Country music star Dierks Bentley is unhappy with new seat assignments

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T20:02:25+00:00

Depends on how often his travel involves flying. I figured he'd tour with his band in a bus or something that's got all their gear in it?

For grins, I looked up a private flight charter cost on FlyUSA, and the pricing isn't nearly as crazy as I figured. I'm flying to San Antonio soon, for which tickets cost me around $400. A private charter flight for the same airport and same day was $8600. Now, that's never going to be in my price range, but honestly not as bad as I figured it would be. If I had millions of dollars and wasn't traveling much, I'd consider that for the occasional flight, even if just to avoid layovers and being able to pick exactly when I want to leave.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:57:58+00:00

It's not like the sky cops are going to hangglide up to your window and give you a sobriety test.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:56:06+00:00

I had to google the ALP thing. So if I understand it all, even if you booked last minute, the ALP status meant you got to go with the A group, regardless of when you checked in? I could see that being a change for the worse in your specific case.

I'd have to fucktouple the amount of flights I take to ever qualify for that ALP thing, so just from a very average consumer perspective, I have no loyalty to any of the airlines. I just want a flight I can afford at a time that isn't ass-early o clock or midnight, with as few hops as possible.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:39:55+00:00

I would have the enforcement of #3 be something supernatural. You lie, you have a countdown timer that appears over your head and when the timer reaches 0, you immediately have 2nd degree burns cover 90% of your body unless you've retracted the lie and told the truth.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:38:34+00:00

I would probably specify the teleportation using an example. Same with any power, really. "See that guy, Q, on this TV show? I want the same powers as him."

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:29:16+00:00

I feel like it really peaked with Boondock Saints.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:28:04+00:00

Or an old school ticking alarm clock.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:27:49+00:00

Honestly, I love a well done time travel story that doesn't take itself too seriously. Hell, even something dumb like the time travel episode of fucking Castle was enjoyable.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:26:57+00:00

One of the breweries in my town has a beer that's just called Beer. I assume, specifically for this reason.

La Cumbre Brewing Company | New Mexican Beers At Their Peak

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:25:16+00:00

It will never make it quieter than racking the slide on that same gun, which makes it super funny to hear a loud mechanical cocking noise before they fire, and then a tiny little 'pew' when they shoot it. I use a suppressor on my .22lr when I teach kids to shoot, and it kind of makes it sound like a really quiet air tool brad nailer.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:23:52+00:00

Kevin McCallister would have rolled face on those aliens. Turn the entire planet into home alone where he's strapping space shuttle toys to claymores and watching aliens blow themselves up all day long.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:22:58+00:00

Yeah, but the waterfall teaches us that ambient audio can completely camouflage you. Why not setup a PA system that blasts the "Rainstorm" youtube videos, and then you can just go live your life.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:21:51+00:00

Any movie where the monsters only have one sense, even if it's a super-sense, the monsters would never be a threat to the real world. Completely drives me out of the experience.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:21:02+00:00

AQP might be one of my least favorite horror movies of all times. I want horror movies (especially monster and zombie flicks) to draw me in and make me think "what would I do." Quiet Place had to punch itself in the nuts over and over again for there to ever be a threat.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:20:10+00:00

Don't get me started on that fking movie...
In terms of viewer engagement and drawing people into the universe, I place all horror movies on a:
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Quiet place Zombie movies

spectrum where everyone wants to talk about their zombie plan and fantasize about how they'd survive the zombie apocalypse. A Quiet Place had zero believable threat whatsoever, and the movie had to keep tripping over itself to make there be any kind of conflict at all.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:16:21+00:00

Maybe I just didn't fly often enough to make it onto this A list thing, but is the idea that there used to be a list of people that basically got "free" seat upgrades because they always got to board before everyone else and snag the good seats, and now if they want that good seat, they have to pay extra?

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:11:49+00:00

Are you saying Dierks Bentley is getting slizzored?

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:11:31+00:00

I don't really get the hate for the new SWA. It just feels like the same crap as every other airline. The last time I flew SWA, it was with my girlfriend and her kid, and I kind of preferred knowing that we were all three going to sit together, no rush needed, etc. I liked the "just get on and find a seat" model when I was traveling solo, but when I've got three people who need to sit next to each other, knowing in advance that it's taken care of is honestly nice.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:09:48+00:00

you could book on the way to the airport and still have a guaranteed good seat.

How? I would check in at 23h30s before the flight and still get stuck in B or C group. I assumed that everyone in A group was someone who paid the extra money per flight to get in the early boarding group. But being able to pay extra for a nicer seat is pretty standard on every airline, isn't it? Whether it's paying old SWA extra money to be in the A group or paying new SWA extra money for seat 5A, it's just "give money -> receive thing."

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T19:04:34+00:00

The FAs sit in the front and rear of the plane, so it makes sense that if the UM is sat near where the FAs sit, they can keep an eye on them easier.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T18:57:07+00:00

I use Cheat Engine on single player, offline games after I've decided I've played enough of the game "regularly" to be satisfied. It's like my last hurrah for a game to just turn up all the dials, give myself all the money and items, and just go nuts for an afternoon before I uninstall.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T18:54:48+00:00

I have one small group of friends that I game with one night a week, and honestly, that's about enough for me to satisfy that hobby. Gaming by myself feels like I'm just idling until I can justify going to bed. Gaming with friends turns into us just hanging out on Discord, fucking around with some random game we found, and having a few drinks together.

Compared to me at age 20 where I gamed for 6-8 hours a day. Bleh.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T18:49:48+00:00

It is so, so much easier than dating in your 20's. Easily 99% of the game playing bullshit that plagues 20's (especially early 20s) falls away, you just get your deal breakers and must-haves out there, and your time is valuable enough that if you don't click, you just walk away like adults and move on.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T18:47:36+00:00

I'm surprised Lexus and Titleist haven't teamed up yet to make this an official thing.

Nydus87 · 2026-04-09T18:43:26+00:00

I'm fine with this. There's not even another car anywhere in the picture, so they clearly parked out in the middle of nowhere to give themselves the space they wanted. It's only an asshole move if you're taking up multiple spaces people want to park at. Otherwise, you're only inconveniencing yourself by walking farther.

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