BubbleBobble :3 114242 Posts user info edit post |
or am I the only person in the entire world LOL!
I started out when I was about 12 on one and was scared to death, but got used to it
went again when I was... 14 or 15 and was just fine, and again at like 16-17 (I don't really remember)
then I went on one this past November and was just as scared as I was the first time
someone help me get over my fear of riding in airplanes plz - I'll have to go on one in the next year or so probably
I know it's supposedly true they crash less than you do in cars but...
takeoff is the scariest for me
what if that shit doesn't leave the ground
THEN WHAT 8/3/2010 9:08:07 PM |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
k 8/3/2010 9:10:18 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
no
I'm scared of cockroaches, which are far more deadly than airplanes 8/3/2010 9:11:12 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
be scared of helicopters not airplanes 8/3/2010 9:11:34 PM |
humandrive All American 18286 Posts user info edit post |
8/3/2010 9:12:35 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? 8/3/2010 9:15:46 PM |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
when you dont leave the room youre in its easy to be scared of things youve never seen 8/3/2010 9:16:59 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50084 Posts user info edit post |
I don't like flying, but it's more because I'm not in control than anything else... I got over it quick with how much I flew when I lived in CA.. 8/3/2010 9:21:16 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114242 Posts user info edit post |
you don't have to be high to fly in the sky 8/3/2010 9:21:18 PM |
bottombaby IRL 21952 Posts user info edit post |
I've never been in an airplane and I never have any plans to do so. If I have to get in a plane to get there, then it's too far away to visit. 8/3/2010 9:27:19 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114242 Posts user info edit post |
I'd be with you bottombaby but I have a hankering to see England again for some reason 8/3/2010 9:30:12 PM |
bottombaby IRL 21952 Posts user info edit post |
If you're scared of planes, I'm sure that you could get your doc to prescribe some anti-anxiety med or sedative for the flight. 8/3/2010 9:31:29 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
if you're afraid of flying you're a fucking pussy 8/3/2010 9:31:34 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
I dunno...phobias are not really something a person has any control over 8/3/2010 9:32:29 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114242 Posts user info edit post |
oh shut up rat soup
go back to 5th grade y0 8/3/2010 9:34:55 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Only thing that scares me about airplanes is them losing my luggage 8/3/2010 9:37:22 PM |
Optimum All American 13716 Posts user info edit post |
i'm more afraid of the child that keeps kicking the back of my seat. a plane crash might be a blessing in that case. 8/3/2010 9:41:24 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
the first time i flew in a commercial airline plane i only got really nervous right before the plane was about to take off ... but every since ive loved it
i flew in a Cessna-sized plane a couple times, wasn't nearly as nervous then for whatever reason 8/3/2010 9:44:14 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
This won't help, but fear of flying is a totally sensible phobia. You're up miles in the sky in a metal tube...WTF!
I have no problems with flying, but I have a rather insensible understanding of physics...I imagine, in the event of a crash, I'll climb to the exit and jump out, then free fall for a while, before doing some sort of summersault and bouncing off something fluffy...it'll be fun! 8/3/2010 9:44:31 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
oh no i'm absolutely terrified of a machine that i sit in that basically gets itself from point A to point B with little guidance from humans that is far more safe than when i take my life into my own hands every time i get behind the wheel of a car. 8/3/2010 9:45:08 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
I'd jump out after BridgetSPK, attempt to catch up to her in the air, and then fornicate with her... trying my hardest to bust a nut before we hit the ground.
FACT.
[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 9:54 PM. Reason : fuck] 8/3/2010 9:46:56 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "when i take my life into my own hands every time i get behind the wheel of a car. another anonymous male sex partner" |
fixed]8/3/2010 9:47:42 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
^^My schema for sexual fantasies is now blown wide open.
8/3/2010 9:54:05 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114242 Posts user info edit post |
8/3/2010 9:54:10 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
8/3/2010 9:55:08 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I dunno...phobias are not really something a person has any control over" |
apparently homophobia is yours considering your last 2 posts have resorted to it8/3/2010 9:55:17 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
bump for juxtaposition. 8/3/2010 9:58:19 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
^^ posting random gay porn =/= homophobia making fun of your sexuality =/= homophobia
I have plenty of gay friends 8/3/2010 10:00:43 PM |
Optimum All American 13716 Posts user info edit post |
right, because having gay friends makes it okay to say shit like that.
i own several coffee cups, so that must mean that i drink LOTS of coffee. 8/3/2010 10:05:03 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not. Well, I don't like commercial flying, but as a pilot myself, I love flying! 8/3/2010 10:05:34 PM |
billyboy All American 3174 Posts user info edit post |
I don't like to fly. I used to fly all the time as a kid, since my dad has worked with US Airways for about 30 years. Back then I liked it, but eventually, around the time I turned 13, I hated it. I'd get sick when flying, so I try to avoid it. 8/3/2010 10:20:11 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ that's not a valid analogy...I mention the gay friends to show that, while I am ostensibly using homosexuality as a perjorative, I do not actually view it that way however, I see your point, and you're probably right but I don't like having a gay policeman around, to call me out when I disrespect gay people why can't you be a passive homosexual, like evan? 8/3/2010 10:34:52 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN 8/3/2010 10:35:48 PM |
mambagrl Suspended 4724 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what if that shit doesn't leave the ground
THEN WHAT" |
the plane will takeoff8/3/2010 10:40:31 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
bad form
0/10 8/3/2010 10:40:47 PM |
Optimum All American 13716 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "but I don't like having a gay policeman around, to call me out when I disrespect gay people why can't you be a passive homosexual, like evan?" |
i see. you just don't like the part where someone calls you out for acting like a douche.8/3/2010 10:44:11 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
I don't use "gay" as a disparaging adjective anymore, and honestly that's pretty much entirely due to your arguing against it. But I've been making jokes about gay sex for longer than some people on this board have been alive, so cut me some slack. Change takes time.] 8/3/2010 10:57:38 PM |
joe17669 All American 22728 Posts user info edit post |
I've never flown before. I think if I ever got on a plane I'd be pretty nervous at first. 8/3/2010 11:05:34 PM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Only thing that scares me about airplanes is them losing my luggage " |
+1!! The one time I've had my luggage gone missing was when I flew to a funeral and it was literally a one night trip. Gah! (shoulda taken it on the plane, but I was in a hurry and didn't have toiletries small enough)
In addition, I get a little white knuckly during very bad turbulence. And don't announce that we're delayed bc "an instrument is malfunctioning"...I've heard that three times!
Otherwise I'm cool
[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 11:06 PM. Reason : ]8/3/2010 11:05:44 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don't use "gay" as a disparaging adjective anymore, and honestly that's pretty much entirely due to your arguing against it. But I've been making jokes about gay sex for longer than some people on this board have been alive, so cut me some slack. Change takes time." |
oh right. so now you just kinda tacitly use "gay" as a disparaging adjective with visual cues. that's some kind of progress there.8/3/2010 11:34:08 PM |
magdalena All American 7827 Posts user info edit post |
^^ I can agree with that. I mean it's not a fear, so I rightly shouldn't say this, but I would at the least be extremely peeved.
I almost had to be when they said "the luggage can't be removed from the plane because a bag got stuck in the track and the door (cargo door) won't open"
(according to my recollection)
Otherwise, I have a slight fear (of the discomfort) of not having a power outlet when I'm on a plane. I need those. Because I don't like the idea of running down my battery entirely. On a 12 hour flight, it's very possible. 8/3/2010 11:44:22 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Only thing I'm scared of is flying over the ocean, which I have to do this afternoon
Damn you JJ Abrams 8/11/2010 9:28:17 AM |
djeternal Bee Hugger 62661 Posts user info edit post |
I am not a big fan of my life being in a stranger's hands period. This is the main reason why I always volunteer to drive for road trips. That being said, I am not necessarily "scared as hell" of airplanes. But I do think about the possibility dying every time I have to take a flight. 8/11/2010 9:34:02 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
over the last year or so im becoming more and more uncomfortable during the landings.
i fly 20-30 times per year, and it seems like they've gotten progressively less smooth.
or it could all be in my head.
but in june/july i had a streak of 9 straight flights landing in a thunderstorm that just was not cool. 8/11/2010 9:37:31 AM |
ncsuallday Sink the Flagship 9818 Posts user info edit post |
I hate transatlantic flights. Not as nervous over regional though. When I flew to China we went over the North Pole (roughly) which was
My anxiety comes from turbulence, which I found out is more irrational because take offs (especially) and landings are where the real danger is.
Also, somebody made a point that air a fluid and just as a boat goes over ripples in the water and you feel it, so does a plane with the air
reading this thread helps
http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=565646 8/11/2010 9:37:52 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
yeah that trip over the top is weird
did the same with toronto - > hong kong in july
standing at the pisser in flip flops, shorts, and a tshirt, a good buzz on from the open bar in business class, i came to a realization that if the plane went down i'd be pretty screwed
then realized that if the plane went down being cold is kinda a secondary worry 8/11/2010 9:47:11 AM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Who flies business class in shorts and flip flops?
Shame on you
Get your Barney Stinson on like a proper gentleman 8/11/2010 9:48:39 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
because sleeping in a suit is so comfortable 8/11/2010 9:49:35 AM |
djeternal Bee Hugger 62661 Posts user info edit post |
and we are NCSU Graduates. that's how rednecks with money roll, son 8/11/2010 9:50:33 AM |
Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
The trick is to be in a good mindset, because it's all relative. I do love flying, I do not love putting my life in a stranger's hands. However, if you compare jumping on a jet to the drive that got you to the airport, airplanes ain't shit.
Anyway, airports sell alcohol. When you inevitably have to get up and pee, climb over the fat talkative tool you got seated with, stroll 'em all up the aisle with a on your face, and think about how high you're walking. When you get back tell your neighbor about tdub til they're afraid to look at you. Go to sleep.
It should go like this: Drive - Airport - Bar at airport - Flight - Landing - BALL OF FUCKING FLAMES - or 8/11/2010 9:50:42 AM |