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    Travel Boredom

    What do you do to stave off the boredom when you are on a long plane/train/car journey?

    Book? Magazine? Rolling up little snot balls and flicking them at fellow passengers?

    On a recent 7-hour flight I went with this...

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    Gin and Tonic plus FFVII makes time pass very quickly

    Anyone do anything unusual?

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    If possible, video games. Otherwise I would read something on my smartphone or laptop (if able). I haven't had to take a real long trip where I wasn't driving ever since all the various options one can do with portable electronic devices became a thing, so I guess I'll find out next time I an a passenger on a long trip!

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    Last flight I was on, I spent the three hours playing the card game Sopio with Jiro. Usually though I just stare out the window while travelling and wish I could sleep. Even being able to read a book would be nice, but it often causes travel sickness.

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    I get a big book and read it. Last time I flew I read a big book the entirety of the out-bound journey, which was something like 18 hours including layover. I was sick of the book so on the way back I watched like three movies and 4 episodes of different TV shows.

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    Pokemon makes the time fly by like you would not believe.

    Alternatively if it's a plane and there's good in-flight entertainment you can just watch movies all day. I watched three movies on the plane when I was flying back from the UK.

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    I usually put in some earbuds and read. I like books.

    My flight to Tokyo had a really neat entertainment center right in front of me with TV, movies, a few games, and a map of where we were flying over (spoiler: lots of ocean). If I remember correctly, I watched like four movies on the way back.

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    Talking if someone interesting is with me. Games/reading on my phone if the transport is steady without any major turns to give me headaches and nausea. Sleep/music if the previous criteria have not been met.
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    If it's a short journey like the train, my iPod, phone or a book will do. On longer flights there's usually some good options for movies, music and TV shows so I usually do a combination of that. Alternatively, rushing the cockpit while screaming "DEATH TO THE INFIDELS!" is always a hootin' hollerin' good time.

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    Depends on when the flight is. I usually post up at a bar pre-flight and have drinks & get a nice buzz going.

    Then I pass out on the plane 'cuz Southwest blows and only takes debit cards & I don't have one of those so I can't get drinks on the flight.

    In the car? I buy a tall can at every stop and guzzle it in the bathroom really quick then go back to sleep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shlup View Post
    I usually put in some earbuds and read. I like books.

    My flight to Tokyo had a really neat entertainment center right in front of me with TV, movies, a few games, and a map of where we were flying over (spoiler: lots of ocean). If I remember correctly, I watched like four movies on the way back.
    Oh man the flights with the maps are the best.

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    I can't read on planes because I get motion sick I wish I could. I load my ipod up with movies or tv shows I want to see, and tend to fall asleep watching them. International flights usually have a good selection as well.

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    Reading either on my phone or with a book; although I'm considering borrowing my sister's ipad for an upcoming journey. Last plane flight I watched a movie though and a free pilot of a new show. The trip was short enough where I could just watch those two and be fine. 8 hour red eye flight I'll probably just sleep.

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    When I'd gone on long car rides with family for a vacation, I would usually read. I'd also oftentimes bring a notebook to do some writing in (and quickly stop trying that after getting annoyed by bumps in the road). Sometimes I'd play the gameboy. The first time I flew to Alaska in middle school, I think I was too terrified to do anything for a good chunk of that flight. Then I read stuff I'm pretty sure.

    Ever since high school, my flights and long car trips have been with a lot of friends, and we'd usually just talk the entire trip and joke around.

    I also flew once with this flight attendant



    and she made awesome jokes throughout the entire flight. She was a lot funnier on my flight than in this video, I think.

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