[ SECRET POST #6771 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6771 ⌋

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Flying tips

[philstar22]

I am flying tomorrow, for the first time in 6 years. I'm terrified of flying. I've got my anxiety meds and vertigo med all set as well as my ipod and noise-cancelling headphones. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Are there any recent changes (other than the shoe thing, that I know)? Anyone have any tips for making flying easier?

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

drink lots of water!!! it depends on your flight time length, obviously, but it's very dehydrating so the more water you drink the more refreshed you will be when you get off the airplane. don't be afraid to ask for two cups of water or water + tea during your meal! also the trips to the toilets, while annoying, will help you move a little bit and that too helps tremendously with blood circulation. I do regularly 10+ hours flights and drinking enough water is the n.1 tip I have.
Have a safe trip! <3

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

Remember to breath. Always sounds silly, but when you find yourself getting nervous or the anxiety creeping higher just take some good slow deep breaths and it really does help.

Good luck and I hope you have fun!

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

I used to be afraid of flying, so I would close my eyes and pretend I was on a bus or train, or just focus on a book (while still pretending this). It really helped!

Remind yourself that it's safer than almost any other mode of transportation, too. Since my husband was an aircraft maintainer, my fears really disappeared; they and the pilots are absolutely anal about preflight checks and safety.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

Don’t forget gum for the ear popping! Snacks also work but I think not as well. Check your airline’s website for any restrictions if you have a carry on that has a lot of stuff in it.

Re: Flying tips

[iff_and_xor]

I haven’t flown in a while, but when I was flying sort of regularly, I found some short set of small sitting stretches/exercises to do on a plane. Just stuff like moving your neck from side to side, rolling your shoulders, flexing your feet, etc. I’d do a little of it every couple of hours and I felt like it really helped with tension in my body.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

Dress in layers that are easy to take on & off. Planes can get very warm in summer sitting on the tarmac, but once they get up to cruising altitude I'm freezing.

Another anon mentioned how dry the air is. I like to keep hand lotion & lip balm in easy reach so i can keep reapplying.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

I get you. I also have anxiety over flying (something something no control over what happens between point A and point B/C).

When you feel panicked, look at the flight attendants. Are they panicking? Do they look nervous?

If they're not, you can breathe easily. They've done the route dozens of times before, likely with the same pilots, who they trust. They know the routine.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

Take the max amount of Vitamin C you can the day before, of, and after your flight. Or you will get sick.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

On the vertigo front, as a fellow vertigo sufferer: rehydration solution the day before. The more hydrated you are, the less your middle and inner ear give you problems. Doing it on the day just makes me feel sloshy and queasy, but pre-preparation is very helpful. When you're on the plane, look straight forward while the plane is moving on the ground and for take-off and landing, not out the window, not at the person next to you.

Re: Flying tips

[(Anonymous)]

I try and pretend the plane is a big bus. I also pretend I'm on a roller coaster when the plane is taking off because that's the scariest part for me, but if I pretend I'm at Six Flags or something, it's not as scary.

Re: Flying tips

[thewakokid]

Wings would be a must. And a really long run-up would help.

No I dont have anything useful to add, sorry, just a variation on the old "and boy are my arms tired" gag.

Re: Flying tips

[volkameria]

Me too, I hate flying!

Like the other anons said, drink lots of water with electrolytes after the flight. I like to address my fears with lots of facts and research, so I've put some below - if this is not helpful, definitely skip over this section.

1. Not a single plane crash has happened due to turbulence. Turbulence is like driving on a gravel road, but the sky version of it - planes are specifically designed to handle it and have lots of flaps and focus on tensile strength for just that.
2. Statistically speaking, basically every plane crash happens on the first minute between take-off and landing. I like to throw on a goofy song, let myself worry for those minutes, and then once the time is up, I know I'm good to go.
3. All commercial plane flights have at least 2 redundancies built into the plane, even for catastrophic failures, and can glide for an hour with no power. All commercial plane flights are also required to have at least 1 major airport within that hour on any given flight plan, and pilots are trained to know how to divert and glide on over should anything occur.

inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

what entertainers or actors or comedians do you think got significantly more entertaining as they got older?

what about significantly less entertaining?

Re: inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

addendum: by this mean their current skills got more/less relatively entertaining not like you went and looked at their stuff from thirty years ago and it didn't hit the same now that you're older yourself

Re: inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

I can’t think of any that got more entertaining (doesn’t mean there aren’t any but one spring to mind).

But pretty much every A lister in Hollywood has gotten less entertaining because most just play the same roles over and over. And the quality of the stories seems to be declining, too, so even if the actors aren’t losing any acting ability they had, it still looks like it.

Re: inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

David Hasselhoff got significantly more entertaining once he started taking himself less seriously and leaned into the bit.

Re: inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

More: Keanu Reeves, Michael Shannon, Ariana Grande

Less: Jack Black, Usher

With the "more", Keanu Reeves and Michael Shannon were actors who I enjoyed seeing in movies, but as the years go by I like that they do projects that they want to and they still come in with all they've got. And Ariana Grande was a Nickelodeon actor/pop star who I felt indifferent to for a long time, but as the years have gone by I've come to love a lot of her music and the various acting projects she's done. Outside of her personal life/tabloid junk, I've really come to enjoy seeing her evolve as an entertainer.

Less: they were the first two names that popped into my head when I thought about it. When Jack Black and Usher were first hitting their big moments (Jack Black with "School of Rock" and the "Kung Fu Panda" series and Usher with "Yeah!"/Confessions), I really liked their works and found them very entertaining. These days, I just feel completely indifferent to their works.

Re: inspired by 7

[(Anonymous)]

Colin Farrell has aged into indie roles very well. I could watch him and Brendan Gleeson all day.

With a few exceptions, most actors who went the superhero route have not aged into other roles very well.

Anyone here an avid thrifter?

[(Anonymous)]

If so, any finds you'd like to share?

Brought to you by the solid wood desk I scored for $20 today at Goodwill. 🙌

Mom with cancer anon, warnings apply here

[(Anonymous)]

She's in the hospital and won't be coming out. Fuck cancer. Can't even be there.

We are all serfs and sharecroppers now.

[(Anonymous)]

So Joanns went out of business in the US. This was a huge big-box craft supply store and has had alarming ricochet effects, so I started researching private equity.

I can't even wrap my head around how it works, but the gist is this: where you live, what you wear, the goods you use, the food you eat, your job, your bank account, basically everything central to your everyday life, is owned by a small group of people who purchase public companies, take them private, shift around debt, run them into the ground, and run away with any profits to their next scheme. I am astounded this is legal.

If you are currently gainfully employed, you are a bird on a wire. Your livelihood, your pension, could and will most likely evaporate on the whim of a select few. This isn't even taking AI or government layoffs into the equation.

We are all owned, we are slaves, and there is no political party willing or capable of solving this problem. They're owned, too. In fact, the more I learn about private equity, the more I finally understand what happened in that closed-door Congress meeting in 2008 when a bailout was on the line. The select few went in and explained that they owned everything, and if they went down, the entire economy went down. And they got their bailout, and nothing was changed.

Excuse me if I think this is a bigger problem than Taylor Swift.

[(Anonymous)]

I REGRET THE SECRETS I SUBMITTED how can i take them back before they are posted you're all going to make fun of me 😭😭😭

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh. Had to leave another Star Wars group that looked like a place for fans to talk about what they liked. Was even in the title. Darth Vader fans. And the description seemed good. But turns out to be 90% sequel hate.