• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    I have to purposely forgo drinking snything for at least 12 hours before a flight so i can manage the time between using the last bathroom before boarding the plane and when the seatbelt sign comes off and i can use the plane bathroom. But then still cant drink anything on the plane and have to carefully track estimated arrival time so i can get my last bathroom break in right before we start descending.

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      23 hours ago

      I’m the same, except I never remember to dehydrate myself. I swear the second my brain realizes I can’t go to the bathroom whenever I want, it decides it needs to go right now. Otherwise I can easily go 6-8h in between breaks.

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    1 day ago

    One of my coworkers asked me why I don’t just drink my coffee on the way to work. I drink mine before I leave.

    Why? I love coffee, but coffee does not love me. I need to be able to shit before I leave. And then sometimes again when I get to work.

    No, I don’t put milk products in my coffee.

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        21 hours ago

        I try now and then but I just can’t get into it. I love the taste of coffee. I know teas are varied and have different flavor and I try different ones now and then but I always come back to coffee. I love the taste and the smell. Even decaf doesn’t seem to help alleviate GI issues with it though…it seems to be something about the coffee itself that my body doesn’t like.

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    Coffee is the feel good juice that helps me feel normal when a plane is involved

    *they’ve hit the second tower * *chugs pot of coffee *

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      1 day ago

      I wonder if it’s because coffee raises blood pressure and heart rate, and helps counteract the atmospheric density being lower in a plane

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    Ughh yeah. If I’m doing anything slightly nerve wracking no food for me or I’m just in the toilet wanting to punch my stomach for being a dick. Just tiny sips of water for me.

    “Oh, this surgery you’ll be awake for so you can eat or drink day of!”

    Absolutely not. No. I can’t throw my stupid guts at the bathroom when you’re going inside with needles, so I’m going to go with fasting, thanks!

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      2 days ago

      Better not mix both, but yeah benzos have been a real game changer. Don’t take the emergency exit seats though.

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        21 hours ago

        better not mix both

        Idk best flight I ever took was off four beers and a Xanax. I generally don’t get belligerent when I take downers tho, I’m more of a fall asleep kinda guy.

        Edit: dont do this lol I never even considered me dying as a concern, long as I don’t go viral for fighting the flight attendant we good xD.

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          This can kill you pretty easily if you don’t have a tolerance to both. It’s generally frowned upon to recommend stacking CNS depressants.

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          It’s more because they help each other and you might intoxicate yourself very badly.

          Edit: the emergency exit bit is because you need to be responsive in case they need you to open them.

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      2 days ago

      Being packed in like sardines with a random smattering of whoever else happens to sit next to me for the next X hours with stale air and no access to an exit after whatever worries one might have just had getting through security is enough of a reason for me to be on edge, at least.

      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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        2 days ago

        Yea, fuck flying anymore.

        I did a LOT of flying for work, at one point it was 2 flights a week for the entire year. I’m a well-seasoned flyer, nothing about it bothers me.

        But I’ve seen the continual degradation of the treatment of us passengers. For example, less than a week after new regs against keeping people on planes longer than 2 hours, an airline routed a plane to Cheyenne, WY during a storm (rather than use fuel circling the airport) knowing it couldn’t take off from that runway. The plane sat on the tarmac for eight fucking hours before they got busses to them.

        Cocksuckers.