ExiledInIllinois

Putting the A back in: STEM to make STEAM! https://lithub.com/can-adversarial-poetry-save-us-from-ai/ https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1

Respect is earned, it doesn't start with the clothes people where. I don't think it's about ruining clothing as much as the asinine statements the government puts out. Return to the "golden age" of flying? You gotta be kidding me? Just wear what you want, within reason of course... Stay comfortable in a world that treats people with disrespect. Probably is better to cover yourself up, no exposed skin... Of course don't wear offensive logos, etc... BUT does this really need to be said? Just a distraction statement. People are getting unruly because the fish rots from the head down not by the clothes they or others wear.

Don't even start with the heads! Or whatever they're called in the air... Probably need to be power washed each flight. Worse than a MegaBus across country... They barely fit an 8 year old... 😔

Have you ever been crammed into coach with the unwashed masses. Put your PJs on Cappy... 😆... https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/passengers-freak-out-over-how-gross-plane-seats-are-proven-in-swab-test-ill-never-fly-again/ "Sure, flying by the seat of your pants can be fun — but just how filthy is that seat? Airplanes are notoriously unsanitary. From the carpets to the overhead bins and the windows to the walls, germs abound. Now, a scientific swab test has unveiled the eye-popping amount of grime there is where frequent flyers plant their behinds. ..." I ain't wearing my Sunday best...

Of course it can... We did have it here at one time... Even inter-urban rail service was ripped up.

Saw this bumper sticker today:

Yeah... But it's ridiculous to think you're gonna dress up for the cattle car experience. Who's gonna wreck their good clothes on a filthy plane? Understandable... But offer a few ancillary modes of transportation.

Yeah... And train travel has been wiped off the geography of N.America... Practically wiped off. Going west this past month... Had open seat between wife & myself. Coming back full, crammed like sardines... They want respect, at least give a seat the form factor of a car ride, can't? Bring back trains or other communal travel. Roads aren't cutting it either. Anyway, it's all about the social hierarchy. Bus travel in the air. Just deal with the hoi polloi, unwashed masses, can't convert them.

...My arse... People smoked on planes back in day... lol

Sorry Mods... I meant this for OTW... NOT sure if I can move it... I THINK... They want to go beyond the simple crass-wear... Like no shorts & pajamas now. Anyway... They cram you in like it's the middle passage. "Greyhound in the Sky"... That's what buses were for in old days, what planes are today... Filthy too, but they want you to wear your best. Just fly me on a drone in an hermetically sealed tube an be done with it! 😆 Golden Age...

Hitler was on Stalin's right. We aligned with Stalin in WWII /EndThread

U.S. Transportation Department Issues Warning Over "Disrespectful" Clothing In Airports Ahead Of Thanksgiving Travel https://www.thetravel.com/us-transportation-department-warns-of-disrespectful-clothing-in-airports/

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Old people rules...

"...But with a will to work hard and a library card..."

I was gonna start the thread but was too late. 😆... Should done it anyway to troll management.😉

Hubba HUBBA!😱

The boat had leaky hatches. But... It wasn't the deckhand's fault. https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/11/into-the-deep-one-mans-descent-to-the-edmund-fitzgerald.html

Thanx for the confidence in Big Government during these wonderful times! Got me on-board!😆

From a few years ago, but still, they always find new ways when avarice is present! Prices are through roof with everything, just gonna make the cheats get more creative...

I am sure they are! That's sarcasm too... Exactly! Thank you... https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/aog-technics-parts-falsified-faa

Hookers are cheap... It's the blow that's expensive. ...You know, tariffs. 😆🤣

FWIW. We are in an age when standards are being thrown out the window. I wouldn't trust any past norm to hold true anymore. Everything is being interrupted.

Can take a boat... Boats can be operational... Working it for 50 to 100 years...

Even worse, California won!😆 The 5th largest economy in world, Canada 🇨🇦 the 13th...😏