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> I can deal with all the airport crap, but sitting on the plane for two 12 hour stretches is horrible.

What's wrong with it? Perhaps I'm weird, I love flying and always look forward to my next flight, bonus points if its a long one.

It forces me to unplug from the internet, so I always bring along my kindle to take a decent chunk out of my book backlog.

Of course I have my laptop too, though its not useful for much besides cataloging my knowledge base and getting a head start on essays for school.

I'm curious why many people seem to dislike flying. I wonder if its more of an introvert/extrovert split or a young/old one. I want nothing more than to be able to do my own thing undisturbed, and flights are the perfect avenue for that.



I prefer to spend most of my time sitting down by myself and thinking, so it's definitely not a matter of unplugging, nor is it a lack of stimulation.

For me, it's almost always that I'm exhausted and basically unable to be physically comfortable. When I have 10+ hour flights with layovers it feels like enhanced interrogation: I'm prevented from getting any significant amount of good sleep, and I'm forced to be in a kind of sitting stress position where I can't get comfortable and I can't sleep. Forget about reading, I'm just not capable of doing it.




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