were severely injured. It’s important to note that most of the survivors only made it BECAUSE the crash was on airport grounds and emergency responders were already prepared waiting by the runway.

I love it. This is perhaps one of the darkest 'Today I Found Out' episodes, and .... nice. Don't usually leave comments for Simon, but damn, dude... big ups to the writer!

Always figured sitting near the wing root would be the best as that's where it's the structuraly strongest.

I think this may be your finest episode yet! Excellent writing, Daven, and excellent reading, Simon!

that monologue about going out slow or quick at 10:25 is Brillant... good writing.

Thank you for reading out the chapter headings... greatly appreciated from a listener rather than a viewer :D

I always asked for a seat in the last row next to a emergency door. I had broken my back and sitting for a long time made it hurt and the stewards use to let me get up and stand in the galley with them for a while. On a flight from Las Vegas to Newark I actually just sat in my seat at take off and landing while the rest of the time I stood in the galley chatting with a girl I went to school with who was a steward on the flight. I doubt I could do this today.

0:28 Wow! I'm guessing somebody didn't ask the steward if it was ok to film her. That look, if looks could kill :P

You're more likely to die on the way to the airport than die in a plane crash.

@peterolbrisch8970

2 ай бұрын

If so many people died driving to the airport, the airlines would be out of business. Ok, so you might have a car crash, but in comparison, you're much more likely to survive a car crash than a plane crash. Think about that fall from 30000 feet. You're shitting little green apples 🍏 all the way down and everybody is screaming.

@Marcus_Aurelius42

2 ай бұрын

@@peterolbrisch8970of the vanishingly small number of commercial airplanes that crash, a smaller number still happen in anything like the manner you describe. Planes can get down safely even with one engine totally incapacitated. Most planes that crash do so on landing or shortly after takeoff. No screaming to the ground to speak of

@peterolbrisch8970

2 ай бұрын

@@Marcus_Aurelius42 I just watched season 4, episode 27 of worst plane crashes. Listen here Mr. Airline Executive, I'm old enough to remember when a plane crash was a truly rare event, and there were no shows called world's deadliest plane crashes.

@Greyhuskey1940

2 ай бұрын

all well and good though but my mom will never be convinced as she grew up in rural Alaska where only transport are slightly beefed up Cessna's and the turbulence in those was astounding....granted I don't like flights to anchorage due to turbulence...in fact once the plane dipped and it seriously felt like we fell for a split second though the plane was also lighter as not many passenger's so that's a factor as well granted I'm more worried about turbulence with a beverage and ending up spilling all over myself or some random incontinence than actually plummeting from the sky...I'm the one actually comforting my mom when she gets anxious in that case though I still love flying i always get anxious because my mom gets anxious...

@peterolbrisch8970

2 ай бұрын

@@Greyhuskey1940 People who fly are always telling themselves how much safer flying is compared to driving, yet every airport has a parking lot.

Simon always finds a way to make me feel all warm and safe. Thanks man.....

Bravo, Daven, bravo. I laughed through this more than most comedy specials

I just love the nihilistic and sarcastic approach of this video!😂

6:58 Ride til I die, Simon 😎 xoxo, -20year EMT/cabbie/rideshare workin the mean Chicago streets ❤️🛵🏍️❤

@vucub_caquix

2 ай бұрын

cars lie to us, motorcycles tell us the truth

What I think is the most interesting that you did not mention is how to survive a water crash landing. Excluding the Sullys of water crashes that had near-perfect conditions. For every passenger who does not wait until getting out of the plane to inflate their life vest, the chances of you surviving by waiting to inflate your life vest increases. This is because in a water crash, as water enters the plane, those kind enough to inflate their life vest in the plane float into shrinking air pockets, most likely on the ceiling of the sinking airplane, making it nearly impossible for them to get to an exit. This often creates a clear path with fewer obstacles (people) to any open hole in the fuselage while allowing you to sample from the air pockets along the way of those losers stuck there. Additionally, because water acts like concrete at even the slowest speed the plane hits the water, an exit will likely be easy to find. This adds an even more cruel death as those on the ceiling with the inflated life vest as they can see or sense where the nearest exit is but have no way of getting there as they drown.

There's a reason they put the 'black box' in the rear of the aircraft. They say an aircraft has never backed into a mountain. So the experts believe that the safest spot for flight data recorders... I imagine unless you are a flight data recorder it won't much matter.

@JimAllen-Persona

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Personally, I think your chances are better in the rear of the aircraft just for the reason you said. You’re not going to survive a flight into terrain but you may have a better chance in the event of a landing incursion.. not the entire plane goes off the end of the runway into the bay.

@duanesamuelson2256

2 ай бұрын

I do find it funny that the "black box" is really a florescent orange box

The writing on this episode is amazing 😂

Loved this video, especially the inclusion about going to sleep and never waking up again. I'm absolutely here for the dark humor.

A 40 minute exurb1a episode about flying. Thanks Daven.

30:10 "Engineers are just the best aren't they" Thanks a lot, this made me smile 😁

Masterful delivery, Simon.

There is a solid economic reason for why safety is far, far more highly prioritized in commercial aviation than in any other industry. (Except nuclear power, perhaps) That reason is that people are illogically horrified/ terrified of the absurdly unlikely yet catostrophic, almost universally fatal nature of plane crashes. The government, airlines, and the economy as a whole have a vested interest in reassuring customers (so they will be willing to fly) even if it costs an incredible amount - such a perception of safety is an exestential necessity for the industry... and thus such a level of investment safety is justified.

Simon is such a legend. Nobody else could use witty sarcasm so many times about death while still being funny each time.

Love the humor in this one!!

I’m vibing super hard with this author 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 chefs kiss 💋

The best seat is business class. In this seat you actually have the wish to survive.

in aeroe school I listened to a research paper presentation on crash test dummies. The take away to the best of my recall is that automotive ctds aren't designed to study impacts with a high downward velocity. That was a while back so I wonder if the more recent experiment had ctds designed for aircraft use?

Excellent video!!! Informative and at the same time very entertaining and funny.

Simon had a little too much fun with this one! Dark but good.

When you're much more likely to die on the way to the airport, no matter how you get there, except by an airliner ... you shouldn't worry .... until you land ...

This video gave me existential dread for reasons completely unrelated to the topic at hand. Thanks for the adrenaline kick!

Joke's on you, I wish for eternal sleep

@lisakaz35

2 ай бұрын

I wish for reincarnation into something better.

Last year I took a flight and it was leased from Czech airlines. All the emergency information was primarily in Czech. All I could think about was Simon’s tennis lessons

Haha, I love the dirt bike commercial that popped up as Simon described the enormous threat to life that motorcycles are 😂

This is why you should always drive defensively and never allow distractions. Driving defensively simply means one thing: always assume every other driver is just about to do something dangerous/illegal. That way you are never surprised and always prepared to take evasive actions. Avoiding distractions means not letting anyone shout or argue with the driver. Following these 2 rules I haven’t been involved in a single car accident in more than a decade and I have never had any accident in 30 years that was bad enough to require an insurance claim.

Right on time, I and my wife will have a vacation next 2 weeks, I'm sure this will help alot, thanks

I've been touting the incredible record of safety achieved by the American large passenger airlines this century. In some ways we can thank all of those who have died in aviation related crashes because every crash produces a leap forward in safety progress (remember the first commercial jet the Comet? A couple hundred people died in several Comet crashes because the engineers had not figured out that certain forces will rip a plane apart if they are not properly countered).

I saw a renacted plane from several years ago. The attendants were telling the passengers to pull their jewelry and shoes off. No one is going to make me pull my shoes off. I've seen others were survivors say they jumped from openings after the crash, some jumped in fire and ran. You couldn't do that without shoes. The survivors said that lace up shoes were better than slip-ons or sandals.

When I was in the RAF in the 80s, I once travelled on one of our Tristars from Cyprus to Scotland, the seats were facing backwards, a welcome change to 51/2 hours on a Hercules.

Brilliant writing here. Simply top notch.

Slightly unhinged Simon is the best Simon!

This script must have been a nightmare to compose, but it really is coherent and well defined. Good Job Daven!!

@FlyWithFitz81

2 ай бұрын

And my guess Daven has a PPL.

The tail of a plane is statistically most likely to survive a crash. That’s why the ELT (emergency locator transmitter) is put there. Fun fact: Flight crews sometimes refer to seat 2B as the Shakespeare seat.

This is hilarious. The flight attendant walking backwards with the cart at 30 seconds ... is definitely giving me the stink eye.

The safest place to sit is in the rear, by the tail section. You never hear about a plane backing into a mountain or the ground.

How’d he know I was in bed falling asleep 🤔

By Grab'thar's hammer, everyone should read the CC of this episode!

@soeloasis1900

2 ай бұрын

Took me far too long to see that anyone else noticed the absolutely unhinged closed captions. They were incredible!

Thought it would be funny to show this to my wife who is terrified of flying. Now, we have to drive to Canada.

There's nothing like fear of liability to incentivize airlines to prioritize safety. The amount of training required for an American commercial pilot is staggering. Add to that the amount of automation involved and the high degree of maintenance that commercial airplanes undergo. It's a miracle that anyone flying a U.S. commercial airliner ever dies anymore at all. Compared to the minimal training needed to get a driver's license, it's literally laughable how safe planes are compared to cars. I exclude private planes from this discussion because those are likely way, WAY more dangerous than driving. EDIT: The last part of this video, about the risk of dying in one's sleep compared to in an airplane crash, is just the thing I need to see at 8:30 PM before going to bed around 10:00. Thanks a lot, Simon.

For the 90 second tests, one way to motivate the test passengers is money -- specifically, tiers of payment incentives for the order in which you exit the plane! Not exactly life or death motivation, but definitely something to make the testers get a move on. In the 'Miracle on the Hudson' crash, it's encouraging to see just how fast those passengers and crew exited the plane, since the whole thing was caught on film.

Good gravy, those subtitles 🤣

Having watched a lot of Mentour Pilot, 74 Gear and Green Dot Aviation on youtube and their coverage of air accidents, you learn that whenever there is a crash with or without loss of life, there are investigations that make air travel safer. Apart from plane safety, there are studies into the psychological effects of pilots flying including removing confirmation bias during flights, and the rest periods pilots have to have to be at their peak for the duration of a flight. It's no good if the person flying a plane is not thinking fast enough if a problem arises. And many accidents happen in a very very short space of time.

I think the fear of plane crashes has less to do with the frequency of crashes and more to do with the terrifying nature of coming to your end that way. Falling out the sky for a few minutes is more than some people can deal with even as a thought experiment.

I get all the stats showing how safe flying is but if the plane does fall out of the sky or you get sucked out at 30,000 feet because a door blew off, it would take a miracle to survive

@Jonathan_Doe_

2 ай бұрын

People have actually survived parachute failures. One person bounced off some power lines then had their fall from there broken by some bushes.

@the5THofNOV

2 ай бұрын

@@Jonathan_Doe_ Yes it took a miracle for them to survive.. very rare..A woman survived a 20,000 foot fall when her plane exploded.. she was the only survivor.

Simon, buddy, ya doing okay? Maybe time for a Better Help sponsorship…its okay to talk it out buddy.

Loved the macabre humor!

I know Simon loves his coffee. (probably prefers it hot) and I also know he is sometimes sponsored by bespoke post. So I just wanted to suggest he purchase the coffee mug they have that comes with a base that keeps the mugs contents hot. It doubles as a Qi charger for his iPhone as well. I recently purchased this for my mother for Christmas and she absolutely loves it. Says it keeps her from having to microwave her coffee to heat it back up when she gets sidetracked by work or projects at home. You won't regret it Simon.

@baalzeebub4230

2 ай бұрын

I should probably get a qi charger, but I don’t buy anything I can’t pronounce ( looks at the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince)

From a former flight attendant: To be even safer, count how many seat backs there are from your seat to the nearest exit on each of your flights. Something similar to this is helpful if you are in a hotel. You should count how many doors there are to the nearest stairwell in case of a hotel fire.

Recently, some airliners while heading East, were going about 800 miles an hour, with a strong jet stream.😊

Motorcycles maybe 3000% more dangerous than commercial airlines but that is worth it when you take into consideration the smiles per miles

The humor read in a serious voice is great

I always thought the seats near the wings and landing gear were the safest. It seems to have the most structural support. Then again, you are next to the fuel cells.

10:53 - LOL 😂😂😂 Kind words in the moment!

I was driving down I95 dodging swerving vehicles in the blowing rain laughing at this predicting my imminent demise while driving home from work . Great info and hilarious to boot . “ ruling class” lol!!!

This is why I don't mind sitting in the back of the plane. The lavatory might end up stinky, but being close to it is a good thing. The fact that I could possibly survive in case of a collision, makes me feel safer, even if the chance of dying is higher.

The 11 out of 10 level of sarcasm in this one is a thing to behold!

Liking due to the hardcore nihilism. Bravo, writer! Bravo! Also, kudos to Simon for being able to deliver these savage lines with a relative straight face... An exception is made for the 'Nice' which was delivered with satisfying gusto.

My thought was always above the wings. The wings want to go up and the fuselage wants to go down, so the part where they connect is built to sustain the highest amount of stress. Behind the wings is where any fire from the engines would go while moving and the nose and tail are the parts that would hit the ground first. I would neither want to burn nor to become part of the crumple zone. But then, the chance that something odd happens to the plane I'm in is less than 1:1 000 000, and the chance that a plane with an incident will have a fatal accident is less than 1:1 000 000 Which means the chance that any random plane will have fatalities is less than 1: 1 000 000 000 000

Good to know the First Class passengers pay a premium for an earlier death!

@midlifeduck7040

2 ай бұрын

If you are going to die why not make it as painless as possible. The closer to point of impact you are the less time your brain has to process what's happening. Like pain

Given that VTE is far more likely to kill you than a crash when you are travelling via plane if you are unable to afford a non-economy seat you can significantly reduce your risk of VTE by wearing compression socks and engaging in exercises to contract your leg muscles to help decrease blood pooling. This prevention can also be used whenever you are seated for prolonged periods and is particularly important if you have a risk factors such as being over 45, blood pressure issues or similar.