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I can fall asleep almost anywhere. I routinely fall asleep in the break room at work. Once, I was helping a friend fix his car, and I fell asleep on his garage floor when he went inside to get water.

But in a hot metal tube tearing through the sky, with my neck all kinked? Get out of here, man.

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[โ€“] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Pure exhaustion from all the "hurry up and wait" of airport bullshit.

By the time I've gotten out of bed, gotten ready, travelled to the airport, dragged all my shit through the airport, unpacked and repacked half of it through security, boarded the plane ... my body just kinda gives up on being awake.

[โ€“] cerement@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

neck pillow, eye mask, noise-cancelling headphones, and not comfortably

[โ€“] Mewtwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I use ear plugs then put on nose cancelling headphones.

Complete silence. I didn't hear the crying baby that was screaming for the 10 hour flight until the last hour lol.

[โ€“] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Same here, except I use ear plugs as well as headphones

[โ€“] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] SmoothSurfer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am gonna be honest with you here. Some of us born with a gift, given directly from god. They can sleep, without thinking embarrassing memories, without using any medicine, without finding comfort itself. But you and I... and many others... we are not welcomed to this dream world of easy sleepers. We are not gifted.

While many times it is a gift it is a curse if we suppose to be with someone. We go on a road trip? You barely close the door I am asleep. We ride buss I am asleep as soon as I sit down. Air plane I wake up 8 hours later. Hang out in bed I am gone.

I have to fight to stay awake but that is in vain. I will lose the fight five minutes later.

[โ€“] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

My partner is one of these. I have photos of him sleeping on planes, trains, boats and cars. He can be worried about something, or stressed about tomorrow, and still fall asleep within 5 minutes of laying down. I am so jealous.

[โ€“] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The jet engine noise puts me to sleep. Those sweet delta waves.

I fly jetBlue or Southwest; no Delta for me.

[โ€“] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

For real. I sometimes put plane engine noise at home as background noise to fall asleep