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The persistent myth of finding love on a plane
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1074" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/18/18271556/plane-crushes-the-nanny-bridesmaids-30-rock" target="_blank"><strong>The persistent myth of finding love on a plane - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Why do cramped seats, gross food, and no personal space make us think of … romance? </strong></p><p></p><p>When Rosey Blair witnessed two people flirting in nearby seats on a flight, she decided to document their fledgling romance on Instagram and Twitter. She eavesdropped on their conversation, sharing it with her followers, and even snapped a picture of the two exchanging family photos. Her initial tweet got more than 300,000 retweets, and what could have been a passing observation transformed into a viral sensation — <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/7/6/17537656/plane-bae-privacy-explained" target="_blank">one that was criticized for being invasive and creepy</a>.</p><p></p><p>But it’s likely that its original draw — why the tweet garnered so much interest in the first place — was partly because it’s the kind of reasonable serendipity that feels not too far-fetched to believe in. At this point, I’ve accepted Matthew McConaughey isn’t going to save me from a runaway dumpster after my heel gets caught in a grate. But an attractive single person sitting in the airplane seat next to me? Now that seems plausible. And a <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/hsbc-survey-couples-meeting-on-flights" target="_blank">2018 study</a>, which surveyed 5,000 flyers across 141 countries, did find that one in every 50 people said they met the love of their life on a flight. (Which … seems high, so grain of salt.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1074, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/18/18271556/plane-crushes-the-nanny-bridesmaids-30-rock'][B]The persistent myth of finding love on a plane - Vox[/B][/URL] [B]Why do cramped seats, gross food, and no personal space make us think of … romance? [/B] When Rosey Blair witnessed two people flirting in nearby seats on a flight, she decided to document their fledgling romance on Instagram and Twitter. She eavesdropped on their conversation, sharing it with her followers, and even snapped a picture of the two exchanging family photos. Her initial tweet got more than 300,000 retweets, and what could have been a passing observation transformed into a viral sensation — [URL='https://www.vox.com/2018/7/6/17537656/plane-bae-privacy-explained']one that was criticized for being invasive and creepy[/URL]. But it’s likely that its original draw — why the tweet garnered so much interest in the first place — was partly because it’s the kind of reasonable serendipity that feels not too far-fetched to believe in. At this point, I’ve accepted Matthew McConaughey isn’t going to save me from a runaway dumpster after my heel gets caught in a grate. But an attractive single person sitting in the airplane seat next to me? Now that seems plausible. And a [URL='https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/hsbc-survey-couples-meeting-on-flights']2018 study[/URL], which surveyed 5,000 flyers across 141 countries, did find that one in every 50 people said they met the love of their life on a flight. (Which … seems high, so grain of salt.) [/QUOTE]
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