December 28th, 2009 / 1:11 am
 Technology

“Bring a Book or Prepare to Die of Boredom”

Are the new [stupid fucking] post-flight-253 regulations the best thing to happen to publishing since the week before James Frey turned out to be a liar? From the Gizmodo Unofficial Guide to Flying After the Underwear Bomb.

Bring a book. Not a Kindle, not a Nook, not any other sort of ebook reader, but a plain ol’ low-tech book. Because apparently books are pretty much the only thing you can have in your hands during the final hour of your flight (“the government says ok”) and how the hell else will you keep from falling into a cold and uncomfortable slumber?

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22 Comments

  1. December 28th, 2009 / 6:15 am jonny ross—

      jesus

  2. December 28th, 2009 / 2:15 am jonny ross—

      jesus

  3. December 28th, 2009 / 6:40 am Lincoln—

      the silver lining!

  4. December 28th, 2009 / 2:40 am Lincoln—

      the silver lining!

  5. December 28th, 2009 / 6:54 am Amber—

      That’s just international flights coming into the US, thankfully. And I’m sure it will change because it’s just fucking stupid indeed.

      It’s funny–when I heard I had the same thought about saving print books. Sadly, though, based on the behavior of 90 percent of people sitting next to me on an hour plus flight–no one will read. They’ll just flip through Sky Mall, then stare at the back of the seat in front of them or over my shoulder at my book.

  6. December 28th, 2009 / 2:54 am Amber—

      That’s just international flights coming into the US, thankfully. And I’m sure it will change because it’s just fucking stupid indeed.

      It’s funny–when I heard I had the same thought about saving print books. Sadly, though, based on the behavior of 90 percent of people sitting next to me on an hour plus flight–no one will read. They’ll just flip through Sky Mall, then stare at the back of the seat in front of them or over my shoulder at my book.

  7. December 28th, 2009 / 10:41 am Merzmensch—
  8. December 28th, 2009 / 6:41 am Merzmensch—
  9. December 28th, 2009 / 11:31 am isaac estep—

      i used to be able to go out and back through security between connections for a cig. guess those days are gone.

  10. December 28th, 2009 / 7:31 am isaac estep—

      i used to be able to go out and back through security between connections for a cig. guess those days are gone.

  11. December 28th, 2009 / 1:58 pm Ryan Call—
  12. December 28th, 2009 / 9:58 am Ryan Call—
  13. December 28th, 2009 / 4:32 pm mjm—

      zing!

  14. December 28th, 2009 / 12:32 pm mjm—

      zing!

  15. December 28th, 2009 / 5:59 pm Paul—

      indeed

  16. December 28th, 2009 / 1:59 pm Paul—

      indeed

  17. December 28th, 2009 / 8:03 pm Sean—

      They are going to do our underwear just like our shoes. So everyone at the airport will have no underwear and I think that will be awesome.

  18. December 28th, 2009 / 4:03 pm Sean—

      They are going to do our underwear just like our shoes. So everyone at the airport will have no underwear and I think that will be awesome.

  19. December 29th, 2009 / 4:53 am kkeithal50—

      What?!? No Kindle! Screw that!

  20. December 29th, 2009 / 12:53 am kkeithal50—

      What?!? No Kindle! Screw that!

  21. February 17th, 2010 / 2:17 am E Cig—

      Cool post guys, keep up the good work

      Your girl JenniB

  22. February 16th, 2010 / 10:17 pm E Cig—

      Cool post guys, keep up the good work

      Your girl JenniB